Straw is commonly fed in traditional heifer diets to reduce the energy density of the ration and intake due to straw’s slow and poor digestibility

With the transition from pregnancy and the dry period to lactation after calving, dairy cows face significant physiological and metabolic changes

An excellent synopsis of progress in calf feeding and research over the last 35 years was presented by Jim Drackley in the August 2024 issue of Hoard’s Dairyman

Starch inclusion in the ration provides readily available digestible energy for dairy cattle

Spring is often a reminder that time is fleeting, and seasons change

There’s broad interest in “living your best life” with a recent report highlighting that 82% of Americans consider health and wellness a top priority

You can access the full rankings for all breeds in the April 2025 Hoard's Dairyman Bull List

I’ve been trimming hooves now since the old days (the 1990s), and as I look back and evaluate the world of hoof trimming, I see how it has dramatically changed

With so many different hybrids of corn for silage on the market, it can be difficult to identify the correct planting rate

Dairies rely greatly on feeding high quality forages, which in turn produce quality dairy products

Many farms today use beef or sexed semen to breed for replacement heifers

This book covers dairy cattle feeding and nutrition and is authored by Mike Hutjens

One of the main and costly drivers for culling decisions is lameness. Defined as an abnormality or injury to the hoof, hoof lesions fall into categories such as sole ulcers, digital dermatitis

With rising health consciousness, fitness, and the surge of GLP-1 users, consumers have been inundated with the importance of protein for overall health

Highly pathogenic avian influenza was identified in dairies for the first time almost one year ago. From a human health standpoint, it is a zoonosis — or a disease that can spread to humans

As the calendar turned the page to a new year, USDA reported the number of beef cows dropped by 1% last year, the sixth straight year of decline since the peak in 2019

“No one can be you the way that you can be you,” said Carla Harris during her keynote speech at the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) conference in January

Uncertainty about tariffs, retaliatory tariffs, reciprocal tariffs, and other government policy changes are creating a lot of angst in the dairy markets

Amid a frenetic daily pace in Washington, Congress is slowly moving toward renewing the provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, a major tax legislation that President Trump signed

Record prices for dairy-beef crossbred calves have made it easy to swing the pendulum to using more beef genetics for cash flow