The material a dairy chooses to bed its cows with has many ramifications. Bedding has significant impacts on the animal in terms of cow comfort, lameness, and udder hygiene

We know all too well that cows prefer to spend more than half of their day resting in a lying position

“Don’t mess with Texas,” could be the mantra for the 2024 dairy statistics, as Texas has firmly taken a foothold as a powerhouse dairy state

As the National Dairy farm magazine, Hoard's Dairyman provides dairy producers with dairy market prices and includes the weekly butter price from CME, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange

There are many critical factors to raise healthy and well-grown calves

In today’s fast-paced world, consumers have more and more access to information on food, nutrition, and health, but unfortunately, not all of it is reliable

U.S. feed supply should be more than adequate in 2025, if the weather cooperates. Given the expected lower feed prices, dairy farm margins should continue to improve in 2025

The March 2025 issue of Hoard’s Dairyman will feature our often-anticipated annual dairy statistics

Serving as a building block for protein synthesis, and especially for the formation of amino acids, sulfur (S) impacts the quality and quantity of protein available in forage for livestock

The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) and Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) are teaming up for the second year in a row to highlight the power of dairy innovation opportunities and nutritional benefits

The fresh cow heads into the parlor to be milked, and fills the bucket, with low to moderate quality colostrum — now what?

U.S. cheese prices saw incredible volatility in 2024, with Cheddar prices ranging from below $1.40 per pound to more than $2.60 per pound

We are a family owned and operated cheese business in the beautiful Driftless region of SW Wisconsin, where we farm 500 acres and milk 175 cows in a seasonal, pasture-based system

Over recent years, a push has been made for Americans to consume adequate amounts of protein throughout their day

Many dairy farms go back and forth on whether to feed waste milk (WM) or milk replacer (MR) to their calves

As Dairy Council of California continues to advance milk and dairy’s unique and essential contributions to healthy, sustainable eating patterns, it does so with an eye on emerging trends in a constantly...

With planting season right around the corner, farmers are busy preparing for the year ahead

Cold stress can significantly affect health, growth, and future reproduction in a newborn calf if not managed properly

The butter market at the start of 2025 is completely different than the start of 2024. In early 2024 the narrative was that milk production was down and couldn’t grow due to a lack of replacement...

The right people, the right preparation, and the right equipment: Those are the key factors that three dairy farmers highlighted as their keys to milking success during a panel discussion at the National...