Dairy producers, nutritionists, producers, and marketers of hay and other forage material often use indexes used to rank forage quality

We often fail to take the time to fully appreciate the most important crop raised on our farms. It isn’t corn, cotton, or even cows . . . it’s children. As it turns out, those children don’t...

The two or so months prior to weaning really lay the foundation for a healthy, productive dairy animal. It is important to review the success of your preweaned calf program every now and then

Raising heifers economically isn’t just about feed prices, as herd management practices can make a big impact on the bottom line

Wow, it has been a long day. It has been a long, trying, terribly good bad day. It’s been one of those days where you walk in the house in nothing but your undies

If there ever was a year that needed the joy of the holiday spirit, it’d be 2020. It’s undoubtedly been a long and crazy year

The pandemic has forced us to take a closer look at many shortcomings in our communities over the past few months, including those in the food system

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...

Dairy farming is traditionally thought of as a generational vocation. Farms are handed down from parents to children over time, or from an owner to a successor

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 2020 election has been historic in a number of ways, and that includes agriculture

“The industry, on the demand side, cannot be firing on all cylinders as long as food service continues to be impacted by the pandemic,” said Peter Vitaliano

My view today is filled with rain, snow, sleet, and lots of fog (because that’s Midwest weather for you)

Providing dairy workers with formal safety training is not typically an easy task. Workers are on tight schedules, training resources are scarce, and language barriers exist

Determining the value of milk, which is known as price discovery, is one of the intrinsic capabilities of the federal order system

This year has been stressful for just about everyone, and children are no exception. In fact, children are especially vulnerable to the harmful effects of stress and anxiety due to their developing brains...

In December, dairy cattle sustainability will add a genetic tool with the introduction of the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding’s (CDCB) Feed Saved trait in Holstein sire evaluations

While dry hay once dominated alfalfa production, certain parts of the country have come to rely more on alfalfa haylage over time

this year will go down in the annals of history as one for the ages. Indeed, 2020 had both immense challenges and immense opportunities . . . both are coming to light

I began my professional career in 1980 just as a number of proven reproductive technologies arrived on the marketplace in North America