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June 10 2025
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
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June 10 2025
Dairy producers may be facing a looming shortage of dairy replacement heifers
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June 9 2025
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
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June 9 2025
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...
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June 9 2025
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
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June 9 2025
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
gillesweb
June 5 2025
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...
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June 5 2025
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 —...
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June 5 2025
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...
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June 4 2025
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...
Class IV
June 4 2025
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...
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June 2 2025
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...
millerweb
June 2 2025
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
Martin-web
June 2 2025
In April, a group of dairy nutrition professionals from various parts of our industry gathered to discuss one topic — dairy ration optimization
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June 2 2025
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...
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May 30 2025
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
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May 30 2025
Farmers are happy in our neck of the woods because it is planting season
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May 29 2025
Machine learning has monopolized the dairy tech-talk spotlight for years — in fact, a 2020 article in the Journal of Dairy Science on precision dairy monitoring technologies (PDMT) noted that such...
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May 29 2025
The first 42 days of a dairy calf’s life have been well researched but are still not yet well understood. Microbial protein from the rumen microflora offers a nearly perfect balance of all 10 essential...
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May 29 2025
Fulfilling their curiosity with on-farm experiments is a highlight for farmers. Driven by observing their working environment daily, farmers perform tests while seeking solutions and improvements, becoming...