Juniors have been an important part of World Dairy Expo since its inception. However, 15 years ago, that commitment was taken to a new level when the International Junior Holstein Show became a stand-alone...

For some attendees, the showring is the heart of World Dairy Expo

As the Mother Teresa of World Dairy Expo, Dr. Sheila McGuirk has brought many cows back from the brink of death

There’s a feeding strategy that allows you to put less feed in front of heifers, improve their feed efficiency, reduce nutrient excretion, and save you money

The National Post-Secondary Dairy Cattle Judging Contest began in 1989 and has been held continuously at World Dairy Expo ever since

Over 200 judging team members and coaches arrived at the Hoard’s Dairyman Farm on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. to judge a class of Guernsey four-year old cows

The air is cooling, the leaves are starting to change, and it’s getting darker earlier and earlier

I recently just finished a 5K (5 kilometer) race held in conjunction with the Quad Cities Marathon

While most people watching the dairy cattle shows the week of World Dairy Expo are focused on the animals or the judge, there are some other very important individuals assisting in the showring to ensure...

WITH A $16.40 AVERAGE for the final three months of 2018, Class III milk futures have been trading near contract highs. January to August 2019 averaged near $16.10 per cwt. at the magazine’s close

We always need a fork or shovel nearby to clean feed bunks or put hay in front of the cows, so we came up with this idea. It’s just a PVC pipe screwed onto the fence, and we slip the fork right into

In our part of the country, we don’t rely on pivots and canals to water our crops; we look to the sky and wait for the clouds to open up and give us rain

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?”

I’ve recently read Charles Dickens’ last novel, Our Mutual Friend, published in 1865. It opens with a section titled, “The cup and the lip.”

In calves that consume a 20-20 milk replacer, starter intake is critical

“The farm bill is an interesting piece of legislature,” said Mark Stephenson, the director of dairy policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

This is my last year as an ag communications and journalism student at Utah State University, and being an ag student has its perks and setbacks

There has been a lot of talk lately about the efficiencies of large-scale dairies and concern that the smaller farms can’t survive

“Bolstering transition cow immunity” was the title of the September Hoard’s Dairyman webinar

A little over a year ago, two people close to my heart were being prepped for surgery. I made my way west to be a part of the Davidson cheer squad