Recently, the Federal Reserve, simply known to many as the Fed, once again raised interest rates with the purpose of bringing down the inflation rate

With this year’s USDA report on per-capita U.S. dairy consumption, the industry has finally moved past the 1960s. In terms of favor with the American public, dairy has returned to 1959

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act had gained significant momentum when it passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a 59% margin last year. However, the momentum did not carry over into the Senat

When considering that a growing world population will need nourishment in the decades to come and that U.S. milk production has the ability to continue to grow, the question is not if our domestic industry...

Many of today’s dairy cows are housed in facilities with concrete floors. While several environmental and management factors can contribute to dairy cow lameness, the housing environment and surface

“The question isn’t if exports will grow; it’s how, and what are we focused on?” Robert Chesler, United Dairymen of Arizona CEO, said as introduction to his comments on dairy exports

Thanks to the combination of 5% fewer U.S. acres planted in corn this year and a slight reduced estimate of per acre yield compared to 2021

“PPDs” had become a four-letter word in dairy farmers’ lexicon when negative producer price differentials (PPDs) exploded onto the scene in June 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic

Calcium is one of the many attributes of milk that we often share when promoting the consumption of dairy products

The title of this article was the lead off question during the September 14, 2022, Hoard’s Dairyman DairyLivestream

At times this fall, wholesale natural gas prices in Europe have spiked nearly 3,000% higher than they were in the fall of 2020

Milk and dairy product prices soared to unprecedented heights this summer as the global milk production deficit worsened

Every dairy farmer knows that raising a calf to maturity takes great care, with an appreciation of the challenge and a goal of doing what’s best rather than what’s easy

It’s been true of domestic markets for some time, but export markets have seen a change in recent years that has caused U.S. exporters to switch gears, encouraging higher value products

We have all seen the cows that experience extreme inflammation at the time of calving, those with swelling in the udder and beyond

Flavored beverage milk sales are up 51.6% over the first seven months of this year when compared to the same time last year within California’s Federal Order No. 51

What makes a good-tasting cheese?That can be a loaded question because every consumer has their own preferences, palette, and opinions on what characteristics make them want to enjoy a food

The September Hoard’s Dairyman webinar title posed the question, “Inflammation: Friend or foe?” Presenter Barry Bradford’s response to that question was, “It’s both.”Inflammation...

It’s hard to overstate Mexico’s importance to America’s dairy farmers. When I talk to dairy farmers, I always remind them that Mexico is our industry’s most important trading partner,...

When you go into a feed store, crude protein is still king. In the old days, it was a chalkboard with a grid for pricing of various feed products. Everything, from cattle cubes to show feed to chicken