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Feb. 15 2024
Every five years, the Census of Agriculture is conducted, giving us an overview of farming in the United States
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Feb. 14 2024
Are you snowed in or are you snowed out? If you are a dairy farmer, the odds are high that you are more likely to be snowed out
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Feb. 12 2024
The biggest loss from a case of mastitis is discarded milk
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Feb. 12 2024
Gearheads like myself understand that horsepower and torque measure two different things
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Feb. 12 2024
As the farm bill debate continues, examining how the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program has operated — particularly what has triggered payments under the program — is instructive
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Feb. 9 2024
Controlling mastitis and producing high-quality milk are only realized when teats are clean and dry prior to milking
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Feb. 9 2024
A local tragedy involving farm equipment provided the spark for an event in Canada to help farm women feel more confident about operating farm machinery, especially in emergency situations
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Feb. 8 2024
In addition to providing effective training, leading your team members so that they can do their jobs well requires setting clear expectations and providing feedback
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Feb. 5 2024
June 12, 2023: a day of glory. Or, if you’re like me — an educator trying to make numbers and literature somehow more appealing than a mysterious purple ice cream treat — a day of horror
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Feb. 5 2024
Trusting your workforce to complete their jobs accurately is the foundational need of any business. But for employees to know what needs to be done and how to do it, they need effective training
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Feb. 1 2024
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is excited to announce that our new educational video game called “Mooving Cows” is now publicly available to download and play
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Feb. 1 2024
The author is a freelance writer based in Rockford, Ill.Health resolutions for the new year encompass more than simply losing weight
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Jan. 29 2024
In a few weeks, winter annual grasses or small grain grasses will accelerate their growth, and the harvest of small grain grasses for silage will begin
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Jan. 26 2024
Stretch your mind, have some fun, and maybe even win some prizes by entering our Cow Judging Contest
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Jan. 25 2024
In his opening address, president and CEO Michael Dykes shared a handful of ways we can elevate the dairy industry, and one of them was to reignite our competitive fire
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Jan. 23 2024
Changes are happening at the farm and we are playing musical chairs with our houses
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Jan. 22 2024
Supply and demand are often on a teeter-totter ride; when one goes up, the other goes down. This is certainly true for our dairy markets
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Jan. 19 2024
As farmers, we face many difficult moments and failures, but the moments of success are worth the work
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Jan. 19 2024
A productive cow isn’t always a profitable cow. A profitable cow performs in milk volume and quality, breeds back quickly and experiences few health events