While dairy product sales have steadily grown over the past several decades, fluid milk consumption has dropped repeatedly

Food is the most basic of human needs, and for generations, farmers have filled that need for nourishment

Benefits of robotic milking systems often include lower labor needs, calmer cows, and greater milking frequency and yield

Dairy farmers’ cost to haul milk within the Upper Midwest jumped 21% when comparing May 2021 to May 2022

“Technology is coming for us, whether we like it or not,” said Steph Plaster, a University of Wisconsin Division of Extension farm management outreach specialist, during a “Setting your...

Just get her bred back – that is the name of the game

It doesn’t take much online searching these days to find someone or something proclaiming that our food system is “broken” and drastic changes are needed to fix it

The march to milk-pricing modernization reached another milestone this month, as the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) submitted to USDA our comprehensive proposal for Federal Milk Marketing Order...

During my time working as a county-based extension educator, one of the questions I was asked most often was the going rate for custom work

Agronomically speaking, healthier corn plants equate to improved crop performance and yield. Crop protection practices resulting in healthier corn likely also contribute to more efficiency with nutrient...

They say the spots on a Holstein are as unique as a human fingerprint. There might be an even better comparison for cattle, though — the animal’s muzzle

Dairy cattle need four sound feet to complete many of their daily tasks

Do year-over-year (YOY) milk production gains and discounted spot milk signal a surplus?

In December 2021, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack called for consensus from the dairy industry before a federal milk marketing petition landed on his desk

The footbaths in their transition cow barn are a critical component of hoof health at Deluur Dairy near Deckerville, Mich

In the first weeks of in life, dairy animals are vulnerable to disease, building strength to grow, and learning how to use and interact with their environment

Dairy product manufacturers are running operations full tilt in the midst of the spring milk flush despite ongoing struggles with supply chain constraints, specifically trucking and labor

A major demographic shift has taken place on the nation’s university and technical college campuses

The United Nations expects India to surpass China as the most populous country on the planet by mid-2023

We all have the same 24 hours in every day to get work done, and farmers are experts at squeezing every second out of that time. Have you ever thought to yourself, “If I only I could be in two places...