While all the research conducted by the world's animal scientists is geared towards building a better agricultural system, it's important for everyone to remember that ultimately our number one goal is...
The National Holstein Convention Panel in Dubuque, Iowa (L to R): Brent Schuler, Diesel Hitt, John Meyer, Jeff Brantmeier, Dan Bolin and Ashley Abbott. by Corey Geiger, Managing Editor "Have a vision for...
At $1,970 each, replacement prices have shot up $530 on average since the first of the year, according to data published in USDA's Agricultural Prices. That is the highest value since July of 2008 when...
Once the Margin Protection Plan - the milk insurance coverage passed in the latest farm bill - and its associated rules are formally announced later this summer, some dairy farmers will have to make some...
While the U.S. has exported more dairy products in 10 of the last 11 years, not one of America's dairy companies ranks among the world's top five in sales, according to Rabobank's most recent Global Dairy...
by Corey Geiger, Managing Editor are predicting prices closer to the $4 mark . . . more on those predictions in a few paragraphs. In either case, dairy farm managers who have dealt with high commodity...
Let's get rules published on dairy insurance by Corey Geiger, Managing Editor Take a look at the calendar. Exactly 158 days have passed since President Obama signed the farm bill on February 7, 2014. Exactly...
A part- or full-time summer job and a child's ability to learn financial lessons just might be the best two gifts any parent could give to a son or daughter. That's according to research by Thomas Stanley...
For an organization that prides itself on science-based research, the Consumers Union and its widely read Consumer Reports and ShopSmart publications have gotten dairy wrong on a number of occasions over...
"There is no doubt the California drought is adding cost to buying feed," Robert Chesler told those attending the 11th annual INTL FCStone Dairy Outlook Conference. "However, first-cutting alfalfa had...
On Tuesday, June 24, a team of three American Guernsey Association personnel made a visit to the Hoard's Dairyman Farm to evaluate Rolling Prairie Bella Blue. The special trip occurred because Guernsey...
On Tuesday, June 24, a team of three American Guernsey Association personnel made a visit to the Hoard's Dairyman Farm to evaluate Rolling Prairie Bella Blue. The special trip occurred because Guernsey...
On average, it cost $3,810 to purchase an acre of U.S. cropland last year. That value was up 13.7 percent over the prior year's $3,350, as reported in USDA's Agricultural Land Values released on June 19....
Unmanned aircraft systems, more commonly referred to as drones, first made headlines in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Within our borders, drones are also being used by the federal government to monitor...
Dairy is the rock on which New Zealand's entire ag sector, and for that matter the entire country's industrial base, is built. And that foundation keeps getting additional mortar as dairy accounted for...
While the reference to "plastic or paper" would be a common question asked in the checkout lane at the grocery store, in this case it's the answer to which container consumers most frequently purchase...
"Although corn prices dropped dramatically during the fourth quarter of 2013, most other feeds rose in price which kept more profitable bottom lines just out of reach," reported the Frazer LLP certified...
America wasted 31 percent of its available food supply in 2010. That's right . . .of the 430 billion pounds of food produced by American farms that eventually reached the supply chain, 133 billion pounds...
