Establishing high-forage diets has been an indispensable practice to optimize milk components and dairy profitability

This spring, an advertising campaign developed by the Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP) captured the internet when it parodied the rise of alternative milk beverages by proclaiming that actress...

It’s often said, “Seeing is believing.” To that end, a delegation of U.S. dairy farmers from nine states saw, for the first time, the U.S. Center for Dairy Excellence in action

Many farms have protocols written to help keep cows healthy

There are a lot of mantras we tell ourselves or perhaps hear from others when we go through a loss that causes grief: it’s not a big deal, it can be replaced, I have to grieve alone, just be strong,...

It’s not very frequently that I can reference and expand upon what I’ve learned during my days as a Ph.D. candidate

It’s the season that most people look forward to all year: school is out for summer, and temperatures are rising quickly

Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMO) may eventually get a hearing day later this summer

In an age where we have the science and technology available to produce clean, safe raw milk, it’s great to see Iowa paving the way for more small dairies to find success, and for more people to...

If it doesn’t affect you directly, drugs such as opioids can seem like a far-off problem that only show up in a few highly populated areas of the country — and that was largely the case for...

Keeping up with changes to state and federal labor laws can be daunting. However, given the tight labor markets, dairy farms must redouble efforts to attract and retain employees

While calf starter is a component of the preweaned dairy animal’s diet, the majority of nutrients needed for growth during this first stage of life come from milk or milk replacer

While the amount of U.S. milk flowing through Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMO) climbed to the highest level since the days when California joined the system, fluid milk movement moved to an all-time...

More now than ever, milk margins have caused dairy producers to find the most affordable ration available while not sacrificing production

An outbreak of salmonella can be costly to a farm in many ways

A farm can be a great place to raise children

When looking at the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program from USDA, we see that payments have been triggered for the first three months of 2023

In a unanimous Supreme Court ruling, the justices on the highest court in the land agreed that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overstepped its authority in threatening penalties of $40,000 per...

Research is the engine that drives a dairy farm’s economic possibilities in the ever-growing carbon credit marketplace. This research enhances the ability to sell manure-based products off the farm...

Those of us in animal agriculture are no strangers to the fact that there are extremist groups calling for the end of using animals for food