A majority of producers in the most recent National Animal Health Inspection Service (NAHMS) survey indicated that they provide heifer calves with 2 quarts or more of colostrum after the initial feeding

Colorado Ballot Initiative 16 is one of the most ambitious ballot strategies pursued in the name of pushing animal agriculture into extinction

Dairy farmers are facing higher corn and soybean meal prices in 2021. Corn has moved from $3 a bushel to over $6 a bushel while soybean meal is up $100 a ton

California’s water situation has not been good for a long time; however, this year could prove to be even worse

A common misconception is that calves don’t experience heat stress. They are more tolerant of heat than other age groups of cattle but can still experience heat stress losses from in utero

Like all strategies animal activists use to promote their cause, the hot-button issue of Colorado Ballot Initiative 16 is designed to pull at consumers’ emotions more than it relies on science-based...

During the last couple of weeks, growing conditions have been getting drier than preferred for forages. Looking to the U.S. drought monitor, a great proportion of the western part of the country is extreme...

Uncooled dry cows have lower milk production throughout their lactation, found a University of Florida study, but that’s not all

If you take all of the livestock industry in Colorado from the farm to the consumer, we are about a $40 billion industry

When the phrase nutrient management is used in agriculture, thoughts often go directly to the farm fields where crops are grown

Dairy farmers and the industry support one another with their shared passion and dedication

Dry whey prices are at their highest levels since late 2014 and they are adding about $2.74 to the price of Class III milk

Time seemed to be traveling at a weird speed through this past pandemic year. Yet, somehow, we are already in the last week of May

As the hot summer months continue on, it is important to revisit the topic of heat stress

Each spring, Lakeshore Technical College typically holds a graduation banquet in northeast Wisconsin for its graduating dairy students, but the past few years have not been typical

As markets and the dairy industry as a whole continues to change, many dairy producers have investigated value-added processing as an opportunity for their operations

“Sexed semen has changed the dairy landscape,” said Dan Schaefer, an animal science professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, during the May Hoard’s Dairyman webinar

If you entered this year’s Hoard’s Dairyman Cow Judging Contest but didn’t see your name on the winners' lists in our May issue, don’t beat yourself up too badly

It’s a push that has occurred up and down the chain. It has been driven by national and international brands that have been on the search to find more global suppliers

The year that was 2020 will long be remembered as a year when the unthinkable happened . . . a global pandemic that nearly halted economic activity for a period of time