In my last article, I described how to identify cows that aborted in the dairy herd as a step to improve the reproductive performance

It can seem difficult — or almost impossible — to keep water in front of calves in cold weather without having to deal with frozen buckets

No dairy farmer wants lame cows in their barn. No consumer wants to see cows struggling with lameness, either. Both of those concerns are at the center of the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding’s

Financial evaluations, crop yields, weather predictions . . . dairy farmers consume and evaluate countless forms of data like this every day

Topline seamlessly straight? Check. Tail fluffed to perfection? Check. Cow correctly set up at the slightest gesture of the judge? Check

Farmers rely on nature to provide what we need to do our job

For the first time in history, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation plans to force mandatory cuts in water usage originating from the mighty Colorado River

Dirty data clouds our ability to see what’s going on and can contribute toward efficiency challenges

Water. We just need water. That’s the mindset these days for both California’s almond and alfalfa growers. Almonds have been on a skyward growth trajectory

To teach our calves to drink from the water trough, we take one ball completely out so they can easily access water on one side and learn how to operate the ball in the other

California’s water situation has not been good for a long time; however, this year could prove to be even worse

Learn how on-farm NIR technology and calibrations can help you maximize ROI and minimize waste in the diet

Over the past two months, a number of consultants asked why some of their Holstein herds’ milkfat and protein concentrations are well above historic levels

As I contemplated this review of forage dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD), I was taken back 40 years to a time when I had recently stepped into the arena of dairy nutrition

Just how much U.S. milk goes into U.S. dairy exports? A few readers posed that question after reading the October 10, 2020, Editorial Comment "Should we cull all the cows in Wisconsin?"

Agriculture commodity prices have been all over the board as markets adjusted to a variety of factors brought on by COVID-19

We ran water pipes into our old barn to fill the livestock drinking tanks. That barn freezes during the winter, so we used this old propane tank as an air supply tank and plumbed it into the water pipe

Data is a key driver for improving operations and sustainability of physical and business systems

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Brain’s team is committed to developing data-integrated, data-driven, time-sensitive decision support tools (DST) that disseminate research and help improve...

Data collection, integration, and analysis are unavoidable factors when it comes to advancing the development of decision support tools in livestock operations