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...

I have two young children, and keeping them occupied and safe can feel like a full-time job in some situations. This gives me a whole new appreciation and admiration for all the farm moms out there who

Oftentimes, dairy farmers just take it day by day to get the work done. Still, it is crucial that someone in the business has an eye on the future and a plan of what is to come

The number of daily visits a cow makes to an automated milking system has a notable impact on overall milk production

An old friend of the dairy industry has returned. The “Got Milk?” campaign, which ran from 1993 until its retirement in 2014, is making a comeback

Some farms adjust their feeding schedule in the summer and deliver feed at night, thinking that cows will eat more when it is cooler outside

Herd size often dictates how many pens of milking cows are on a farm, but if having multiple pens is an option, consider grouping cows by age

Sometimes, it seems as if there isn’t enough time in a day to get everything done that a person wants to

Even people who classify as “social butterflies” may crave time alone now and then, and the same could be true for dairy calves

Through research and practical experience, we continue to learn more about the benefits of social housing for young dairy calves