By creating a new category of regulations, Canadian government officials once again circled the wagons to shelter their domestic dairy markets. While “bringing home” an estimated $150 million...

Areas of the country have been dumping milk for far too long. Now processors are dropping patrons

I place this class of Brown Swiss cows D-B-C-A. For me, D is the most structurally correct. She has the best fore udder and most correct teat placement. She also shows more balance of rear quar

I place this class of Holstein aged cows C-B-A-D. Starting the class with C, a beautiful dairy cow that carries the best udder in the class. C has a definite advantage in overall dairyness from end to...

Brown Swiss Class in the 2017 Hoard's Dairyman Cow judging Contest

You’ve heard it before: calves fed a higher plane of nutrition make more milk in the first lactation. But how does it happen?

I grew up on a dairy in Wisconsin before there were slow-moving signs on the hay wagon or fenders on the John Deere, and I am still alive

“We will focus on the three R’s to grow U.S dairy export sales,” said Tom Vilsack about his new role as president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council

Let’s face it, transition cows, or those cows facing the time period just before, during, and after calving, benefit from extra attention and care

“Since we started focusing on Fuel Up To Play 60 and school breakfast, milk consumption grew 830 million pounds,” Tom Gallagher, CEO for Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), told those attending the...

In the 40 years I have written about milk cows and dairies, I have never wanted to own either

While dairy producers from major exporting countries have long reduced milk flow, U.S. milk production kept chugging along growing 1.8 percent over the past year

There are certain times of year when we use a lot of hoses, and we used to struggle with how to store them when not in use

If you are anything like me, you have a wide array of thin, holy, worn out t-shirts specifically for farm use, and they are cluttering your closet

Particularly in tight financial years for agriculture, the argument for finding the economically optimal corn plant population has perpetuated

At Dan and Wendy Flood’s dairy farm in Oakfield, Wis., screws have been inserted into some of the wooden fence posts around their pastures. When it is time for the cows to come in for milking

The financial performance of dairy farms in 2016 was far less favorable than it was in 2015, and, of course, both are easily less favorable than 2014

Ever notice how much time you spend talking to others who farm, between attending ag meetings and sitting on ag boards and committees? Talking to our farm friends is so easy

Spring has finally made its debut, but with it comes some pesky insects, the most common being flies