Handy Hint: June 2014 Quick and easy calf ID When our primary calf feeder had time off, we sometimes got behind on tagging calves. We came to the solution of using plastic tags and dry erase markers that...

"Although corn prices dropped dramatically during the fourth quarter of 2013, most other feeds rose in price which kept more profitable bottom lines just out of reach," reported the Frazer LLP certified...

Across the industry, there is one struggle upon which we can unite. Regardless of your chosen production method or location in the country, margins have been tight as of late

June is an exciting time for the dairy industry . . . amiable weather, bustling activity and overall enthusiasm for milk and dairy products. The most obvious signs of dairy promotion are Breakfast on...

Less food, less jobs and $1.7 billion in agricultural losses are preliminary projections of the damage that will be done by the epic ongoing drought in the nation's largest agricultural state, according...

by Corey Geiger, Managing Editor If you have a son or daughter entering college this fall and experienced sticker shock over the cost of tuition, you aren't alone. For the most recent school year, the...

For a good part of my childhood and most of my high school and college years, I have been the employee at my parents' 150-cow dairy in Valley Center, Kan. Like most farm children, I headed up calf care

Genomics was a large focus at the Advancing Dairy Cattle Genetics workshop this past February in Phoenix, Ariz. The issue of bias in genomic evaluations was not on the official agenda, but it was discussed...

Dairy farmers in the nation's top milk producing state saw minor relief in their production costs last year. According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, it cost California dairy producers...

We can learn a great deal from studying weather patterns. That was the main take away from a recent presentation by Elwynn Taylor, a professor of ag meteorology who has been studying his trade since 1982,...

This time it's okay to play on your computer at work. "Dairy Land" is a new interactive online game unveiled May 5 by the Washington Dairy Products Commission (WDPC). It's a fun and very educational take...

Handy Hint: May 25, 2014 Creative solution for a small commodity bay We have a commodity bay on the farm that is too small for a truck to dump into. To solve this problem, we mounted a used cyclone from...

While the 2001 National Research Council (NRC) has been an ally of nutritionists for years, Bill Weiss' research and experience have proven that some of the minimum levels set in the NRC guidelines are...

Hoard's Dairyman Webinar Archives May 12, 2014: "Update on mineral nutrition of dairy cows" presented by Bill Weiss, Ohio State University Sponsored by Zinpro Performance Minerals (www.zinpro.com/dairy)...

Brazil's second confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was announced last week by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The animal, a 12-year-old beef cow that was born and...

China has further tightened its borders to infant formula made in other countries. New restrictions now require foreign makers of milk powder to register their product and their manufacturing and storage...

Heat abatement is not just for the milking herd. Dry cows that are cooled are healthier, breed back sooner and produce more milk. Heat stress has substantial impacts on milk yield during lactation

When it rained, it didn't pour in California last year. As a result, the California Department of Water Resources (CDWR) has officially declared 2013 the driest year since records began being kept in 1895