Land O'Lakes is sponsoring Farm Bowl to highlight the skills that football players and farmers share

The authors recently retired from the USDA-ARS U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, Wis., where they were a research microbiologist and agricultural information specialist

It is hard not to feel like the U.S. dairy industry is just a penny ante chip in the high stakes poker game that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has become

It’s a date that was a major turning point for our farm. It’s the day our calf program was literally revolutionized

“Team JZB . . . our “in-house” team breeds cows at Jer-Z-Boys Ranch,” commented Gary de Graaf when responding to the question “Who breeds cows on your farm?”

There is nothing more intimidating to me in a kitchen than a pile of dirty dishes. The larger it grows the less I want to deal with it

Earlier this month, I flew to Oregon to milk cows while my dad had surgery. I had instructions and milked with him from start to finish for three days prior to his departure

I have pulled many newborn calves since coming home from college. I am usually the go-to person when one of our employees sees a cow or heifer struggling to calve

It took my pal just one minute to call this past weekend to see if I could leave the farm to go horseback riding with him and his daughter

Nutrient application often ends up in the hot seat being blamed for impairing water quality

The West may be alfalfa country, but proximity doesn’t mean lower prices for its hay-buying dairies

While the Hoard’s Dairyman Bull List will be available in the December issue, we are making it available to readers here as well

Two surgeries. Two hospitalizations. Four different antibiotics. I’m still praying that this fourth antibiotic does what it’s supposed to

“For us, the Pocket Cow Card on the phone and tablet is a great reference tool when out among the herd,” said Jake Weisenbeck when discussing how his farm tracks heats, breeding records, and...

USDA just released long-term Agricultural Projections to 2027 for the U.S. dairy industry

Perhaps the best that can be said about the milk price outlook for 2018, as seen in the graph above, is it isn’t expected to be as bad as in 2015 or 2016

Each time you ask your friends and family to #ThankAFarmer this holiday season, remember to be a #ThankfulFarmer, too

When dairy producers think about mastitis, they likely don’t automatically connect it to reproductive problems, but the two can go hand in hand

Your network of consultants can bring new information and ideas to the dairy

Linear score and percent of the herd not infected are two additional measures for evaluating udder health and milk quality. Of course, somatic cell counts are key, too.One of the key factors affecting