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The transition cow has been a topic of intense research and farm-level focus for nearly 25 years. For much of this time, we have had a largely disease-centric approach to both research and evaluation

The U.S. is finding itself in the middle of an early and large spring milk flush. The last two years have seen the Northeast and the Upper Midwest grow production to the point that existing plant capacity...

Two recent experiences with rules and regulations made me realize how much government guidelines need to adapt to changing farming practices

Social media has almost become a bit of a necessary evil these days. We use it to keep in touch with friends and family, to ask advice, to buy and sell things, and to entertain each other and share

Especially in cold weather states, it has been common for calf feeders to bump up fat levels in calf diets during the winter to account for added energy required by calves to maintain body temperature

One of the main aspects of dairy farm expansion is the change in the ownership structure of farm entities

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