A sobering blow has been delivered to extreme claims about animal agriculture and the environment by the new Global Agricultural Productivity Report (GAP) presented at the World Food Prize this month

As winter is just around the corner, planning for housing of pasture animals is likely already underway

The University of Idaho is partnering with the Idaho Dairymen’s Association and members of allied industry to build the nation’s largest and most advanced research dairy center

The electronic universe is aflutter after National Public Radio, known to many radio listeners simply as NPR, published the story “Most U.S. dairy cows are descended from just 2 bulls. That’s...

When Vice President Mike Pence visited Wisconsin last week, his message about the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was very clear

Cool weather and the first freeze occurred in many Northern states in the last few weeks

Milk and dairy foods are associated with many health benefits like reduced risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

Alfalfa — does this forage qualify as one of the crops that’s eligible for the $14.5 billion in direct payments from the Market Facilitation Program announced earlier this year by USDA’s...

Lameness can be a fairly ambiguous term on dairy farms, but we know that it is consistently one of the most prevalent interferences with healthy dairy production

We hear it over and over again, that fluid milk consumption is declining. This is true, but we should remember that milk remains a staple in most American households

The fourth edition of the National FARM (Farmers Assuring Responsible Management) will incorporate enforced corrective plans for any farms that don’t meet standards during an on-farm evaluation

Butter consumption is at a 50-year high. That’s because fat is back. There’s a lot of reasons for that . . . one of them is that farmers have funded 59 projects since 2002 to show the value...

By now you may have heard about the epidemic of African Swine Fever (ASF) wreaking havoc on pig populations all around eastern Asia

What separates the most successful dairy farmers from their peers? As one might guess, there are several factors

This year has not only been a year of contraction in cow numbers in the United States but also around the world as some of the major milk producing countries reduced cow numbers

“In America, the big get bigger and the small go out,” said USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue when answering a reporter’s question at a press conference during the opening day of World Dairy...

The National Dairy Council’s (NDC) flagship partnership with the NFL, Fuel Up to Play 60, recently kicked off its tenth year of activities with the start of the new school year

Speculators believe there is more upside to cheese prices in the fourth quarter of 2019, and they’re putting their money where their mouth is

For years, it has been a very common practice for farms to treat all cows with antibiotics at the first sign of mastitis

The new U.S.-Japan trade agreement could provide a much-needed lift to the demand for U.S. dairy products