Getting fresh cows off to a good start is important. Many reproductive disorders are complex and have their root in fresh cow conditions. A myth is a tradition or legend that attempts to express or explain...
Add sodium to the growing list of ingredients and foods that are responsible for obesity, poor heart health, and a whole host of ailments. At least that is what some health professionals would like us...
Getting fresh cows off to a good start is important. Many reproductive disorders are complex and have their root in fresh cow conditions. A myth is a tradition or legend that attempts to express or explain...
For the 82nd Year, readers can test their dairy judging skills Dairy producers, youth, and allied industry have judged our cover cows in our January 10 to March 10 issues for over eight decades. Rotating...
77 percent of state's production is now made into nonperishable products Emerging from the rubble of the dairy industry's economic collapse in 2009, California milk production is not only bouncing back,...
Ears per acre jumps concurrently. An average row width of 30 inches most common. With an average of 30,750 plants per acre as of November, Iowa corn producers planted the highest density per acre, besting...
China is in the news for milk, again. This time it is China Mengniu Dairy Company, the nation's largest dairy producer according to Bloomberg News – China
In late December, the American Guernsey Association stopped by the Hoard's Dairyman farm to conduct an appraisal of all cows that had calved since October
Fresh less then a month, both calved before their 13th birthday. In late December, the American Guernsey Association stopped by the Hoard's Dairyman farm to conduct an appraisal of all cows that had calved...
High feed prices continue to dominate coffee shop dairy talk these days, with no item more discussed than alfalfa hay. While longtime Western hay market analyst Seth Hoyt thinks prices will be $30 to $50...
Most of us have a warm comfortable home to go to when our days are done, an even greater blessing in winter. But, this holiday season, have we given our cows the gift of a comfortable environment?
By cutting the beginning or ending of a quote, whole speeches can be turned on their head. With video, it's even easier. David Letterman started a now-popular segment called Stupid Pet Tricks in 1982....
One of the dairy industry's best-known personalities, Doug Maddox, passed away this morning in his office after a massive heart attack. A vibrant person until his last day, Doug had a personality that...
Will dairies with meat residue violations also have antibiotic residues in their bulk tanks? In an attempt to answer this question, in 2012, the FDA will relaunch its program to test for antibiotic residues...
There is generally good feedback on articles that I submit to Hoard's Dairyman. I must admit the comments have been exceptionally heavy regarding my September 25, 2011, article, "Stress test potential...
When we had an opening for a feeder at the Hoard's Dairyman Farm, we decided to post the position on Craigslist. This is a heavily used internet classified service where people can buy and sell all sorts...
On Thursday, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its estimates for October dairy product production in the U.S. Total cheese output, excluding cottage cheese, in October was 896...
With his unique background and story-telling ability, author Ed Janus does an exceptional job capturing Wisconsin's rise to a major dairy state. "How caring for cows saved our soil, created our landscape,...
Figuratively speaking, the dairy business distance between the largest U.S. milk-producing state and the world's largest dairy-exporting nation will get a LOT shorter on January 1. That's when Andrei Mikhalevesky...
