From mid-April to mid-May, the price of CME block cheese rose by nearly 50 cents a pound, and the June Class III futures contract jumped from $16.50 per hundredweight (cwt.) to more than $21 per cwt

My predecessor started the concept of herd health checks in our area over 50 years ago. Cows and heifers were checked for their reproductive status on a schedule

Feeding and managing cows in a robotic milking systemPresented by: Jim Salfer, an extension educator with the University of MinnesotaSponsored by AMS Galaxy. Learn about feeding and manageme

Now is the time to review parlor procedures and stall hygiene practices to reduce the risk for environmental mastitis

In agriculture, we spend a lot of time with data — collecting it, analyzing it, debating it, and using it for decision making

Mexico is an important trade partner for U.S. dairy. It’s our largest export customer for cheese by a large margin

A few decades ago, dairy producers primarily focused on milk price when it came to managing their risk

As news of Nasonville Dairy’s recent wins at the 35th biennial World Championship Cheese Contest began to reach our plant floor, we shared high-fives and congratulations all around

Mannheimia haemolytica is one of the leading causes of respiratory disease in cattle

The end of the short winter signals the beginning of prolonged warm days, prompting dairy farmers to evaluate their heat stress management plan

When I was about 9 years old, we rented 40 acres of a reclaimed strip mine for dry cow pasture

A recent discussion led to one of those questions that always makes me cringe a little: “What’s the number one thing I can do for my forage program in 2024?”

The use of beef semen on dairy cattle has been a real asset to dairy farms, both in reducing the cost of raising excess dairy heifers and creating more valuable calves to be sold

For the third year, the Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference hosted an on-farm fall field day to provide another opportunity for the dairy industry to come together and exchange ideas

Yogurt was able to put another feather in its cap earlier this month when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new qualified health claim for the popular dairy product

When dairy farmers are away, they typically leave the farm in the hands of current employees or they call on neighbors or family to cover the workload

Classifieds: March 2024

The business of producing milk has always been about doing more with less, said Brandon Treichler during the National Mastitis Council Annual Meeting

Bill Weiss, a professor emeritus at The Ohio State University, presented, “Feed composition varies – does it matter?”