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Nov. 29 2024
Farmers around the world are implementing new ways in which they can be more sustainably efficient
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Sept. 16 2024
People say that there’s always room for improvement. Notably, the dairy industry has proven this statement true, continuously raising the bar by making environmental progress
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March 18 2024
Late gestation is one of the critical points of pregnancy when any positive or negative event that occurs can cause long-term effects on the fetus after birth
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Dec. 18 2023
Genetic selection is a powerful tool to make changes in a population, and in dairy cattle, that has proven true many times over
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June 15 2023
While alternative beverages seem to get more positive press coverage these days than fluid milk sales, dairy team members from two grocery chains acknowledged that milk remains as the major player
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June 8 2023
This spring, an advertising campaign developed by the Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP) captured the internet when it parodied the rise of alternative milk beverages by proclaiming that actress...
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April 7 2023
If you have studied animal or dairy science in college in the last two decades, you may have had the opportunity to compete in the North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge
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April 3 2023
In light of the Food and Drug Administration’s disappointing decision to allow dairy alternative beverages to use the term milk in their names and on their labels, it is refreshing to see solid information...
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Jan. 10 2023
We all know that dairy farming is a challenging business under the best of circumstances. Hoyt Hill Farmstead has experienced additional stress over the past two years as Scott and Amber Hoyt have dea
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Aug. 18 2022
Last June, meatpacking giant JBS halted all of its U.S. plants that collectively produce about a quarter of the country’s beef supply, for an entire day
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Aug. 10 2022
People who use the term, “factory farm,” are creating an inaccurate reality for consumers. Don’t be one of them and bring down other dairy farms
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Aug. 8 2022
In the busy days of dairy farming, transition planning is an easy topic to kick down the road to tackle later on — there’s plenty of time left to figure that out, right?
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March 21 2022
Inflation. There isn’t a day that goes by in which that word doesn’t grab a headline these days. It’s at a new 40-year high at 7.9%
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Feb. 3 2022
The dairy REAL Seal program has evolved to become a leaner – and in a few cases, depending on one’s perspective, meaner – marketing program during the past decade compared to the one...
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Oct. 5 2021
Whether you were in Madison or not, we are all in dairy together and it’s a cause for celebration
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April 20 2021
Learn how on-farm NIR technology and calibrations can help you maximize ROI and minimize waste in the diet
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April 5 2021
Dairy producers and genetic enthusiasts eagerly await the next release of dairy genetic evaluations on Tuesday, April 6. These triannual evaluations – on April 6, August 10, and December 7
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March 9 2021
Sharing our thoughts and realities helps us build trust and connections, even when it’s difficult
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Feb. 25 2021
Introduced more than 40 years ago, the REAL Seal has become one of the most widely recognized label identification programs in the food industry
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Feb. 1 2021
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