This week's episode will analyze how the recent election may impact federal dairy and agriculture policy

Dairy farmers have become accustomed to operating in an environment of “reasonable uncertainty.” However, the COVID-19 crisis has made 2020 prices especially volatile for the industry

This week's episode will discuss a few of the modern stress points of federal orders and why they've arisen

For the same reason that many dairy economists are unwilling to put too much stock in predicting future milk prices, 2020 has left the industry with another lesson just as applicable to federal order pricing:...

I am an open book. Or at least my life is an open book, or so I have been told. Through this column and in my blogs, followers get an open glimpse of my dairy farm life

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the November 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

This week's episode will explore price risk management strategies producers may employ for 2021

The dairy industry is in a much better financial position today than anyone would have thought back in late March when the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to create unprecedented effects across the country

“2020 has certainly been a roller coaster year,” said dairy analyst Matt Gould, stating the obvious during the Pennsylvania Center for Dairy Excellence’s “Navigating the Numbers”...

As the industry looks ahead to 2021, milk price outlook remains uncertain as factors weigh on markets that could lift or depress milk prices

With several farms sprinkled throughout the countryside, it is not uncommon to drive down the road and see signs offering “Free kittens.”Farmers know, when there are two cats, many will quickly...

This week's episode will update how retail dairy sales have continued to change as the pandemic persists

Features a farm nativity scene by dairy artist Larry Schultz

Features five dairy breeds overlooking the nativity scene

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the October 25, 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

What’s your life’s road map? You know, how did you get from Point A to Point B? Most of us have more than two pins on the map, or at least I do

This week's episode will discuss how geographical indications (GIs) and other trade barriers influence how American cheeses can be sold internationally

“The 2019 harvest season was hard on equipment and it was hard on people,” said Kevin Jarek, a University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension agent

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the October 10, 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

When our cows need something, they tell us. Although it is not with words, their verbal communication is easy to understand