Achieving optimal stall comfort will ensure the success of your herd and also reduce the number of stall-ridden injuries

Bill Weiss, a professor emeritus from The Ohio State University, calls it the “sampling dilemma.”

Composted animal manure has been used as a soil amendment for years. When done well, its benefits include plant disease suppression, pathogen destruction, manure volume reduction, and improved soil health....

Surprising comments rolled into our office following our coverage of a northern Wisconsin county’s plan to require milk haulers to purchase permits to haul milk during the spring thaw. Perhaps we...

Changing economics and shrinking margins on dairy’s home front have been a strong driver in herd demographics throughout the United States. When Hoard’s Dairyman partnered with the American...

The stickers our milk haulers use to label their sample bottles were getting wet just sitting in our milk house. I used a recycled sour cream container and slit a hole in the side so that the paper ca

More and more I get questions about the proper chop length for silages and what is a desirable particle distribution for a total mixed ration (TMR) when using the Penn State Particle Separator

Accurate results from forage testing begins with the you. For the sake of your animals, be sure to gather the most accurate sample

Extending the time a cow spends resting can be a valuable strategy to bump up herd milk production

Whether building brand new or repurposing an old building, there are certain details that should not be overlooked when it comes to heifer housing

This year has brought another summer of interesting weather conditions for alfalfa growers

Take a look at long forage particles in your feed. They may be slowing your cows down at the feedbunk.It is time to update our recommendations for optimal ration particle size

We created a holder for the stickers used by the milk hauler to label bulk tank samples. We took a 2-inch pipe, cut it 6-inches long, and cut out a little opening for the stickers to be pulled out. We

As each month ticks by with Class III milk prices in the mid-teens, equity slips away from the balance sheets a little at a time

As we evaluate fiber in dairy cow rations, one major question that arises is: “What is the interaction between fiber digestibility and particle size, and how does it affect the cow?”

According to Ohio State’s Bill Weiss, error can sidetrack even the best of rations

While all farms strive to produce quality milk, it appears that mid-sized to larger farms do a better job achieving that goal.

Whether you are farming 250 acres or cropping 1,000-plus acres, production costs ranged by a mere 10 cents per bushel for those crop farms throughout the Heartland

It’s not fair to say that “big farms” are bad and “small farms” are good, or that farms milking more cows are better than those with fewer cows

One of the main aspects of dairy farm expansion is the change in the ownership structure of farm entities