July 10 2025
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!
July 10 2025
Growing up close to a famous amusement park, I have had the opportunity to ride a few roller coasters in my day
July 8 2025
Money spent on proven diet strategies for transition cows usually has a high payback
July 8 2025
On a recent early morning farm visit, it was noted that new claws and liners had been installed in this double-12 parallel parlor
July 8 2025
It is not really all that much — just 70 cents per hundredweight of milk. It’s not even three quarter coins
June 20 2025
On our skid loader we have a hydraulic quick attach, and it kept getting pinned between the loader, the grapples, and the spears
June 20 2025
My poor high school math teacher, may he rest in peace
June 17 2025
ITN is a frustrating and costly disease, as many of these animals soon are culled from the herd
June 17 2025
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
June 17 2025
Sugar alcohols are similar to sugars except that they have an extra hydrogen atom forming what is chemically called an alcohol group (-OH)
May 30 2025
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
May 30 2025
Farmers are happy in our neck of the woods because it is planting season
May 9 2025
My grandfather was a Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA) milk tester in the 1930s in Alabama
May 9 2025
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
May 9 2025
Milking cows in this day and age requires a forever active mind
April 15 2025
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...
April 8 2025
Dairy cows lead social lives, and their social environment presents both benefits and challenges. Every day, a cow will navigate a range of social interactions as it moves through the barn
April 8 2025
Genetic improvements within the U.S. dairy herd are fueling historic gains in key milk components needed to produce cheese, butter and a variety of other popular dairy foods
April 8 2025
Duddingtonia flagrans is a species of carnivorous soil fungus that shows promise in managing intestinal nematode (“worm”) infestations on both organic and conventional dairies
April 7 2025
Straw is commonly fed in traditional heifer diets to reduce the energy density of the ration and intake due to straw’s slow and poor digestibility
April 7 2025
With the transition from pregnancy and the dry period to lactation after calving, dairy cows face significant physiological and metabolic changes