The Wisconsin Farm Discovery Center was the site of a graduation celebration for the dairy management program at Lakeshore Technical College

Fresh cow pens continue to grow in popularity, especially for larger dairies, farms that are building new facilities, or those looking to improve cow health and performance

While planting season is well underway in the southern half of the U.S., a cold and wet spring has many farmers in more northern states playing a waiting game

When in-person youth events were canceled, a new youth dairy competition called the North American Dairy Educational Experience was developed

Feed expenses make up more than half the cost of producing milk on today’s dairy farms

Consumer expectations and farmer responses to whether cows should have pasture access may vary, and in between there is a lot to think about

A farming legacy is honorable and desirable but not without challenges

As we are coming out of the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses across the country are revisiting strategies to address worker health and safety with a new appreciation of the merits

“Closing the loop” of food production is the goal at Royal Dairy in Royal City, Wash., and Austin Allred has implemented industry-leading tools that are allowing him to do just that

The price of milk is in a race with the price of feed as both continue to climb in 2022. A higher milk price is welcomed by farmers, but profits are cut short

Check up on yourself and those around you as the bleakness of winter is slow to move on

Steel prices had been falling this year.Then Russia invaded Ukraine and created upheaval in pig iron markets as values for this important ingredient to manufacture finished steel

What do you see when you envision the future of calf care on dairy farms?For dairy researcher Michael Steele, he believes that data and precision management will shape the way we raise calves

Many dairies across the country are still feeding contracted or stored-on-farm feeds and forages. It’s a blessing given the upheaval in feed markets in the past months

Asking questions connects us better than making assumptions

Although cow numbers grew modestly in February to 9.37 million cows and stopped an eight-month slide in herd size, tight milk supplies in the U.S. continue to squeeze processors

“I like to think about what we do when we build rations is we’re really babysitting the confluence of economics and biology

Young readers will soak up modern dairy farming in this new children’s book

If you live on a dairy farm, the odds are high that you live near a small town. There are different definitions of what designates a small town versus a medium town or large town

Negative producer price differentials (PPDs) exploded onto the scene in June 2020 and sent shock waves throughout our dairy farming community