One of the beautiful things about dairy farming in the United States is the variety. There are a number of ways to milk cows and be successful

While bank standards for assessing loans haven’t changed, the risks associated with dairy operations certainly have changed during the pandemic

If volatility has been the defining characteristic of the dairy industry during the last few decades, 2020 was one for the record books

The road to where we are today in agriculture labor laws has been paved with a multitude of good intentions and calls for justice

The United States is nearly one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and the disease has changed both social and societal norms across the country

While President Joe Biden’s appointment for Secretary of Agriculture awaits approval by the Senate, the veteran head of USDA, Tom Vilsack, is already considering his agenda for his second term

“I don’t think there’s any debate that improving broadband access in rural areas is both necessary and worthy. That’s just not a question,” said Cornell’s Andy Novakovic...

The back and forth related to Waters of the United States (WOTUS) dates back to the language of a 1972 amendment to the Clean Water Act that established federal jurisdiction over “navigable waters.”

Many dairy proponents who have studied the newly released Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020 to 2025 will tell you that there are many wins for the category

The newly released Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 was filled with many positives for the dairy industry

While many unknowns remain regarding 2021 milk prices, there are a few factors with major impacts that we do know details about

During the last decade, the U.S. dairy industry has seen both butterfat prices and protein prices drive farm gate milk checks

As the wild ride that has been 2020 comes to a close, dairy economists have their eyes directed toward what’s in store for 2021

While there is a good amount of turnover in leadership of the agriculture committees in Congress, the agriculture industry as a whole also has its attention focused on a critically important appointment...

Change is a scary thing, and there will be no shortage of that in Washington, D.C., when it comes to agriculture leaders in the next Congress and administration

The fundamental question bouncing around the minds of many dairy operators throughout 2020 is probably the one posed in the title of this article

If you asked a group of dairy farmers from across the country to define the function of the Federal Milk Marketing Orders, you might get a wide range of answers

For the same reason that many dairy economists are unwilling to put too much stock in predicting future milk prices, 2020 has left the industry with another lesson just as applicable to federal order pricing:...

Conversations involving risk management and forward contracting often end up resulting in a discussion of “one time.”

Stability, predictability, and adequacy — those are three things farmers require from dairy markets