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June 7 2023
One of the most interesting ways we at Hoard’s Dairyman are able to connect with our readers and the dairy community is when we receive visitors at our farm, which sits just outside of Fort Atkinson...
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June 5 2023
It’s the season that most people look forward to all year: school is out for summer, and temperatures are rising quickly
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June 1 2023
Disease can have a significant impact on both dairy cattle welfare and the financial success of the entire dairy industry
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June 1 2023
As we now move into June, I couldn’t let us move too far on from May — National Mental Health Awareness month — without talking about mental health
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June 1 2023
In an age where we have the science and technology available to produce clean, safe raw milk, it’s great to see Iowa paving the way for more small dairies to find success, and for more people to...
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June 1 2023
If it doesn’t affect you directly, drugs such as opioids can seem like a far-off problem that only show up in a few highly populated areas of the country — and that was largely the case for...
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May 29 2023
More now than ever, milk margins have caused dairy producers to find the most affordable ration available while not sacrificing production
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May 29 2023
When looking at the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program from USDA, we see that payments have been triggered for the first three months of 2023
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May 29 2023
In a unanimous Supreme Court ruling, the justices on the highest court in the land agreed that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overstepped its authority in threatening penalties of $40,000 per...
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May 28 2023
Research is the engine that drives a dairy farm’s economic possibilities in the ever-growing carbon credit marketplace. This research enhances the ability to sell manure-based products off the farm...
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May 22 2023
Food is one of the most personal — not to mention necessary — choices people make each day. What we choose to eat and to feed our families depends on factors including our preferences, culture,...
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May 22 2023
“Chocolate milk faces potential school ban,” rang out the headlines in the May 16, 2023, edition of The Wall Street Journal
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May 19 2023
Possibly the biggest thief of resting time for dairy cows is waiting to be milked
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May 18 2023
Automated milking systems are a substantial investment, but in return, many benefits can be gained from this style of dairy herd management
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May 18 2023
As we move fully into spring, it is time to have our butterfat-risk toolkit out and ready for deployment
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May 16 2023
For the 93rd year, our office flooded with mail from around the country as dairy farmers, youth, companies, and enthusiasts sent in their placings in our annual Cow Judging Contest
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May 15 2023
Benefits of robotic milking systems often include lower labor needs, calmer cows, and greater milking frequency and yield
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May 15 2023
Dairy farmers’ cost to haul milk within the Upper Midwest jumped 21% when comparing May 2021 to May 2022
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May 11 2023
It doesn’t take much online searching these days to find someone or something proclaiming that our food system is “broken” and drastic changes are needed to fix it
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May 8 2023
During my time working as a county-based extension educator, one of the questions I was asked most often was the going rate for custom work