The veterinarian who started a cooperative, partners with Coca-Cola in a hit milk product, and operates perhaps the biggest agro tourism site in the U.S., sees a dairy future filled with milking robots

It disheartens us to come to grips with this notion . . . dairy’s trendline looks far closer to hogs than it does to beef. That’s because no other sector outside of swine has consolidated at

With both the House of Representatives and Senate passing unique versions of the 2018 Farm Bill, future dairy policy direction becomes clearer

World Milk Day on June 1 served as a rally point for the dairy community to convene and celebrate, as well as kick off our personal stories of Undeniably Devotion

To say that most consumers know little about dairy farming might be generous — and rounding their average knowledge level down to zero might not be totally unfair

“The 1960’s Holsteins here are basically a herd frozen in time,” said Brad Heins, an associate professor and manager of the University of Minnesota’s Organic Dairy Research and...

Crave Brothers Farm in Waterloo, Wis., has grown and changed over the years

Employee turnover rates over the last 12 months ranged from 11 percent to 44 percent for the majority of the 200 dairy farms included in the UW Cooperative Extension and UW Center for Dairy Profitability...

Trade has been dominating the headlines

In last Friday’s blog I tackled the word “sustainability.” I explained the social aspect of it and gave tips on how dairy farms could achieve their social sustainability goals

After losing $1.99 per hundredweight in 2017, New Mexico dairy farms lost another $1.18 per hundredweight in 2018, according to farm financial data gathered by Frazer Certified Public Accountants and Consultants

June 1 — that was USDA’s original deadline for dairy farmers to sign up for USDA’s Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) for 2018 coverage

Personally, I love the word “sustainability” because it can be a great description of what dairy farming is, but I do think it is a word that is hard to understand if not put into context

As dairy farmers, we all know that June is Dairy Month. It’s a time to celebrate our industry and really work at highlighting our unique stories

A tutorial, the first of two, on taking notes that will help you give effective oral reasons. This one might be especially useful for beginners, as well as for experienced kids

One out of 7 — on one day of each seven-day week, every U.S. dairy cow produces milk for the international market

Dairy Judging 101 has begun asking for advice on oral reasons from a pretty important group - the people who officiate the contests! In this video, Aaron Horst of ABS Global, Mary Creek of Palmyra Ayrshires,...

Across the nation, students are graduating from high school and college

With two years of planning and touring robotic farms under our belts, it is now time to break ground on the next phase for our family farm

June Dairy Month is fast approaching, and it's the perfect time to reach out and connect directly to our consumers