While dairy farmers may be considering sustainability-focused solutions such as cover cropping, conservation tillage, and best management practices for manure application and manure-based products, a key...

In our industry, we often use the terms “diet” and “ration” interchangeably

We should celebrate all the different hobbies people in agriculture enjoy

Achieving success in your breeding program isn’t something that just happens overnight

It’s just as important to not miss the forest for the trees as it is to not view milk production as the sole baseline for cow productivity

Cultural environments can make or break an experience. Take study groups, classrooms, and social circles, for example. Each involves attention to culture

The U.S. is projected to sell over 1 billion pounds of cheese to international customers this year

In the Feeding Fundamentals column and throughout invited talks or seminars, we tend to cover a lot of ground

Pneumonia, or bovine respiratory disease (BRD), is one of the most common diseases dairy farms and calf ranches battle on a daily basis

When sexed semen was first marketed to dairy farmers back in 2006, it was initially only recommended for use in dairy heifers because of its reduced fertility

Try to form a mental picture of all the farms that currently exist in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

Tom Cull of Lomira, Wis., was presented the 82nd Klussendorf Award, the highest recognition given to a dairy cattle showman in the United States, on Thursday of the 57th World Dairy Expo

Stoney Point Joel Bailey, the winning Six-Year-Old and Older cow owned by Vierra Dairy Farms of Hilmar, Calif., hit the winning jackpot this year as she won Grand Champion of the International Jersey Show...

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Magic 8 Balls were a hit. Kids across the country felt as though they held the future in their hands, violently shaking the toy until it gave nothing more than a grey...

Alfalfa, the queen of forages, has long been associated with lactating dairy cows

The dairy industry has widely accepted sand as a leading bedding material. Nearly two-thirds of dairies utilize sand bedding in some format according to Nigel Cook, director of The Dairyland Initiative...

For the second time this decade, the University of Minnesota has earned back-to-back titles in the Intercollegiate Dairy Judging Contest

Why do you feed supplemental fat to your herd? Perhaps you’re aiming to propel your milkfat higher to capture more revenue in your milk check, or you recognize the impact bypass fat can have on feed...

I don’t know what I was thinking. During my veterinary training, I believed it was important to purchase most of my textbooks

One of the largest costs on a dairy farm is the cost of feed