Continued low milk prices make cost control essential on dairy farms. Milk prices may improve in the second half of the year, but it’s going to be somewhat longer before they reach profitable levels

Leadership is about perception. Body language and word choice matter. When both are absent, football teams and dairy farm teams flounder

Countless statistics help quantify the U.S. dairy sector. But if one map could most clearly depict the U.S. dairy industry, it’s this one, which compares each state’s milk production to its...

Growing up and grocery shopping with my mom, I remember grabbing cheese, butter, cottage cheese, milk, and yogurt almost every time we went to the store

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It’s safe to say that “Master of the Cognates” is the greatest name given to a heavy metal band

A few months ago, something caught my eye. One of our older cows calved with a nice heifer calf, and a day or so later, the cow’s daughter calved as a first-calf heifer

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the March 25, 2019 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

Though sign up for the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program does not begin until June, payment calculations are already underway

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the March 10, 2019 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

My father would have turned 79 years old at the end of last month. He is missed daily. Those that knew him, knew his laughter and his big smile

When asked about dairy recommendations for people ages 2 and older, most dietitians will advise people to choose low-fat (1 percent) or fat-free (skim) milk, which is also what MyPlate recommends

Have there been times in your life when you felt like you didn’t fit in? My answer would certainly be yes, and I would venture a guess that most of you have felt this way at times, too

I am about to head off to my Collegiate Regional Dairy Challenge competition and thought I would brush up on my understanding of manure

The frequency and cause of clinical mastitis may differ considerably between dairy herds

We are well aware of the concept of supply and demand. We are all too familiar with milk’s response

The 2018 National Dairy Quality Award Platinum winners represent an exemplary group of dairy producers. Not only do these herds produce some of the nation’s highest-quality milk on a daily...

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As each month ticks by with Class III milk prices in the mid-teens, equity slips away from the balance sheets a little at a time

With a lot of calves and a lot of different calf feeders, it can be hard for everyone to keep track of what’s going on with each hutch. When a calf is sick, we wrap a few pieces of bright yellow...