Getting animals to cooperate can sometimes be tricky, and some humans can become easily frustrated. When we get impatient, our animals tend to also become impatient

After two years of hearings, listening sessions, and discussions, members of Congress are now making 2024 Farm Bill proposals

Farmers are 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population, according to the National Rural Health Association

With a contracted beef cattle herd, there is demand for beef from dairy-beef crosses and dairy cull cows

Today’s dairy producers recognize that carbon footprints and environmental sustainability are no longer buzzwords; they are expectations

Making high-quality forages requires a long list of decisions to get it from the seed to the feedbunk

Dairy producers from 42 farms in nine states have dealt with the impact of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on their herds so far, and more are taking efforts to prevent their animals from becoming...

From mid-April to mid-May, the price of CME block cheese rose by nearly 50 cents a pound, and the June Class III futures contract jumped from $16.50 per hundredweight (cwt.) to more than $21 per cwt

Dairy farmers hold many titles; they are accountants, managers, nutritionists, agronomists, and mechanics all in one, not to mention many more titles that we could add to the list

The joke — according to Steve Abel of Abel Dairy Farms — is that dairy owners are full-time firemen and part-time dairymen

What does compliance look like on your dairy? Maybe it involves following a protocol closely to complete a job. Perhaps it is getting a job done in whatever way is the most efficient

GIVING others the authority to act on your behalf as an employer can be unnerving, especially if you’re accustomed to bearing responsibilities on your own

A farm is as much a home as it is an operation. Family and business are often inseparable

My predecessor started the concept of herd health checks in our area over 50 years ago. Cows and heifers were checked for their reproductive status on a schedule

Millions of calves, including replacement heifers, dairy bull calves, and dairy-beef calves, leave dairy farms every year

Hoard’s Dairyman Editor Abby Bauer was joined by Luiz Ferraretto, an assistant professor and extension specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. to discuss silage inoculants

If I told you there’s a dietary additive available that university data supports an 11:1 return on investment for, would that get your attention?

Now that planting is in full swing for most parts of the country, the next task farmers will be faced with is forage harvesting

As beef-on-dairy breeding has ramped up in the last decade, research into the trend has helped us better understand these crossbred animals as well as exposed new questions for how native beef cattle develop,...

Dairy markets are known for their unpredictability, but we still rely on dairy economists to give their best forecasts as to what will come in the year ahead