I quit buying the heavy-duty $300 bale rings because the skirts came off in one year. I started buying the $150 economy feeders without skirts

When I look at the definition of patience,Merriam-Webster says this about being patient: bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint; manifesting forbearance under provocation or strain; not hasty...

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) announced September 30 was achieved after months of hard-nosed negotiations

Do you know how much lameness is costing your farm? Some of the expenses associated with lameness are obvious, like the cost of treatment

Over the last few years, we have seen a number of farms that we work with start milking some or all of their herd four times a day (4x)

Heat stress poses significant problems for the lactating cow. The extra heat produced due to greater feed consumption and metabolism makes it difficult for a cow to maintain normal body temperature

What do you consider a successful transition for a dairy cow? Is success measured by the absence of disease? A cow’s ability to ramp up milk production? Breeding back with relative ease?

“What happens on paper isn’t always what happens in the field, in the barn, or in the parlor,” said Lisa Holden, an associate professor at Penn State University

The dairy industry has had plenty of issues to drag our spirits down lately. Some of those items would include the fourth year of relatively low milk prices, trade wars, and a wet fall hampering fieldwork...

Young calves are some of the most susceptible members of the dairy farm

One of the core promises that swept President Donald Trump into office was that he would renegotiate better deals for the United States with our traditional trading partners

More cheese, please.That’s been the collective response from U.S. consumers who now eat 10 more pounds of cheese when compared to just 20 years ago

After reading the Hoard’s Dairyman Intel “Feed-cost adjusters get a facelift,” I must share this sarcastic comment — I’m glad USDA believes farmers are make so much money

The collective bargaining clout of the nation’s top 50 cooperatives continued to grow in 2017

A new California law mandates restaurants serving kids’ meals must offer either milk or water as their advertised drink options

For generations, farmers have fed calves whole milk. In fact, with the growing popularity of on-farm pasteurizers, some farms have returned to feeding milk for its nutritional benefits after utilizing...

California is just over two weeks away from joining the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) system, so it’s interesting to note that there has been a significant dip of late in the value of Class...

If you milk cows for a living, no one needs to tell you that milk checks have been downright terrible

Last year’s World Dairy Expo welcomed visitors from 97 countries; of the 68,710 in total attendance, 2,752 were international guests

The feed supply: the quality cards we’ve been dealt presented by Mike Hutjens, University of Illinois and Mike Rankin, Hay & Forage Grower magazine