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

The phrase “carbon markets” gets tossed around often during conversations about sustainability and agriculture, but how many people truly know what a carbon market is

Celebrate the role dairy plays in childhood nutrition during National School Breakfast Week

I recently had the opportunity to judge the extemporaneous speaking contest at the Pennsylvania Junior Holstein Club annual convention

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the March 2022 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

Just over two months into the new year, it has become clear that 2022 will hold many of the same fluctuations and fears of the past pandemic few years

Regular maintenance can go a long way in preserving a dairy’s hard working skid steer

Most of the updates made in the eighth revised edition of the Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle were minor; according to Bill Weiss from The Ohio State University

Risk management is a broad term that can have many, often complicated, definitions when considering a dairy’s choices on its financial security

“The commodity market is bringing a lot of money into the ag markets,” shared Sarina Sharp at the winter gathering of the Wisconsin Association of Dairy Plant Field Representatives

Dairy farmers start each new year with anticipation that milk prices will be better than the year before. In the case of 2022, it appears that hope will become a reality

Everything works smoother with our automated milking systems when we stay on schedule with our cleaning and maintenance

Dairy economists are optimistic about dairy prices for 2022, and Cornell University’s Chris Wolf shared those sentiments during a Center for Dairy Excellence “Protecting your profits”...

This may be one instance that inflation and supply chain issues could work to a farmer’s advantage. The same economic storm that’s driving up equipment, fertilizer, and other input costs

Dairy employers watched with intense interest the Supreme Court’s consideration of the Biden Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)