Many dairy farms have made great strides in reproduction. Looking through data from the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC), a 20 percent pregnancy rate would have been considered elite just a decade...

The August 2019 Hoard’s Dairyman Bull List can be downloaded. The list includes the top bulls for Holsteins, Jerseys, Brown Swiss, Red and Whites, Guernsey, Ayrshire, and Milking Shorthorns

Lindsay Ferlito, Cornell Cooperative Extension presented "Monitoring and improving cow comfort in freestalls and tie stalls" in August

One of my goals in writing these blogs is to bridge a gap that I have perceived between the farming side of dairy and the processing side

Cow comfort has a huge impact on a dairy’s bottom line. Monitoring lameness and injuries helps producers identify management and facility factors that influence cow comfort, allowing them to make...

Let me tell you a story you may have not heard before. Many moons ago, there was but a few drinks to pick from on store shelves

In the last several decades, cow cooling, particularly in the lactating pens, has become common on many farms. When hot comes to humid and milk production drops, it’s not hard to justify heat abatement...

Action, not advertising, is what Generation Z (GenZ) consumers want to see from the brands they purchase

From 2000 to 2018, milkfat levels in the collective U.S. bulk tank jumped from 3.68 to 3.89 percent

Certainly, everyone close to the dairy industry has recently become aware of the latest release of undercover videos obtained by ARM (Animal Recovery Mission)

820 million. That’s the number of people in the world that remained food insecure in 2018

In June of 2014, Time magazine’s cover showed a picture with a title that read “Eat Butter.”

“When it comes to technologies on farms, there is no one-size-fits-all solution,” shared Mississippi State’s Amanda Stone as way of introducing her presentation at the American Dairy...

We are in full swing corn silage harvesting mode here at Hillcrest Farms. Last week temperatures rose to 100°F and higher and the humidity was right there with it

A few months ago, I caught wind of a new group being formed — the California Cattle Council — and I was not amused

After a bitter public battle that even saw one side place billboard messages on major roadways in California’s Central Valley, it appears cooler heads will prevail

Sometimes questions catch you off guard, and this is one that surprises me every time I hear it. “Is milk a good feed for calves?” Basic biology says, yes; milk is the feed intended for calves!

Europe’s cheesemakers are not happy with Canada. That’s according to a July 17, 2019, report by Canada’s very own National Post titled: “Cheese quotas in Canada-Europe deal quietly...

We see it all the time. The constant reminders to not only provide our cows with water, but quality water from a clean trough, bucket, and so forth

A calf does not necessarily die from diarrhea, but from the impact that diarrhea has on the body