In what is still a growing category, organic farm products accounted for $9.93 billion in sales across the United States in 2019

Feed is a major expense on any dairy farm, so it is critical to select ingredients for the ration that make nutritional and financial sense

The government has purchased billions of dollars of dairy products and other foods this year through the Farmers to Families Food Box Program in order to stimulate cash flow on farms and get food to pandemic-stricken...

With social media being both more impactful and controversial than ever, dairy producers collectively share even more responsibility for keeping up their social license

Volatility is nothing new to the dairy industry. We have adapted as consumer trends have shifted, as dairy production models have evolved, and with the ebb and flow of global markets

When the pandemic struck earlier this year, I mentioned land as a key indicator of the severity of the impact of the crisis

When Jacki Moegenburg was a junior at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, she worked with one of her professors to put together a business plan for an agritourism venture on her family’s dairy...

Farmers should have soil analyses done on all their fields on a regular basis. Most nutrient management plans require soil testing at least once every three years

Nearly 98% of the U.S. milk supply is produced on farms that participate in the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) program

Through much of November and December, most of the people we talked to seemed to think that USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program was dead

Tours and on-farm events are awesome ways to educate consumers about dairy farming and the nutrition dairy products can provide

As 2021 approaches, dairy farmers, processors, and customers attempt to estimate what the year could bring for dairy

Dairy producers, nutritionists, producers, and marketers of hay and other forage material often use indexes used to rank forage quality

While many unknowns remain regarding 2021 milk prices, there are a few factors with major impacts that we do know details about

We often fail to take the time to fully appreciate the most important crop raised on our farms. It isn’t corn, cotton, or even cows . . . it’s children. As it turns out, those children don’t...

often, we do the same thing time and time again out of habit. We can get comfortable with familiar treatments and be reluctant to change, or perhaps we don’t even assess how well they are working

Improved methods for comparing the economic value of feedpresented by: Bill Weiss, The Ohio State Universitysponsored by: QLFBill Weiss, a professor of dairy cattle nutrition at The Ohio State Univers

About this time last year, I had the notion that if I just made it to 2020, life would be so much better. I was anxious to turn the page and put 2019 behind us

The two or so months prior to weaning really lay the foundation for a healthy, productive dairy animal. It is important to review the success of your preweaned calf program every now and then

From making Swiss cheese in copper kettles as a teenager to owning a specialty cheese factory, my lifelong career in Wisconsin's dairy industry has taught unforgettable lessons