This is my first forecast in 40-plus years of writing about the dairy industry

Robots helped us change the way we dairy, and we wouldn’t go back

We have learned that having 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year goals keeps us motivated. This has helped us stay at the forefront of the always-evolving dairy industry.

Peter Vitaliano Much of the talk about the economic outlook for the nation’s dairy farmers in 2018 has been rather downbeat lately

I’ve never been one to set a big New Year’s resolution. I guess with the farm always throwing curve balls at my life, it just feels too heavy of a thing to take on

In the world of dairy nutrition, there are so many contributing factors to well-made diets . . . especially when it comes to fiber

Placings and notes for practice class Ayrshire 2 (A2)

From Hoards Dairyman, the coach of the Virginia Tech dairy judging team and Avery Kotlarczyk, a student at Kaskaskia college, a class of Guernsey cows for you to practice on

A class of Holstein cows for you to practice your dairy judging skills. Nicki Hardy, a Virginia Tech Dairy Judging team member delivers her reasons

Two-year programs that offer agriculture or dairy related curriculum can be found on the Hoard’s Dairyman online youth page

George W. Bush was just elected as the 43rd U.S. President the last time milk protein prices were this low. At $1.2248 per pound, protein fell to the lowest levels, as calculated by the Federal Milk Marketing...

Technology has helped improve milk production, reproduction, and made managing cows at our farm easier. Parlor identification, milk meters, and automated activity monitoring are all tied together

Either way you slice it . . . on a per cow or per hundredweight basis . . . dairy farms lost money in all seven Western states

Dairy farm technology in 2066 will be more nature-based than it is today. It will be guided by information across the entire farmstead, including fields wherever feed is grown. Dairy farmers will employ...

Since the mid-1990s when ovsynch first came on the scene, reproductive technologies have greatly expanded when it comes to cows getting safe in calf