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Feb. 18 2025
We recently brought back the Midwest ADSA meeting
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Feb. 17 2025
February is the month that we are supposed to focus on love
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Feb. 17 2025
There is a list of nutrients that are considered required to help ruminants perform bodily functions properly
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Feb. 13 2025
Highly pathogenic avian influenza. H5N1. Bird flu. Regardless of what you may call it, this virus has posed significant challenges to dairy farmers over the past year
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Feb. 12 2025
How can we better understand consumer choices in the dairy industry?
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Jan. 30 2025
Staying on top of the many tactics of animal rights activist groups allows us to better position ourselves to help educate the public on animal agriculture
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Jan. 29 2025
The start of 2025 marks a milestone for the U.S. dairy industry: the complete elimination of tariffs on dairy products under the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)
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Jan. 23 2025
Dairy farmers enjoyed higher milk prices in 2024 due to lower milk output for much of the year, and that same market force caused retail milk prices to climb to a new high
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Jan. 20 2025
USDA announced last Thursday that the final rule amending Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) pricing formulas passed the producer vote and will be implemented in all 11 federal orders
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Jan. 17 2025
There were seven of us sitting around the table. Sam, Brad, and Ben were the father and two sons who owned the farm
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Jan. 9 2025
Mastitis can be caused by many pathogens, but if you ask any dairy veterinarian or farmer which is the most damaging, the odds are good that their response will be Staphylococcus aureus
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Jan. 8 2025
While farmers are still facing challenges, some of them are different from what we previously dealt with
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Jan. 2 2025
On an episode of the “Bovine Banter” podcast hosted by Penn State Extension, Josh Brubaker shared how he and his family have implemented the use of alternative energy sources such as a manure...
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Dec. 30 2024
In a recent Frontiers in Veterinary Science article, Penn State researchers discovered that a sugar solution may prove to have the same effects as treating certain diseases with antibiotics
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Dec. 30 2024
Among the issues that have plagued negotiations for a new farm bill for more than a year have been disagreements around spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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Dec. 23 2024
Have you ever felt overwhelmed after reading the term "first-order fiber digestion kinetics" in a manuscript or textbook? I definitely have — several times!
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Dec. 23 2024
Dairy farmers can especially appreciate that returns rarely come without an investment of time, energy, or money
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Dec. 19 2024
As other countries have put new rules and regulations into place regarding calf transport, the question is not why, but when could the U.S. add such transportation guidelines
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Dec. 16 2024
A 2023 study found the prevalence of lameness in dairy cattle to be 23%. It’s understandable, then, that hoof health and regular trimming have been incorporated as a consistent part of animal care...
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Dec. 10 2024
We can sell more dairy through online grocery shopping