New genetic evaluations will be available April 2, 2024, with the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) publishing updates for 50 traits and four selection indices on 82 million dairy animals

Scary. Overwhelming. Stressful. These are the terms generally associated with succession planning

Bill Weiss, a professor emeritus from The Ohio State University, calls it the “sampling dilemma.”

The collapse of the 1.5-mile Francis Scott Key Bridge has caused the immediate and indefinite suspension of shipping traffic at the Port of Baltimore, which handles the most imports and exports of farm...

With the Easter holiday fast approaching, dairy farmers are hoping for plenty of cheese and butter sales for spring holiday cooking needs

The mystery illness that has caused dairy cattle in and around the Texas Panhandle to experience drops in milk production and rumination, thick milk, and other secondary symptoms has been identified as...

A recent discussion led to one of those questions that always makes me cringe a little: “What’s the number one thing I can do for my forage program in 2024?”

Colostrum is the keystone to a successful preweaning period, and making sure calves quickly receive a high-quality product is the best tool we have to support their future health

How many dairy farms are there in the U.S.? It seems like a simple question, and it feels like someone should have a good answer for it

It takes a lot of hours and manpower to run a dairy farm. It also takes a lot of energy

An unusual and concerning animal health situation is unfolding in and around the Texas Panhandle, and it is leaving more questions than answers

In past articles, I have addressed some limitations of undegraded neutral detergent fiber (uNDF) as an indicator of forage quality

When it comes to crop inputs, price volatility has been a popular topic of conversation this year among many growers

The use of beef semen on dairy cattle has been a real asset to dairy farms, both in reducing the cost of raising excess dairy heifers and creating more valuable calves to be sold

When a cow has a difficult calving that requires assistance and a tough pull, what steps should be taken for the calf and the cow to get both off on the right foot?

I was thinking back and wondering if I had ever written about managing urine pH in close-up dry cows

Late gestation is one of the critical points of pregnancy when any positive or negative event that occurs can cause long-term effects on the fetus after birth

Nothing ever stays the same, and if we look at agriculture and beyond, the world has undergone tremendous change over the last two centuries

The Farmers Assuring Responsible Management Environmental Stewardship Program (FARM ES) is collaborating with the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy to integrate a new, process-based model for greenhouse...

Making the transition from winter to spring can be hard on dairy calves due to drastic fluctuations in temperature