this year will go down in the annals of history as one for the ages. Indeed, 2020 had both immense challenges and immense opportunities . . . both are coming to light

What am I most proud about in 2020? That was the question posed by Lucas Lentsch to dairy farm leaders of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), and USDEC

I began my professional career in 1980 just as a number of proven reproductive technologies arrived on the marketplace in North America

The challenging winters of recent years have impacted both alfalfa’s persistence and yield

For years, people working with dairy cows have called the drop in calcium around calving milk fever. Ironically, milk fever, also known as hypocalcemia, does not cause a fever at all

We use this homemade bucket holder made from 1-inch PVC pipes on our dairy. The shorter PVC pipes coming out of the main pipe structure hold all sorts of things. On ours, we store buckets and bottles

To do the best job possible at growing heifers, farmers need to track growth, monitor body condition scores, and consider industry benchmarking

As the harvest season comes to an end, farms may find themselves with excess forage, the right amount of forage, or not enough forage to feed their herd in the year ahead

As with every business, there are two sides to determining a dairy’s profitability — expenses and income — and both are prone to volatility

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the November 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

Conversations involving risk management and forward contracting often end up resulting in a discussion of “one time.”

The health pandemic induced by the novel coronavirus has upended plans throughout the world, and the agricultural community has not been immune to the situation

“The volatility within dairy has been very, very extreme,” said Kyle Schrad, vice president of Global Dairy and Food Operations at StoneX Financial Corporation. (Figure 1)

Before and after calving, a dairy cow’s body experiences significant change. This includes the uterus, which can go from carrying a calf, placenta, and fluids down to the size of an adult’s...

Roughly a quarter of U.S. milk was covered under Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) and about 13% was insured under Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) for 2020, said Tiffany LaMendola of Blimling and Associates

Stability, predictability, and adequacy — those are three things farmers require from dairy markets

For extreme diseases, wrote the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, extreme methods of cure are most suitable. Faced with a virus that forced the U.S. economy into a lockdown, the federal government

This week's episode will explore price risk management strategies producers may employ for 2021

The correct nutrients, at the right time, creates the right recipe for optimal growth. That’s the winning strategy to develop the rumen in dairy calves

This 2020 corn crop appears to be bucking the past two crop years' repeated trends for many issues