“The organic dairy sector witnessed a demand surge as the COVID-19 pandemic first gripped the nation,” shared Organic Valley’s Travis Forgues during testimony on June 22

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“Manufacturers don’t actually know what they will have to pay for your milk until federal orders deliver the monthly announcement of prices,” wrote Mark Stephenson

Corn Silage: From Seed to Feed is the latest offering from the Hoard’s Dairyman bookstore

That first meal of colostrum can truly set the stage for calfhood and beyond

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has opened the door to federal order modernization in response to industry interest in looking at a variety of changes

The author is a professor emeritus at University of Illinois, Urbana.Questions are arriving from around the globe, inquiring about strategies to reduce feed costs given $7 to $8 per bushel corn and so

After birth, our calves are moved to individual pens with heat lamps. With four pens next to each other, it was a struggle to determine which cord went with the heat lamp for each pen

When it comes to raising heifers, we don’t want them to grow too slowly – or too fast

Many dairies across the country are still feeding contracted or stored-on-farm feeds and forages. It’s a blessing given the upheaval in feed markets in the past months

Recently, I attended a herd health talk in which the presenter described a disease as the “silent thief,” and it struck me that, in my experience, Prototheca mastitis could be viewed analogously

Traditionally, economists who follow dairy would predict that high milk prices bring forth more cows and more milk production

I wanted to express some feedback on the article, “Focus on retaining your best employees,” published on April 7, 2022

In recent years, for better or worse, milk prices in the U.S. are determined increasingly by forces at play in other parts of the world

How many “We’re hiring” signs have you seen this week? It may seem like every business is putting out a plea for employees even as unemployment levels continue to drop

A first lactation heifer’s initial experience in a voluntary milking system or robot is so important to the cow and the farmer

We are beginning to see the term “make allowance” in dairy headlines, and it is important to understand what it means and how it works

The herd at Neu-Hope Dairy near Bluffton, Ind., averages 94 pounds of milk per cow per day

Milk is the most important commodity produced on a dairy farm, and both quality and quantity of that product matter to the farm’s success. This is true for every kind of dairy