When Jacki Moegenburg was a junior at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, she worked with one of her professors to put together a business plan for an agritourism venture on her family’s dairy...

Tours and on-farm events are awesome ways to educate consumers about dairy farming and the nutrition dairy products can provide

Vaccinations are top of mind for most people right now, as the first COVID-19 vaccines for Americans were distributed this week

The two or so months prior to weaning really lay the foundation for a healthy, productive dairy animal. It is important to review the success of your preweaned calf program every now and then

This week, when the calendar turns to December, it’s a clear sign that winter weather is quickly approaching

When lameness cases develop in a dairy herd, it can be difficult to get to the root of the problem

While dry hay once dominated alfalfa production, certain parts of the country have come to rely more on alfalfa haylage over time

For years, people working with dairy cows have called the drop in calcium around calving milk fever. Ironically, milk fever, also known as hypocalcemia, does not cause a fever at all

As the harvest season comes to an end, farms may find themselves with excess forage, the right amount of forage, or not enough forage to feed their herd in the year ahead

Before and after calving, a dairy cow’s body experiences significant change. This includes the uterus, which can go from carrying a calf, placenta, and fluids down to the size of an adult’s...

“2020 has certainly been a roller coaster year,” said dairy analyst Matt Gould, stating the obvious during the Pennsylvania Center for Dairy Excellence’s “Navigating the Numbers”...

Dairy farmers have watched prices for their products climb to surprising highs and fall to devastating lows since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March

When it comes to mastitis, milk culturing can answer a very important question: “Are we dealing with contagious or environmental organisms?”

Anyone who works with calves knows they can become sick and dehydrated very quickly

There’s almost always a shortage of time and a lack of space on dairy farms. When deciding which animals get the most attention and best resources, the answer is typically the milking herd, and understandably...

Matt Bomgardner of Blue Mountain View Farm in Annville, Pa., returned home to the family farm full time in 2005

At calving, cows find themselves in a negative calcium balance. That’s because they are literally drawing from their own calcium stores to put the mineral into milk

When Paul Fouts built a second freestall barn on his Cortland, N.Y., dairy, he chose to build another three-row barn

Some students have known since kindergarten what they want to be when they grow up

“Conflict is often healthy. It can generate creativity and new ideas, lead to improved decision making, and help people learn and grow,” said Rob Skacel, a business psychologist with True Edge...