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Feb. 13 2025
The transition period receives the attention of the entire dairy industry because of the dramatic and intense changes that cows undergo
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Feb. 12 2025
Data is one of the most valuable assets on your farm
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Feb. 10 2025
Understanding and preventing embryonic loss in dairy cows, presented by Matthew Lucy, University of Missouri-Columbia
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Feb. 6 2025
Six more weeks of winter is not a welcome prediction for this dairy farmer
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Jan. 27 2025
On the 2024 campaign trail, President Donald Trump vowed to take firm action to restrict lawful and unlawful immigration into the U.S., including a pledge for mass deportations
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Jan. 23 2025
Dairy farmers enjoyed higher milk prices in 2024 due to lower milk output for much of the year, and that same market force caused retail milk prices to climb to a new high
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Jan. 21 2025
Teaching student athletes to refuel with chocolate milk is part of making consumers for life
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Jan. 20 2025
USDA announced last Thursday that the final rule amending Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) pricing formulas passed the producer vote and will be implemented in all 11 federal orders
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Jan. 13 2025
Proactively monitoring your animals for Staphyloccoccus aureus is the best plan of action for controlling this mastitis pathogen because it can silently affect cows and infect others for years before clinical...
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Jan. 13 2025
Our journey into 2025 has just begun, but from a business standpoint, dairy farmers are always looking ahead at milk prices, feed costs, and other farm expenses
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Jan. 9 2025
Mastitis can be caused by many pathogens, but if you ask any dairy veterinarian or farmer which is the most damaging, the odds are good that their response will be Staphylococcus aureus
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Jan. 6 2025
Even though whole milk consumption has been one of the few bright spots for fluid milk in recent years as individuals recognize its taste benefits and health outcomes, fuller-fat dairy has made very little...
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Dec. 31 2024
Contact information for members of the Hoard's Dairyman team
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Dec. 30 2024
Among the issues that have plagued negotiations for a new farm bill for more than a year have been disagreements around spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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Dec. 23 2024
Dairy farmers can especially appreciate that returns rarely come without an investment of time, energy, or money
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Dec. 19 2024
As other countries have put new rules and regulations into place regarding calf transport, the question is not why, but when could the U.S. add such transportation guidelines
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Dec. 10 2024
We can sell more dairy through online grocery shopping
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Dec. 9 2024
Carbon has become a ubiquitous term in sustainability discussions, ranging from talk of carbon markets and carbon credits to carbon offsets and carbon insets
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Dec. 6 2024
It wouldn’t be Christmas without dairy products!
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Nov. 29 2024
Proper management during a calf’s early days lays the foundation for lifetime success and helps unlock its full potential. Using herd management software to record calf and heifer data can pro