There is no question which ration on a dairy receives the least attention. Often overlooked is the diet for the far-off dry cows

For the third year, the Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference hosted an on-farm fall field day to provide another opportunity for the dairy industry to come together and exchange ideas

It isn’t so much that people don’t want to learn, it’s that they don’t want to be made to learn

The Farmers Assuring Responsible Management Environmental Stewardship Program (FARM ES) is collaborating with the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy to integrate a new, process-based model for greenhouse...

Making the transition from winter to spring can be hard on dairy calves due to drastic fluctuations in temperature

Yogurt was able to put another feather in its cap earlier this month when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new qualified health claim for the popular dairy product

Antibiotics are a valuable tool for animal and human medicine

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When dairy farmers are away, they typically leave the farm in the hands of current employees or they call on neighbors or family to cover the workload

The reproductive performance of lactating dairy cattle has improved over the past decade due to better health and transition management strategies, genetic selection, and the adoption of programs such...

When I started in dairy practice nearly 40 years ago, vaccination strategies and schedules seemed rather straight forward

From 2023 to 2025, there is expected to be over $6 billion in new milk processing capacity under construction in the U.S

Classifieds: March 2024

Research related to the needs of transition cows has identified calcium as critical to the period following calving, particularly for cows in their second or greater lactation

You may be familiar with the 2020 “Capper and Cady study” that published scientific-backed results of dairy’s environmental success

The business of producing milk has always been about doing more with less, said Brandon Treichler during the National Mastitis Council Annual Meeting

When USDA released its data on the number of dairy farms licensed to sell milk in 2023, it came as a surprise to no one that there were fewer farms milking cows than there had been the year before

Bill Weiss, a professor emeritus at The Ohio State University, presented, “Feed composition varies – does it matter?”

Farmers are well aware of the challenges that come with various strains of salmonella, but handling an outbreak of sick animals can still be difficult. What can be done when Salmonella Dublin (S. Dublin)...

Understanding the root causes of dairy lameness could save your operation money when it comes time to make culling decisions within your herd. In a webinar conducted by Iowa State University Extension,...