What would be your first thought while standing at the palpation rail for routine pregnancy checks if you saw cows running by, back to their pen, udders full, streaming milk?

Abraham Lincoln once said, “Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want later.”This sums up what we do every day on our dairy farms

Of course, cows do not talk to us in the literal sense. Instead, your herd figuratively speaks to you and your advisers through production trends and other quantifiable herd tendencies

Today’s major health concern is COVID-19. While the pandemic should eventually pass due to a robust vaccination effort, there is a different health problem escalating in teenage girls that could...

Corn for silage will be planted soon, if not already, and harvested during the summer

Just as in human medicine, antibiotics can serve as a useful treatment tool when a dairy animal becomes sick

On Tony Brubaker’s Pennsylvania dairy farm, they began dry matter intake tracking 15 years ago

Assembling an “A-Team” roster and not just people on your payroll is easier than most think

Learn how on-farm NIR technology and calibrations can help you maximize ROI and minimize waste in the diet

Over the last century, milk production in dairy cows has climbed dramatically. Along the way, udder and teat conformation have changed just as substantially

Whether she’s slipping on a pair of work boots or lacing up softball cleats, Alli Walker is not afraid to face a challenge. She's known as the workhorse of the Michigan State Spartan pitching staff

several years ago, Duane and I took advantage of a cost share program with our county conservation organization

The Federal Milk Marketing Order system serves as a rulebook for buyers and sellers of milk, reminded Erin Taylor on the April 7 Hoard’s Dairyman DairyLivestream

My tools were getting unorganized, and I would not know where the last person put them. So, I came up with a simple idea. I hung all my tools in the right place and traced them with a permanent marker

An online conversation over a controversial Burger King commercial turned into so much more and put agriculture in a more positive light

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

my mother often tells the story of when she was a young child and went on a trip with her sister, mother, aunt, and two cousins

As of 2017, nearly 300,000 acres of cover crops were planted across New York state. That’s 7% of the state’s total cropland, and that land number continues to grow

Scarcity and oversupply were two of the stories that permeated the past year as COVID-19 influenced dairy markets

Over the past decade, inseminations to sexed semen have grown from 9% of Holsteins and 23% of Jersey heifers and cows in 2009 to 21% of Holstein females and 46% of Jersey females in 2020