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

Diarrhea remains the leading cause of death in dairy calves

The number of calf barns with automated feeders is certainly on the rise. More and more farmers are going that route for their calf raising needs

On many farms, it’s well understood that the calf’s first meal is of vital importance

Constant improvement — better genetics, more pregnancies, less disease . . . the list is endless

Trade has been dominating the headlines

It’s official — California’s dairy producers voted to approve a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) for the entire state of California

Nearly every dairy herd is affected by lameness at some point, and for many, it is a persistent problem. Hoof problems don’t have to be accepted as a fact of dairy cow life, though

At the beginning of May, I took a week between school and starting my internship to go home to my family’s farm

At Cook Dairy in Pewamo, Mich., calves on pasture are fed grain using a homemade feeder. The feeder was constructed by slicing plastic barrels in half and securing them with a bolt. The feeder can be

A year has passed since Canada circled its collective domestic milk market wagons and deployed the Class 7 milk pricing strategy. Since then, Canadian and U.S. dairy interests have sparred in a h

While it still stands on top of “Milk Mountain,” California only accounted for 18.47 percent of the nation’s milk flow last year

The feeding behavior patterns of dairy cattle are known to impact health, productivity, and welfare. Trevor DeVries, University of Guelph, will discuss how the way we feed, house, and manage calves impacts...

It’s not just what we feed calves when they are young, but also how they are fed that will set the stage for their long-term eating behavior

We are learning more and more all the time about how the amount of milk we feed a calf can affect future production

Calving is one of the most stressful events a dairy cow will experience during a production cycle. During this time, the cow must be able to cope with a painful labor along with changes in its environment

With a wealth of information about the care and treatment for calves on dairy farms available, it can be easy to forget some of the basics that have the biggest impact on calf health

“There’s a new calf killer in town” was the title of the April 2018 Hoard’s Dairyman webinar

This week is the middle of the five-week voting period for California milk producers to decide whether they want to become the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) system’s newest and biggest member

Veterinarians Donald Sockett, Rachel Klos, and Jason Lombard discussed what producers should know about Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak in humans and cattle and the management practices associated with...