2019 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest - Brown Swiss Class

2019 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest - Guernsey Class

2019 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest - Holstein Class

2019 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest - Jersey Class

2019 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest - Milking Shorthorn Class

For those who aren’t familiar with the Federal Milk Marketing Orders, the Class III milk price is the minimum price of milk that cheese plants are supposed to pay dairy farmers

The number of small to mid-sized dairy farms in the United States has been falling for decades, and economist Daniel Basse compared this trend to the general population.

2018 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging contest - Jersey Class

2018 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging contest - Ayrshire Class

2018 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging contest - Guernsey Class

2018 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging contest - Holstein Class

2018 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest - Brown Swiss Class

At 30 percent market share, Class I utilization reached a new modern day low. When looking back over the past 14 years, Class I utilization for beverage milk was as high as 44 percent in 2004

Red & White Class in the Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest 2017

2017 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest Jersey Class

Ayrshire class in the 2017 Annual Cow Judging Contest

Holstein Class in the Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest 2017

Brown Swiss Class in the 2017 Hoard's Dairyman Cow judging Contest

During a 20-year span, the number of small dairy farms in our ranks has dropped dramatically. And with it, where our cows reside has changed, too. That situation was detailed in the April 25 Hoard's Dairyman...

Nothing enhances learning more than a field trip. When it's June is Dairy Month, we want to tell consumers how proud we are to be dairy producers. But, not all of us are articulate or feel comfortable...