Efficiency is the name of the game on dairies no matter what resource you’re talking about

No record milk prices were received by farmers in 2023, but like many grocery staples, retail milk prices climbed higher. In fact, the price for a gallon of milk reached a new high last year

It’s a new year and time to make resolutions for the next 12 months. Is succession planning one of the goals your farm needs to tackle in 2024?

Dairy’s bone-building legacy continues to strengthen

Over the years, I have come to believe that the efficiency of converting feed to milk is perhaps the key indicator of dairy profitability

The dairy industry does an outstanding job ensuring that milk for consumers is free of antibiotic residues

As the year comes to a close, it is often a time of reflection. It is a time to think about the good and the not-so-good events that occurred over the past 12 months

Most readers might wonder how this links to our laboratory forage analyses. Believe it or not, this analogy can help us understand the empirical methods of forage analysis

As 2023 draws to its end, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released its World Food and Agriculture — Statistical Yearbook, which reflects the changes in global food production...

Transition cows can be a challenge when it comes to balancing energy and nutrition

The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program launched FARM Biosecurity–Enhanced this fall, releasing a 45-minute online training and the FARM Biosecurity–Enhanced...

Dairy-beef animals are a hot commodity right now

Last year, U.S. milk fat production from domestic milk plus the milk fat of imported products used as ingredients in domestically produced dairy products topped 9.3 billion pounds

This time of the year, many people are thinking about their own goals for the year ahead

A lot of jobs in the dairy industry are very specialized in that they require an understanding of the biology of the cow and the unique characteristics of farming

Difficult conversations are part of everyone’s life. This can be especially true for farm families who work together, make decisions together, and face succession planning together, just to name...

A recent analysis of some of the proposed changes to the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) system was conducted to quantitatively assess what these changes would mean to U.S. milk prices

Last year was a dry growing season for many, and while we can’t turn on the spigots run by Mother Nature, there are some practices that can help growers take advantage of the moisture that is available

Whether leading a fully staffed farm or a family of five, overseeing an operation means being responsible for production and efficiency on a day-to-day basis

Genetic selection is a powerful tool to make changes in a population, and in dairy cattle, that has proven true many times over