Strategic substitution of nutrients using alternative feedstuffs provides an opportunity to create a least-cost ration while meeting the needs of the herd

There are three parties in the dairy market: producers, processors, and consumers. It has long been decided that none of these groups should be responsible for setting milk prices

As the National Dairy farm magazine, Hoard's Dairyman provides dairy producers with dairy market prices and includes the Class I price for fluid milk

In a Virginia Tech Dairy Pipeline newsletter, graduate student Prashant Ghimire and extension scientist Gonzalo Ferreira discussed the importance of copper, an essential micromineral, in dairy cattle nutrition

The rapid genetic progress we have made as a dairy industry in the short time since the introduction of sexed semen and genomic evaluations has been covered in depth in recent articles

Texas A&M University’s AgriLife Extension recently hosted a webinar on the New World Screwworm (NWS) threat, and while the specimen being discussed was small — about the size of a housefly...

Approximately 41.7 million people in the U.S. received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, averaging $187.54 per month in 2024 and equating to $93.8 billion

The University of Minnesota’s Morris dairy farm staff recently conducted their annual whole-herd milk enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) testing for Johne’s disease, a paratuberculosis...

Over the past 25 years, U.S. dairy markets have undergone seismic shifts that have raised new important questions around dairy nutrition and economics

While U.S. dairy export volume was down slightly this April when compared to the same time last year, multiple high-value product and ingredient areas showed significant growth

On farm tours, watching cows use brushes is something that often catches visitors’ attention and delights them

A popular topic of discussion in recent years has been whether to raise calves on the farm or send them off-site into the care of experienced calf rearers

The fresh cow heads into the parlor to be milked, and fills the bucket, with low to moderate quality colostrum — now what?, Bup colostrum quality with ease, Reagan Bluel

There are many critical factors to raise healthy and well-grown calves., Maggie Gilles, Cleanliness cannot be overstated for calves

Newer research and anecdotal evidence shows that the value of colostrum extends past that single meal

Many dairy farms go back and forth on whether to feed waste milk (WM) or milk replacer (MR) to their calves

Keeping calves healthy to create the best replacement possible is always a priority, but with current tight inventories and replacement heifer values continually skyrocketing, the return on investment...

While pair-housing calves has many benefits, it also brings some disease risks. Researchers suggest pairing early in life to capture all the upsides of pair housing

Dairy producers may be facing a looming shortage of dairy replacement heifers

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