Fulfilling their curiosity with on-farm experiments is a highlight for farmers. Driven by observing their working environment daily, farmers perform tests while seeking solutions and improvements, becoming...

U.S. dairy margins are forecasted to rebound in the second half of the year. That wasn’t the case earlier this year as margins fell steadily during the first quarter of 2025

It is often a hot and thankless job to be the head bug eliminator on a dairy farm

The National FFA Organization has announced an addition to their endorsed Career and Leadership Development events: The Hoard’s Dairyman Cow Judging Contest

Participants in the Kwik Trip Tour of America’s Dairyland (ToAD) will have the chance to immerse themselves in Wisconsin’s varied topography and unique communities — while pitting themselves...

It’s a classic example of supply and demand. Dairy heifer inventories have shrunk to a two-decade low, and that has caused prices to vault to record highs

At this spring’s California Dairy Sustainability Summit, methane was on everyone’s mind — and it looks like dairy farmers are well on their way to achieving the state’s reduction...

Methane packs a one-two punch — its environmental effects plus the energy wasted in its production — but researchers are constantly working to develop effective parries

Move over, cheesehead foam hats — Wisconsin Cheese has launched its “Rinds and Roses” millinery collection, just in time for the Kentucky Derby

From 1966 to 2010, butterfat levels in the U.S. milk supply held a rather tight window ranging from 3.66% to 3.69%

When it comes to tariffs, “This is all too familiar” or “It’s kind of déjà vu,” has been the common refrain during discussions with dairy producers in the early...

Every one of us has experienced that “gut feeling” — an instinctual physical reaction that signals something may or may not be right

Keeping calves healthy to create the best replacement possible is always a priority, but with current tight inventories and replacement heifer values continually skyrocketing, the return on investment...

Despite all the noise and headlines surrounding tariffs, the only countries with retaliatory tariffs on U.S. dairy products as of April 16th are Canada and China

It’s no secret that having animals also brings flies, dust, noise, and odors

Consistently keeping a close eye on the herd allows us to detect issues right away

For the 27th year, students from the six New England land grant universities hopped on a bus for a week in January, traveling to dairy farms in the northeastern United States, and Quebec, Prince Edward...

The craze for protein began before the introduction of GLP-1 drugs being made available to U.S. consumers to assist in weight loss

Genetic improvements within the U.S. dairy herd are fueling historic gains in key milk components needed to produce cheese, butter and a variety of other popular dairy foods

With the transition from pregnancy and the dry period to lactation after calving, dairy cows face significant physiological and metabolic changes