USDA has made the ailing dairy economy a high priority and will work diligently to roll out the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) safety net with milk prices at decade-low levels

Mailbox milk prices for U.S. dairy farmers fell to the lowest levels in a decade with a $15.72 payout in 2018. That was down $1.59 from just one year earlier

In your April 25, 2019 issue . . . ROLL OUT THE FARM BILL’S DAIRY PROGRAM NOW. That was the charge to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue from 38 Senators and 77 House members. “Given what’

The April 2019 Hoard’s Dairyman Bull List can be downloaded. The list includes the top bulls for Holsteins, Jerseys, Brown Swiss, Red and White Holsteins, Guernseys, Ayrshires, and Milking Shorthorns

The dairy industry continues to evolve and so does its potential talent pool of employees

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the April 10, 2019 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

Who among us wouldn’t make an investment that returns $4.78 for every $1 spent?

Despite dairy’s current dismal pay prices, the long-term future looks bright

The U.S. dairy cow population could climb by over 100,000 head and reach 9.465 million by 2028

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the March 25, 2019 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

Pasteurization has been shown to limit these food-related risks; pasteurized milk has fewer harmful bacteria such as Listeria, salmonella, E. coli, and Campylobacter, and parasites such as Cryptosporidium....

The dismal dairy economy took its toll as 2,731 U.S. dairy farms hung up their milking machines for the final time this past year

Dean Foods lost $260 million in the fourth quarter of 2018

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the March 10, 2019 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

“If they can hold on, help is on the way thanks to the farm bill,” USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue firmly stated to the House Committee on Agriculture

Having dropped by $380 per head in the past year, dairy replacement values tumbled to a decade low of $1,140 per animal

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the February 25, 2019 issue of

We told the whole world not to eat fat, but the science did not exist,” said Andrew Samis, medical doctor with Queen’s University

People in 19 states may have been exposed to drug-resistant Brucella RB 51, reported the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Assets, liability, and equity all are reached new highs, based on data from USDA’s Economic Research Service