Cheese prices kept climbing in July and other values stayed relatively flat

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to impact communities across the country, the broader economy, and impacts farmers and the lenders who loan money to them.

After five difficult years, dairy farmers are once again facing uncertainty in the marketplace

Negative producer price differentials (PPDs) reared its ugly head in June milk checks and will reappear in July

“You can’t save your way into making money, you have to make milk,” said Gordie Jones on the August 5 Hoard’s Dairyman DairyLivestream

The end of July marked the halfway point in the allotted time period for the dispersal of $3 billion through the Farms to Families Food Box program that was instituted by the Coronavirus Food Assistance...

Recruiting, training, and retaining employees are a few of the most constant challenges a dairy may have

Genetic evaluations for calving ease will appear significantly different on August 11, the Council for Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) and partner organizations have announced

Could California’s civil war over quota have a somewhat civil sunset? The potential does exist

Most dairymen are sick of hearing talk of sustainability . . . in fact, many consider it to be more of a four-letter word when they hear it

The market volatility of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many farms to take a closer look at their financial statements and, in some cases, wish they would have done things differently

What area of your dairy received the most scrutiny as you looked to tighten your budgets?

An old friend of the dairy industry has returned. The “Got Milk?” campaign, which ran from 1993 until its retirement in 2014, is making a comeback

Water trough capacity can make or break how cows deal with the heat of summer, not only for milk production but also to maintain body functions

Sharing information and discussing concerns will stimulate the generation of ideas

Some farms adjust their feeding schedule in the summer and deliver feed at night, thinking that cows will eat more when it is cooler outside

Many value-added processes happen to farm commodities before they reach the ultimate consumer

Historically, monitoring kernel milklines was the gold standard for determining time of harvest for corn destined for silage

Dairy cows may be the hardest-working livestock species. After a productive life making milk, most cows go on to a “second career” providing beef as culled cows

Herd size often dictates how many pens of milking cows are on a farm, but if having multiple pens is an option, consider grouping cows by age