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

Since June 2019, 580 American farms filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy according to the American Farm Bureau Federation

The August 2020 Hoard’s Dairyman Bull List can be downloaded. The list includes the top bulls for Holsteins, Jerseys, Brown Swiss, Red and Whites, Guernsey, Ayrshire, and Milking Shorthorns

National Mastitis Council’s Laboratory Handbook on Bovine Mastitis is now available in Spanish. A 150-page book for laboratory diagnosticians, veterinarians, educators, students, researchers

After five difficult years, dairy farmers are once again facing uncertainty in the marketplace

Feeding and management for robotic milking system success was presented by Jim Salfer, University of Minnesota Extension

I created an easier way to take down an old barbed wire fence. I cut the ends off a 55-gallon drum and lag screwed it to a 4 by 4

The end of July marked the halfway point in the allotted time period for the dispersal of $3 billion through the Farms to Families Food Box program that was instituted by the Coronavirus Food Assistance...

Jim Salfer, a dairy educator from University of Minnesota Extension will present “Feeding and management for robotic milking system success” on Monday, August 10 at noon (Central time). Achieving...

It’s that time of the year again: silage season. We just got through cutting all of the corn silage, and now we are getting equipment ready to harvest sorghum

Most dairymen are sick of hearing talk of sustainability . . . in fact, many consider it to be more of a four-letter word when they hear it

My family went on their first vacation to visit a friend in California last spring. It was the first time in 18 years that my parents had left the farm for more than a long weekend outside of driving distance

Herd size often dictates how many pens of milking cows are on a farm, but if having multiple pens is an option, consider grouping cows by age

One of the reasons mental health struggles are running rampant in ag communities is because it’s hard to open up to a professional about our lives when they don’t understand our job

While June Dairy Month is now in the rearview mirror, some animal rights activist organizations will remain focused on the dairy industry

With 84% of all milk in the Upper Midwest Federal Milk Marketing Order heading to the cheese vat, it stands to reason that milk components would hold a higher value in dairy farmer milk checks

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s Scientific Report puts dairy in a strong place for the final 2020-2025 guidelines that are set to be released at the end of this year

If you’ve never seen the movie The Princess Bride, keep reading, but once you’re done, go watch it

July has arrived in full force, and those summer temperatures have brought along heat stress. Fortunately, several strategies can help to alleviate those risks and limit their long-term effects

Many dairy farmers were justifiably frustrated during the initial height of the pandemic this spring as their milk struggled to get to consumers