Dairy Judging 101 has begun asking for advice on oral reasons from a pretty important group - the people who officiate the contests! In this video, Aaron Horst of ABS Global, Mary Creek of Palmyra Ayrshires,...

Across the nation, students are graduating from high school and college

With two years of planning and touring robotic farms under our belts, it is now time to break ground on the next phase for our family farm

June Dairy Month is fast approaching, and it's the perfect time to reach out and connect directly to our consumers

First Grassland shed 75 dairies in the Upper Midwest last year

A logical conclusion drawn by some dairy producers is that cows that produce large amounts of milk early in lactation don’t breed back as well

Everyone who milks cows for a living should take a serious look at the revamped Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy)

Volunteering at a judging contest that I participated in during high school has been a rewarding experience

It's pitiful past performance invoked indifference among dairy farmers. However, significant updates to the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) should cause everyone to take a second look

The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture passed the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (ANA18) out of committee on April 18, 2018

In order to get on their feet and get back into reproductive form, research has shown that a good fresh period is essential for cows

One nut has surpassed dairy while another nut is nipping at dairy’s heels

It was time. My old truck, Logwagon, was approaching 300,000 miles. John, our mechanic, had hauled it back from a farm call more than an hour away twice

It’s been estimated that 2 percent of America’s cows are now milked with robots. That number climbs to nearly 15 percent when looking north of the border

A typical stroll down the grocery store aisle exposes the shopper to almost 40,000 different products

Not quite a year ago, the first dairy company said they would make the transition to selling dairy products that had been produced by cows that were fed feeds free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)

USDA and the University of Missouri’s Food & Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) conduct baseline projections each year for a number of agricultural sectors

As those of us in dairy circles continue to hope for a recovery, the rest of the economy keeps growing

I don’t actually know how to fix the dairy industry. I know that it will be a multistep process

Grouping strategies have a huge impact on cows’ lactations and lifetime production