While automated milking systems sound appealing in many aspects, it takes careful consideration to determine if robotics are the right fit for a dairy

We are at the beginning of March, and spring will be here soon. The growth rate of alfalfa and small grain grasses will start accelerating, and several vertical silos will be filled with fresh and chopped...

In the dairy industry, demand and supply are critically linked. The balance between the two drives farm gate prices

Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative announced today that once again it will award $1,000 scholarships to children of its members.Applicants must be high school seniors, high school graduates or colleg

Mechanical Requirements for Hoard's Dairyman

Introduced more than 40 years ago, the REAL Seal has become one of the most widely recognized label identification programs in the food industry

Whether it’s extreme heat in the summer, extended rainy periods in the spring, or plummeting temperatures in the winter, weather dictates every animal’s needs and a farmer’s daily routine

Antibiotic usage and antibiotic resistance are two topics that continue to generate concern throughout the world’s food and medical communities

It’s never my intention to screw up, but when I do, I know the situation will be handled in a good-natured way. We try to make light of a bad situation

Negative temperatures, chilling wind, and mountains of snow and ice have been pummeling many parts of the country

Expectations for feed markets have changed rapidly. Since the August World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report projected corn ending stocks for the 2020-2021 crop year at 2.76 billion...

February is one of my all-time favorite months of the year. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner

Farmers added 93,000 milk cows to the herd between June and December. This is the fastest six-month expansion in more than 22 years

Canada and Japan largely stand alone with supply control systems governing, and at times protecting, their respective dairy industries. Realizing supply controls hinder both internal and external comp

“Senator (John) Boozman (R-Ark.) and I both feel very strongly that we move forward the child nutrition bill that is supposed to be reauthorized every five years,” said Senator Debbie Stabenow...

“Calves are an investment in your future herd and profitability of your farm,” said Margaret Quaassdorff, dairy management specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension

I was being interviewed the other day prior to a workshop, and the interviewer asked me what I did for work and in what ways I was involved

“We want to move forward aggressively,” said Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), who is the incoming chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Using vaccines to prevent painful or deadly illnesses in cattle and other livestock is something all farmers are familiar with

While it has been a somewhat mild winter so far in parts of the country, that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been cold days and nights, especially for people working outside and for calves housed...