As dairy farmers, we focus a lot of attention on milk prices and demand for dairy products, but the price and demand for beef also plays an important role in profitability and how we manage our herds

The biggest loss from a case of mastitis is discarded milk

Gearheads like myself understand that horsepower and torque measure two different things

As the farm bill debate continues, examining how the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program has operated — particularly what has triggered payments under the program — is instructive

When it comes to farmland leases, what should be included in the lease and what will hold up in a court of law?

In addition to providing effective training, leading your team members so that they can do their jobs well requires setting clear expectations and providing feedback

Last year was one that will stick out in dairy producers’ minds, but not in a positive way in terms of milk prices and income over feed costs

Dairy heifers weighing over 500 pounds — a proxy for the number of dairy replacements expected to enter the U.S. milking herd over the next year — have fallen almost 15% during the past six...

June 12, 2023: a day of glory. Or, if you’re like me — an educator trying to make numbers and literature somehow more appealing than a mysterious purple ice cream treat — a day of horror

Most good cow people will tell you that a comfortable cow will rest in a lying position 14 to 16 hours per day

Trusting your workforce to complete their jobs accurately is the foundational need of any business. But for employees to know what needs to be done and how to do it, they need effective training

After a dozen weeks of testimony and cross-examination spread over six months, the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) public hearing concluded on Tuesday, January 30

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is excited to announce that our new educational video game called “Mooving Cows” is now publicly available to download and play

The author is a freelance writer based in Rockford, Ill.Health resolutions for the new year encompass more than simply losing weight

People and businesses around the world have goals about becoming more sustainable, but what sustainability means to each entity can be very different

Great forages are the foundation for precision feed management, said Joe Lawrence during a Cornell Cooperative Extension webinar

Current and potential dairy consumers live all around the world, providing the U.S. dairy industry a tremendous opportunity for growth

We communicate with people all day long. However, if we want to have influence with people and lead them, our communication must look different than what we use in other settings

In a few weeks, winter annual grasses or small grain grasses will accelerate their growth, and the harvest of small grain grasses for silage will begin

The next time you walk through the barn, try to take notice of that one “gold star” cow that just always seems to do what it’s supposed to