“Vitamins are not that difficult compared to everything else you have to do to get a good diet, but they still deserve some thought,” said Bill Weiss during the July Hoard’s Dairyman...

How do you ensure the freshest possible dairy products halfway around the world?

Dairy farmers in states including California, Minnesota, New York, and Washington have had their labor costs swell in recent years as their state legislatures implemented requirements for overtime pay

Think globally, act locally. It’s an oft-quoted rallying cry spoken at environmental policy conferences. However, both dairy trade and scientific literature tend to report on environmental imp

Roughly one-third of the food in the U.S. is wasted through the processing, retail, and consumer levels

People who purchase calves from other farms to raise put a lot of trust in the source farm. The care those calves receive before and immediately after birth can make a big difference in how successful...

I love looking back into my history of feeding cows and seeing things that we simply figured out by trial and error that years later have scientific explanations of why they work

How do you create connections with dairy customers halfway around the world?

“The Dairy Food Makers of Taco Bell" focuses on unique partnership Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) has created with several food chains, including Taco Bell

The author and her family own and operate a 570-cow Holstein and Jersey dairy near Berlin, Pa.For Katheryn Bosley, getting people excited about learning about dairy is a rewarding way to support her industry....

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The handshake agreements and unspoken decisions that ruled farmland and farm business transfer for decades no longer support today’s dairies that may involve multiple generations, farming and non-farming...

Alternative forage and emergency forage are two terms often used to describe annual forages that may fill a need in a forage program

It unfortunately doesn’t take much for a bright and bouncy dairy calf to become sick. Early intervention can often turn the calf back around, but even a simple illness may leave a lasting impact

Dairy exports are an impressive story as the U.S. has grown by leaps and bounds, moving from a nonplayer three decades ago to exporting nearly 18% of our milk production via dairy products

My family farm has a pump that floats on a raft in the middle of the manure lagoon

By the time you read this article, I will be sitting under a shade tree with my feet propped up, sipping on a large chocolate milkshake

There is no “magic bullet” available to improve milkfat yields. Instead, many factors contribute to a healthy rumen and ultimately how much milkfat a cow makes

The past couple of years have been rough ones for farmers buying fertilizers for their crops

Many dairies are keen to review heat abatement strategies for their lactating herd