Despite headwinds from highly pathogenic avian influenza, weather challenges in many parts of the country, and a slight contraction in U.S. dairy herds, 2024 maintained many of the thresholds that were...

The Southeastern U.S. dairy industry has been contracting rapidly as many in dairy circles are aware

The material a dairy chooses to bed its cows with has many ramifications. Bedding has significant impacts on the animal in terms of cow comfort, lameness, and udder hygiene

We know all too well that cows prefer to spend more than half of their day resting in a lying position

Adding sorghum to your crop rotation is an economic and sustainable addition to your farm

The March 2025 issue of Hoard’s Dairyman will feature our often-anticipated annual dairy statistics

Serving as a building block for protein synthesis, and especially for the formation of amino acids, sulfur (S) impacts the quality and quantity of protein available in forage for livestock

The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) and Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) are teaming up for the second year in a row to highlight the power of dairy innovation opportunities and nutritional benefits

Cold stress can significantly affect health, growth, and future reproduction in a newborn calf if not managed properly

When looking at the big agricultural picture, dairy products have been relatively stable in recent years

Corn silage is an essential component of dairy and beef nutrition, providing high yields of energy-dense, digestible forage

Mentors are gifts. I have many in my professional and personal life and I hope you do as well. If you don’t, you should find some

We have long known that there is a genetic antagonism between milk yield and the percentages of fat and protein

It was bound to happen, and one night it did. That 2-foot-high pile of papers and notes collected at continuing education events over the last few years fell over

Liver abscess challenges are not new to feeder cattle. Processors have dealt with a reported liver abscess rate of 12% to 32% across the U.S. slaughtered beef population for years

Farming is flexibility,” said Swisslane Farms human resources (HR) lead Annie Link on an episode of Michigan State University Extension’s “Virtual Coffee Break” podcast

As our farm caught the flu bug, our team came together to get the chores done

The transition period receives the attention of the entire dairy industry because of the dramatic and intense changes that cows undergo

Highly pathogenic avian influenza. H5N1. Bird flu. Regardless of what you may call it, this virus has posed significant challenges to dairy farmers over the past year

How can we better understand consumer choices in the dairy industry?