Today’s dairy cows make a lot of milk. They also make a lot of manure. This means that manure storage and handling is a critical aspect for every dairy farm

We shadowed Pipping Concrete as they built an aboveground manure storage structure on a Wisconsin dairy farm

When it comes to milk quality, we are often found discussing “counts” or “values.”

Before this piece starts the arguments for and against the above stated question, I want to simply open this as a conversation

Manure has tremendous value when used as a fertilizer source. Make the most of that value by knowing exactly what you are spreading

Mike Hutjens and Mike Rankin presented "A 2017-2018 forage and feed outlook” webinar

Risk management in the beverage milk sector has always been challenging and, quite frankly, ineffective. The reasons are threefold

Responsibilities include: Develop and maintain a successful customer base with an emphasis on large herds.Grow market share of dairy genetics in assigned territoryImplement a business pla

Management approaches to minimize nutrition-related health and production issues, presented by Bill Stone, Diamond V

Glen Arnold“We have to give a lot of thought to how manure is applied,” said Glen Arnold, with Ohio State University Extension. “Our product is very visible.”

Think that all manure is basically the same? Think again. “There’s a lot of variation in manure,” said University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Chris Baxter during his presentation...

The second and third generation of the Freund family members farm together. The farm milks 300 head using five Lely robotic milkers

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

The transition cow faces a number of challenges including metabolic and infectious diseases, which can cause problems throughout the upcoming lactation. This webinar discusses energy balance and minimizing...

Areas of the country have been dumping milk for far too long. Now processors are dropping patrons

Over the past decade, Wisconsin’s dairy industry has seen a resurgence in dairy cow numbers by adding 43,000 additional cows to its farms

Nearly every dairy farm features some type of data collection or herd management software. It can range from rumination or activity monitors to simple herd tracking with PCDART or Dairy Comp 305

“If the ration didn’t work, do we know why?” “If it did work, do we know why?” Those were questions posed by William Prokop