At the midpoint of 2023, milk prices are significantly worse than many, including me, expected coming into the year

If you know me, you likely know I am originally from Argentina. One characteristic of people from Argentina is that they frequently use metaphors to describe circumstances

Those in dairy circles have long known that the dairy cow has a unique ability to convert forages into nutritious milk

Creating a cattle sale through a collegiate student organization is no easy task. This was my exact thought when some of my classmates wanted to start a dairy cattle sale at Virginia Tech

On a trip to Michigan last week, a common theme among the conversations we had with farmers was the need for rain

During my reign as the 2022 Virginia Dairy Princess, I was asked a particularly interesting question, “What do you think cows would say if they could talk?”

Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMO) may eventually get a hearing day later this summer

It’s the most wonderful month of the year!

It takes a lot of momentum to get through the summer months. The days are long, the outside work is screaming to be done, and if a farmer sees daylight, they see an opportunity to do more

As we now move into June, I couldn’t let us move too far on from May — National Mental Health Awareness month — without talking about mental health

In an age where we have the science and technology available to produce clean, safe raw milk, it’s great to see Iowa paving the way for more small dairies to find success, and for more people to...

If it doesn’t affect you directly, drugs such as opioids can seem like a far-off problem that only show up in a few highly populated areas of the country — and that was largely the case for...

The dairy checkoff is hoping consumers will be thirsty for a glass of milk after watching social media content depicting several ways milk remains a tried-and-true complement to a peanut butter sandwich,...

A farm can be a great place to raise children

Between an impending visit from the inspector, Mother’s Day passing us by, and some upcoming events we want to have the farm in top shape for, we’ve been taking any chance we get to do extra...

Warm, wet weather creates an environment where salmonella-causing bacteria thrive

Stress is part of life, and in some ways, it can motivate us to do better and be better

Possibly the biggest thief of resting time for dairy cows is waiting to be milked

I used to have a poster in my office that said, “Everything I learned, I learned from a cow.”

“Technology is coming for us, whether we like it or not,” said Steph Plaster, a University of Wisconsin Division of Extension farm management outreach specialist, during a “Setting your...