That expensive ultrasound unit you're thinking about getting has more value than you may realize. Confirming pregnancies isn't all you can do with on-farm ultrasound devices, say researchers at the University...
by Corey Geiger, Hoard's Dairyman Managing Editor 2013 Merle Howard Award winner: Cassy Krull A three-breed award winner equally well known in Red and White, Holstein and Jersey circles, Cassy Krull has...
130 teams compete for top honors The largest dairy judging contest at World Dairy Expo is not the 4-H, college or post-secondary contest – it's the FFA Dairy Cattle Judging Contest. This year, 130...
A faster approach to growing the polled dairy cattle population is the exciting result of new research from the University of Minnesota. There, scientists discovered a modified gene editing system that...
Labor cost impact on dairies is expected to be minimal, but suppliers are another matter. California is on track to have the highest minimum wage in the U.S., after Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill September...
Rearing costs are high, but calving heifers too early may adversely impact lifetime milk production. by Abby (Huibregtse) Bauer, Hoard's Dairyman Associate Editor The earlier a heifer enters the milking...
Chipotle has struck again. Its recent release of the cartoon video "Scarecrow" coincides with the launch of an iPhone game that sets modern agriculture in a rather gloomy light. Yet, while the company...
State Legislature unanimously passes resolution calling for an end to the federal ethanol mandate. Using food to make fuel has found a distasteful audience among California politicians. Last week, a resolution...
Small-herd farms in California's central valley could be wiped out by new environmental regulations targeting wastewater ponds that are expected to be adopted as early as this year by the Central Valley...
By getting to know the parts of a calf's respiratory "engine," farms are better equipped to troubleshoot breakdowns in defense. "It's tough to fix an engine until you know how it works. The same is true...
Calves housed in groups will eat according to their daily pattern. Producers have options for ad libitum, or free access feeding, as shared by the July 2013 William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute...
Favorable feed cost outlook sets the stage for herd rebuilding to begin this fall. The fatal production problem that has driven many dairy producers out of business in recent years – sky-high feed...
Hoard's Dairyman Webinar Archives July 8, 2013: "Playing the crop-year cards we've been dealt" presented by Mike Hutjens, University of Illinois Brought to you by Biotal Forage Inoculants (www.qualitysilage.com)...
Shade, ventilation and water are critical for them. Record heat across the West in recent weeks has driven home a sad and expensive reminder for some dairies: heat stress can kill calves. For those that...
New dairy farm technologies were center stage at the Precision Dairy Conference last week. Just as cellphones are slowly phasing out landlines, some current mechanics and methods of operation on dairy...
But the latest token increase comes with a stunning admission by the ag secretary. Producer milk prices will go up 12.5 cents per hundredweight for six months in California starting July 1, the result...
Yes, California's pricing system is killing its dairies Leading cheese maker believes the reason isn't low prices, but the system itself. By Hoard's Dairyman Staff If the headline of this article looks...
Headlocks for group feeding provide a different twist in the Holts' "fresh as outdoors" calf barn. Brian and Bob Holt keep a sharp eye on each of the calves in their new tunnel-ventilated calf barn. They...
Rather than low prices, a top cheese maker believes the reason is the system itself. by Dennis Halladay, Hoard's Dairyman Western Editor Not since the dairy farmer revolt in the mid-1960s that led to creation...
