“Age at calving and herd replacement rates are the largest factors influencing heifer costs,” shared Jud Heinrichs, Penn State extension specialist. “This affects the numbers of heifers...

For dairy producers in the northern United States, corn chopping season is nearing or has already arrived, and along with it, the difficult task of getting it cut at just the right dry matter

From 4-H motto to life philosophy, these words have become more than just words for me

FTC suggests consent order on NAAB handling of genomic testing. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a consent order surrounding the restriction of competition related to genomic testing. This...

Conversations with even just a few dairy farmers from across the country quickly identify data management as one of the largest on-farm issues

Because of their size and age, young calves, just like young children, tend to be primed for infection and can be easily overtaken by disease

Lying time and activity have gained popularity in the industry as measures of health and welfare

The uptick in alternative forages in dairy cattle diets across the country has drawn many researchers to the question of what nutritional profile do they offer when included in rations

Mother Nature’s been no friend to dairy producers trying to make forages in the northern part of the United States this year

The perfect combination of milk residue, the right pH, and temperature spell trouble for even the toughest calves

Lying time is one of the most essential activities of a dairy cow’s day and directly impacts health, welfare, and production

Everybody loves a good road trip, and the Hoard’s Dairyman and Hay & Forage Grower editorial staffs are no different

“If a farmer has an attitude of being responsible for mastitis on the farm, there was a lower bulk tank somatic cell count (SCC),” explained the University of Tennessee’s Peter Krawczel

Over the course of the last few decades, dairies have waged war on mastitis pathogens and by some gauges have been hugely successful. Particularly when bulk tank somatic cell counts are evaluated

For dairy farmer Jason Troyer, of RJT Dairy Farm in Centerville, Pa., the transition to the use of an automated milking system in 2015 was just a step in the robotic milking journey

Set protocols for people as well as herd management

In March 2017, a lawsuit filed against the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation claimed that a herd of 200 cows produced the same amount of waste as a city of 96,000 people

“There’s a learning curve in adapting our management to the technology,” shared the University of Kentucky’s Joey Clark. He serves as the university’s dairy farm manager

“We still have a lot to learn, but I don’t think there can ever be too much data,” commented Chaney’s Dairy Farm’s Dore Baker at the recent Precision Dairy Conference in Lexington,...

When discussing calf raising, most every dairy farmer will tell you good colostrum is essential to calf health