By most accounts, heifer rearing is the second- or third-largest cost category on dairy farms

Slowly but surely, California dairy farms are helping to reduce some of the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

Even if you have high-quality colostrum, that colostrum must be fed to calves right after birth to stimulate passive transfer of immunoglobulins that ultimately creates immunity in newborn calves

“An almond doesn’t lactate,” may be the best statement said in favor of the dairy industry that I’ve heard lately, and it was a quote by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner...

“If you want 99-plus percent of calves to live, follow the ‘big four’ at calving,” shared Lane Sollenberger with those attending the First International Conference of Calf and Heifer...

For a group of dairy farmers, the Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center has been a vision for over eight years

Three headlines sum up which industry is seeing early casualties in the just-launched trade war between the U.S. and its biggest customers

“It’s a game changer,” shared Ev Thomas of Oak Point Agronomics during the Hoard’s Dairyman webinar, when talking about forage advancements in alfalfa production

By offering a safe place for students to develop and share thoughts about animal welfare within the dairy industry, the University of Guelph has taken a proactive approach to herd health

Citing market conditions that are in a “state of flux, aggravated by challenging national dairy product markets,” National All-Jersey and its fellow proponents withdrew their proposal for a...

Since his grandfather had a cottage by the Chesapeake Bay, Duane’s family spent summer holidays there. It was only natural that Duane and I followed suit with our children

It disheartens us to come to grips with this notion . . . dairy’s trendline looks far closer to hogs than it does to beef. That’s because no other sector outside of swine has consolidated at

Diarrhea remains the leading cause of death in dairy calves

Dairies normally have guidelines for culling cows, but how many of you have written rules or at least go through and cull calves and heifers on a regular basis?

The number of calf barns with automated feeders is certainly on the rise. More and more farmers are going that route for their calf raising needs

On many farms, it’s well understood that the calf’s first meal is of vital importance

I’m sometimes asked by dairy farmers why they no longer see the checkoff’s advertising on television like they used to

To say that most consumers know little about dairy farming might be generous — and rounding their average knowledge level down to zero might not be totally unfair

Constant improvement — better genetics, more pregnancies, less disease . . . the list is endless

Trade has been dominating the headlines