Whether you are farming 250 acres or cropping 1,000-plus acres, production costs ranged by a mere 10 cents per bushel for those crop farms throughout the Heartland

We know that dairy farm wages have been climbing rapidly, more so than in most other industries. Depending on the different dairy budgets available, estimated hired labor costs for herds of 200

I recently flashed back to Memorial Day weekend, as that is when my social media feed from coast to coast was filled with families camping, swimming, vacationing — all in relax mode

The August 2017 Hoard's Dairyman Bull List, with all seven dairy breeds, can be opened by clicking the link below

In the area of our barn where we keep bull calves, the bottles hang on the wall in a milk crate. With this setup, the nipples often fall off or get thrown in the wash basin. My simple, inexpensi

Who would have thought that major news purveyors, like The Economist and The Wall Street Journal, would have even noticed that the open outcry pits for spot trading cheese at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange

With no family farm to call home, Adam Borchert of Tree-Hayven Holsteins started his future in the dairy industry by renting a farm in Auburndale, Wis., in 1998

Lameness can be a major health concern on many dairy farms. Not only is this an animal welfare issue, but various reports indicate that each case of lameness can cost $90 to $300

The United States, and most of the world for that matter, is recovering from over a half-century of misguided advice about dietary consumption of fat

As printed in our August 25, 2017 issue . . .BUTTERFAT PRICES SURGED to $2.95 per pound this July, reported Federal Milk Marketing Order administrators

Getting too low of SCC in the tank is only a look at the entire herd, in response to the item “Can SCCs go too low?” Of great importance is driving down the new mastitis infection rate per...

Consumers have been consuming more butter by as much as 5 to 12 percent in some North American and European countries.

In agriculture, we have seen tremendous advancements in the use of technology. During his presentation at the UW-Discovery Farm’s “Soil, Water, and Big Data Field Day,” Brian Luck reminded...

Lying time and activity have gained popularity in the industry as measures of health and welfare

Losses in 2015 and 2016 have erased nearly two-thirds of the record profits dairy farmers made in 2014

For well over a decade, the net flow of unauthorized immigrant labor has diminished

Driving dry matter intake on dairy farmspresented by Mike Hutjens, University of IllinoisSponsored by Diamond V. Dry matters intakes continue to be a leading contributor to ca

Elise Regusci served as the 29th Hoard’s Dairyman summer editorial intern

Great news on this initiative, and thanks for publishing the story, “Dairy gives inmates a second chance.”

While the Hoard’s Dairyman Bull List will be distributed in the August 25 issue, we also will make it available to readers here