This is an easy way to be able to feed calves maternal colostrum. I placed white neck tags on colostrum pails. These can be written on with dry erase markers, making it easy to know whose colostrum is...

When we are giving a tour to people who stop by the farm, they always raise their eyebrows when we tell them that the cows have a nutritionist who watches their diet meticulously

In the dairy production sector, where changes continuously reshape the landscape, effective communication between producers and their financial partners is crucial

Automated Milking Systems (AMS) have transformed dairy farming by increasing milking efficiency and providing cows more freedom and flexibility

Though it resembles the common housefly in size, and other blowflies in its appearance, Chochliomyia homnivorax exhibits a distinct behavior that ratchets up its health and economic risks far beyond those...

Big square bale feeders for young stock are hard to find. We built this big square bale feeder out of bridge planks and a guard rail. It is not going anywhere!

Growing up close to a famous amusement park, I have had the opportunity to ride a few roller coasters in my day

Money spent on proven diet strategies for transition cows usually has a high payback

On a recent early morning farm visit, it was noted that new claws and liners had been installed in this double-12 parallel parlor

It is not really all that much — just 70 cents per hundredweight of milk. It’s not even three quarter coins

On our skid loader we have a hydraulic quick attach, and it kept getting pinned between the loader, the grapples, and the spears

My poor high school math teacher, may he rest in peace

ITN is a frustrating and costly disease, as many of these animals soon are culled from the herd

Decades ago, over 20 nations eradicated bovine leukemia virus (BLV) from their dairy herds by culling all cattle found positive on a BLV antibody test

Sugar alcohols are similar to sugars except that they have an extra hydrogen atom forming what is chemically called an alcohol group (-OH)

We cut the handles off our teat dip barrel at the hanging point, drilled two holes in them, and fastened one on either side of the three-wheeled shavings cart

Farmers are happy in our neck of the woods because it is planting season

My grandfather was a Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA) milk tester in the 1930s in Alabama

One of the biggest transitions in forage equipment over the past 20 years or so has been from sicklebar mowers to disc mowers and mower-conditioners

Milking cows in this day and age requires a forever active mind

For the 27th year, students from the six New England land grant universities hopped on a bus for a week in January, traveling to dairy farms in the northeastern United States, and Quebec, Prince Edward...