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
University of Illinois Professor Emeritus Mike Hutjens was the presenter on the Hoard’s Dairyman May webinar, speaking on strategies to achieve a component goal of 7 pounds of milkfat and protein
Roughly two months into the 2025 growing season and fresh off a few days of working with colleagues and dairy producers in western New York, Mother Nature has already forced in-season adjustments for many...
This year marks a major milestone for the National Milk Producers Federation’s (NMPF) National Young Cooperators (YC) Program as it celebrates its 75th anniversary
Despite mounting economic pressures and geopolitical tensions, global dairy prices, especially among certain commodities in both Europe and Oceania, have continued to rise in recent months, defying expectations
As farms grow, rotary parlors have become more common on dairy farms, and their efficiency is directly tied to three factors, according to Miner Institute’s President, Heather Dann. These have been...
For years, consumers have heard the same message: Stay away from whole milk dairy foods to protect your heart. That advice came from the idea that saturated fat — like the kind in dairy foods —...
DAIRY producers in all 11 Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMO) ratified recent changes to the milk pricing system. In general, these changes will go into effect June 1, 2025, but the advanced prices became...
As the National Dairy farm magazine, Hoard's Dairyman provides dairy producers with dairy market prices and includes the Class III price for milk. It is updated approximately monthly with the price of...
As the National Dairy farm magazine, Hoard's Dairyman provides dairy producers with dairy market prices and includes the Class IV price for milk. It is updated approximately monthly with the price of milk...
As the U.S. is in the throes of tornado season, it is an annual event that can be devastating, with widespread damage to farms and crops, as Mother Nature reminds us of the power and destruction that can...
Heat-stress season has kicked off, and farmers are bracing for all it brings: reduced production, higher energy costs, and the accompanying tension while watching the thermometer creep up
The widespread adoption by dairy farmers of hormonal protocols that synchronize ovulation and allow for timed A.I. in lactating dairy cows has changed the way that A.I. breeding programs are implemented...
We cut the handles off our teat dip barrel at the hanging point, drilled two holes in them, and fastened one on either side of the three-wheeled shavings cart
