Classifieds: February 2025

Liver abscess challenges are not new to feeder cattle. Processors have dealt with a reported liver abscess rate of 12% to 32% across the U.S. slaughtered beef population for years

Did you ever think you’d see the day when milk could be harvested with nearly no human intervention? Our industry is there, and robotic technology continues to scale up at a remarkable rate

Farming is flexibility,” said Swisslane Farms human resources (HR) lead Annie Link on an episode of Michigan State University Extension’s “Virtual Coffee Break” podcast

pouring concrete is a commitment. Once the bones of a dairy facility are constructed, there are only so many adjustments that can be made to improve cow comfort, employee safety and efficiency

Finding good farm accounting software is as important as buying quality springing heifers. Some farm accounting software programs are ready to go right off the shelf, but others can be tailored

At the start of 2025, market sentiment and supply and demand risks are tilted toward the downside, but I think we’ll see decent milk prices and margins for dairy farmers despite the risks

Washington Dairygrams: February 2025

The transition period receives the attention of the entire dairy industry because of the dramatic and intense changes that cows undergo

Eric Traupe has been at the table in the situation room with U.S. presidents and has sat across from kings and prime ministers during his 30-plus-year career stint working for both the CIA and U.S. Marine...

An animal’s ability to regularly, completely, and rapidly let down its milk in response to a proper milking routine is termed its “milkability.”

Highly pathogenic avian influenza. H5N1. Bird flu. Regardless of what you may call it, this virus has posed significant challenges to dairy farmers over the past year

Understanding and preventing embryonic loss in dairy cows, presented by Matthew Lucy, University of Missouri-Columbia

In the world of artificial intelligence and automation, long-time team leaders will tell you it also takes a group of diverse and capable people to reach business success goals

As much as we try to avoid having sick cows, at some point or another, we will experience a cow that is feeling under the weather

Is it realistic to talk about a future where we have eliminated highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the U.S. dairy herd?

The following benchmarks have come up in discussions over the past two months: income over feed costs, cost per pound of dry matter, feed conversion efficiency, yield per acre, milk per ton, etc

Much has been written about the yield and quality differences among various grass species, but farmers planting forage grasses either as a companion crop with alfalfa, or as a pure stand, should pay attention

Plant-based milks, such as soy and almond products, are dairy milk’s biggest imposters, often served with the same promised benefits as cow’s milk

Cows will naturally go through a negative energy balance when they enter into lactation as their body adjusts from the dry period into milk production