There’s a dearth of dairy replacements in the countryside

deciding when and how a dairy cow departs the farm is different on every operation

There are some in our midst who continue to both belittle and bemoan dairy product exports. During a recent conversation, staff members for a rather well-known dairy farm organization went so far as t

Dairy cows may be the hardest-working livestock species. After a productive life making milk, most cows go on to a “second career” providing beef as culled cows

As farms grow, rotary parlors have become more common on dairy farms, and their efficiency is directly tied to three factors, according to Miner Institute’s President, Heather Dann. These have been...

Milking cows in this day and age requires a forever active mind

Dairy cows lead social lives, and their social environment presents both benefits and challenges. Every day, a cow will navigate a range of social interactions as it moves through the barn

With the transition from pregnancy and the dry period to lactation after calving, dairy cows face significant physiological and metabolic changes

Measuring cortisol in blood is challenging because the process of collecting the sample itself can increase cortisol levels

When cows are heat stressed, many dairy producers have seen a drop in milk production and feed intake firsthand

Cows have the amazing ability to adapt to their conditions, even if not ideal

There is a list of nutrients that are considered required to help ruminants perform bodily functions properly

The transition period receives the attention of the entire dairy industry because of the dramatic and intense changes that cows undergo

Understanding and preventing embryonic loss in dairy cows, presented by Matthew Lucy, University of Missouri-Columbia

As much as we try to avoid having sick cows, at some point or another, we will experience a cow that is feeling under the weather

U.S. dairy farmers culled 58,000 cows during the January 12 to 18, 2025, time window

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...

The Raterink family wanted to pursue transitioning their dairy herd from a stanchion barn to automatic milking systems for labor reasons

Sorting cows and defending opposing players share many similarities

One way to frame sustainability, whether we are talking about it from an economic, environmental, or social perspective, is to discuss efficiency