Marilyn Hershey Acronyms are a huge part of our lives. We have been using acronyms on our farms for as long as I can remember. It feels like BMPs, SOPs, and NRCS have always been in our language

As the corn silage harvest nears, some dairy farmers will be negotiating with corn growers on the price for corn silage or high-moisture corn

Mother Nature’s been no friend to dairy producers trying to make forages in the northern part of the United States this year

For years, scientists have been trying unsuccessfully to create a vaccine against human immunodeficiency virus or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS

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The perfect combination of milk residue, the right pH, and temperature spell trouble for even the toughest calves

During the regular session of the Texas Legislature, Senator Charles Perry and Representative Ken King introduced legislation raising the weight limit on milk tankers from 80,000 pounds to 90,000 pounds

After selling 10,000 cans of his La Colombe’s Draft Latte in just 60 minutes on Amazon.com, Todd Carmichael knew he had a winner, he told senior editor Anne Marie Mohan in an article published in...

There are consumers who wish to learn about where their food comes from; how you go about answering that question could benefit the dairy industry or dramatically hurt it

Lying time is one of the most essential activities of a dairy cow’s day and directly impacts health, welfare, and production

Only one U.S. dairy co-op — Dairy Farmers of America — and three U.S.-based dairy processors rank among the world’s largest dairy companies

A severe hailstorm ripped through northeast Wisconsin’s dairy country on July 7. In certain areas of Manitowoc County, the corn crop looked more like sugarcane plants

“If a farmer has an attitude of being responsible for mastitis on the farm, there was a lower bulk tank somatic cell count (SCC),” explained the University of Tennessee’s Peter Krawczel

Rising temperatures are once again making July a crucial month for major livestock grain crops.Consistently inconsistent weather has dogged farmers all year so far

When we are working with cows every day, we often don’t realize just how fast the dairy industry is changing

Eliminating bottlenecks and organizing people are how you fix problems on a dairy,” said longtime dairy veterinarian Gordie Jones to those attending the 13th Western Dairy Management Conference in...

We had a wake-up call about market risk when a number of Wisconsin and Minnesota farms lost their milk markets

To be successful, or profitable, raising heifers to first calving includes three areas of consideration – nutrition, health, and reproduction

Opportunities and challenges in dairy replacement heifer raising by Michael Overton, D.V.M. Heifers are the future for dairies

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an update in late June to their farm program-spending baseline. This CBO baseline is a critical component of the farm bill discussion