Some dairy farms decide to take on-farm processing to the next level by opening a retail store. This serves as an opportunity to provide products directly to consumers

Dairy supply management is a topic that evokes a lot of emotion

An on-farm retail store provides a unique opportunity, not only to sell products directly to customers, but to also bring them to the farm on a regular basis

During the 1990s when Miner Institute was just starting to plant brown midrib (BMR) corn, the seed company representative selling these silage-only hybrids advised us to plant them only on our best cropland...

Last Sunday, Joaquin Phoenix used his fame to denounce dairy farming to millions of people. If I’m being completely honest, I’m a little impressed that he was able to slip the phrase “artificial...

The 2019 growing season was one of the most challenging seasons many of us have ever seen. Several areas had severe winterkill; spring planting delayed by cool, wet weather; and a short summer with more...

The farm press is filled with stories of farm injuries, workplace fatalities, and life-threatening health concerns from exposure to toxic gases, dusts, and other hazards

Running a dairy farm is more than enough work for a dairy farm family to handle. When you add on farm processing and direct sales to the mix, challenges certainly come with the rewards

Dairy economist Mark Stephenson predicts that 2020 will be a better year for milk prices — with a few asterisks

The last several years of wet and warm conditions in dairy regions across the country have brought up the important conversation of forage hygiene

My job with the dairy checkoff is to study everything that is going on outside of the dairy industry. While that may seem like somewhat of a disconnected way to work on the dairy farmers’ behalf,...

Kobe Bryant's death has been all over the media. While an NBA superstar's life has little effect on us dairy farmers, the harsh reminder of his tragic passing is that life is way too short

On many dairies, the milking equipment is the hardest working but often the most neglected equipment. Even most old farm trucks get the oil changed on a regular basis, but for some reason we think that...

Backing wagons and carts into tight spots in the shed for storage can be a challenging job. So, I welded a receiver on the bar behind the bucket of my skid steer. Now, I can move trailers with ease

Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin, presented “The dairy situation and outlook for 2020” on Monday, January 13, at noon (Central time)

We all know that PETA has an affinity for fabricated and overexaggerated photos, videos, and situations to make every farmer look evil

There’s been a stark contrast in dairy processing circles in the past 60 days

Here we are on the upward swing of the commodity price cycle roller coaster.Time to take a deep breath — yes

The U.S. dairy industry has only in recent months pulled out of a prolonged price slump that dates back to 2015

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