Record farm gate butterfat production, suppressed cream multiples, butter churns running at capacity, and slowed cheese sales in restaurants have been major themes to start out this year

The recent NFL draft in Green Bay, Wis., showcased rookie players and whetted fan appetites for the upcoming season, but the excitement wasn’t confined to Lambeau Field

Wet and cold conditions have made spring manure application a bit tricky in recent years. This has been a friction point for many farmers, as they struggle to get manure applied and crops in the ground

Dairy management decisions such as the ideal voluntary waiting period and days dry are the topics of productivity conversations across the globe

The California Dairy Sustainability Summit in March 2025 brought together more than 475 industry leaders, including dairy farmers and sustainability experts, to discuss the latest advancements in envi

Today’s podcast is called Spotlight on Sorghum. This episode will highlight the recent technological developments in growing and processing sorghum, and how sorghum can be an excellent alternative...

During the Hoard’s Dairyman April webinar, speaker Jimena Laporta offered data and analysis of recent and continuing studies on the lingering — and multigenerational — impact of heat...

Soybeans and corn are starting to be seeded into the ground across the U.S. Soil temperatures are still cold in many areas, and this article is not intended to push for a rush to the planter

For decades, the National Conference of Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) has served as a model cooperative program between the U. S. Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

April 25, 2025

Washington Dairygrams: April 25, 2025

As the breeding of beef-on-dairy cattle gains traction in the industry, research on these hybrids is becoming more important to producers

Move over, cheesehead foam hats — Wisconsin Cheese has launched its “Rinds and Roses” millinery collection, just in time for the Kentucky Derby

From 1966 to 2010, butterfat levels in the U.S. milk supply held a rather tight window ranging from 3.66% to 3.69%

The top five destinations for U.S. dairy exports by value are Mexico, Canada, China, Japan, and South Korea

When it comes to tariffs, “This is all too familiar” or “It’s kind of déjà vu,” has been the common refrain during discussions with dairy producers in the early...

If you asked me several years ago about lactose, I would have said it makes up 4.8% of milk and is the osmotic regulator of milk volume and left it at that

A University of Illinois study reinforced the important role that additional dietary calcium inclusion during the prepartum period can play in improving postpartum uterine health and fertility in cows...

Every one of us has experienced that “gut feeling” — an instinctual physical reaction that signals something may or may not be right

Jessica Miller joins Hoard’s Dairyman as a Wisconsin native with more than 20 years background in newspaper and magazine editing and writing