American agriculture is so enormous and diverse that it's impossible to get your arms very far around it . . . even for farmers. That's why the Census of Agriculture is done just every five years and why...
Dairy farmers in the nation's top milk producing state saw minor relief in their production costs last year. According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, it cost California dairy producers...
Milk: the NCAA's newest teammate by Amanda Smith, Associate Editor Whether it's a bowl game, March Madness or the Frozen Four, our nation is captivated by college athletics. With new NCAA guidelines in...
We can learn a great deal from studying weather patterns. That was the main take away from a recent presentation by Elwynn Taylor, a professor of ag meteorology who has been studying his trade since 1982,...
Handy Hint: May 25, 2014 Creative solution for a small commodity bay We have a commodity bay on the farm that is too small for a truck to dump into. To solve this problem, we mounted a used cyclone from...
Hoard's Dairyman Webinar Archives May 12, 2014: "Update on mineral nutrition of dairy cows" presented by Bill Weiss, Ohio State University Sponsored by Zinpro Performance Minerals (www.zinpro.com/dairy)...
As the late Paul Harvey would say, "Here's the rest of the story . . . Connecticut dairy producer Chris Hannan provided the now famous Vanessa cow for ESPN's "Mike & Mike" show the day after the NCAA Men's...
Brazil's second confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was announced last week by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The animal, a 12-year-old beef cow that was born and...
An island nation half the size of Wisconsin with nearly as many cows, Ireland's milk production, along with that of the European Union, has been on lockdown for the past 30 years. Hosted by Enterprise-Ireland,...
China has further tightened its borders to infant formula made in other countries. New restrictions now require foreign makers of milk powder to register their product and their manufacturing and storage...
"We are at the peak of our milk price cycle," said the University of Wisconsin's Mark Stephenson when discussing current milk prices. "We will likely experience a significant downturn in prices by December...
Rising retail prices for meat, milk and other staples have become routine leads in many media reports in recent months. While it's true that food costs have gone up slightly, lost in every story we've...
Heat abatement is not just for the milking herd. Dry cows that are cooled are healthier, breed back sooner and produce more milk. Heat stress has substantial impacts on milk yield during lactation
The surgical correction of displaced abomasums is not only financially defensible, it's sound animal welfare. Mother Nature made two great mistakes when she designed the dairy cow. First, she placed the...
As printed in our May 10, 2014 issue... NATIONALLY, MARCH MILK WAS UP 0.9 PERCENT with Colorado and Texas leading the pack by growing output over 6 percent. California and its 1.78 million cows made 3.7...
Reading the Hoard's Dairyman Intel item, "Reader Response: About time farming hits the silver screen," made me think of my own experiences. For all of my 80 years, I have always lived in the very heart...
Reader Response: Corn waste biofuel study unfair It appears you were pretty narrow in your reporting of corn waste biofuel's impact on the environment. The research you shared isn't all that credible,...
Despite our best efforts, we will never create a ration our cows won't try to sort. Even when we put together a great ration on paper, these diets don't always perform the way we expect or want them to....
A shrinking beef herd, high cattle feed prices and widespread drought conditions mean higher beef prices, for producers and shoppers alike. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, ground...
