A petition drive that backers hope will lead to a dairy producer referendum that eliminates the milk market pool quota system in California is blamed for “panic selling” of quota in December

Most dairy farmers we meet around the country aren't using social media to connect with consumers

Positive employee morale can carry initiatives over mountains previously thought impassable

Congress stepped up in a big way when it passed the 2018 Farm Bill in late December

Eye protection is important, especially when straw dust is involved. To make sure there are always safety glasses accessible, we took a refrigerator magnet clip and put it on our straw chopper

Job titles in the agricultural community are vast. There are many different careers and people that work together to produce a safe food supply for humans and livestock. One of those minds is a lawyer,...

The 2018 Farm Bill has significantly changed the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) that was introduced in the 2014 Farm Bill

The most recent USDA outlook calls for modest improvement in milk prices for 2019. Those same reports project higher milkfat and skim solids supplies for domestic consumers

The number of small to mid-sized dairy farms in the United States has been falling for decades, and economist Daniel Basse compared this trend to the general population.

“I just know about Cheddar and Parmesan cheese,” said Vivian Kwong, a trade and commerce reporter for the Hong Kong Economic Times Limited

It was a very wet fall for some regions of the country, including the Midwest. That made corn silage harvest a challenge to say the least

The 2018 Farm Bill recently passed by Congress offers significant changes to the dairy safety net relative to the safety net included in the 2014 Farm Bill

With lots of loose straw chaff to chop up for bedding but not a good way to transport it from the hay barn to the straw chopper, we created a funnel that fits perfectly. Using plastic bo

Quiet is deafening when you expect sound. An idle milking parlor is like a tomb. The roar of silence softens some with the passage of time or if the space is repurposed

While the Hoard’s Dairyman Bull List will be available in the December issue, we are making it available to readers now

Everyone bottle-feeds calves, right? The amount of milk and the length of time differs, but most farmers feed their calves with bottles

If the decade of reliance on immigrant employment in agriculture is not completely eclipsed, then it is certainly waning

Within the last few weeks, nutritionists and dairies from southeast Minnesota, Wisconsin, and New York have shared a common discouraging observation

With the emergence of sexed semen and the ability to obtain more heifers per breeding, some have questioned its use

Age at first calving is the biggest factor affecting the total cost of raising heifers, and reproduction is a key factor in managing calving age