October 2023 Hoard's Dairyman Classifieds

Since 2016, Miner Institute has collected edge-of-field surface and tile drainage samples from corn silage fields in northeastern New York that receive annual applications of dairy manure

More than 150 dairy genetic enthusiasts gathered on October 4, 2023, at World Dairy Expo for the ninth annual Industry Meeting of the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB)

Late last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) extended the deadline to sign up for the Milk Loss Program to the day before Halloween

Personally, professionally, or both, everyone has likely felt like they were spinning their wheels at one point or another in their life

Dairy news from the U.S. capital as of October 1, 2023

As 2023 comes to a close, dairy producers are hopeful that 2024 will be a better year. Record-low Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) levels are one measure pointing to the tough financial year of 2023

How to capture profits in a carbon credit market, presented by Native Microbials

Russ was so excited to tell me about his new plans for calf rearing, even though some of those plans had been forced upon him

Sometimes our newborn calves don’t want to walk in from the field

We all have had that special calf that we could designate the princess of the farm — a calf that stands out above the rest

Here's the challenge: Cow milking routines are designed to facilitate a gentle, quick, and complete milk harvest

Dairy producers must constantly evaluate their operations to limit economic losses and secure a profit

Historically, we’ve been enamored with dairy farm output. Producing more milk per cow has equated to bragging rights, and milk per cow has been the performance indicator we’ve tracked closely...

A calf is born into a world where it is quickly exposed to bacteria from the environment, its dam, the hands of human caretakers, and more

Today’s political climate seems to feature one surprise after another. Congress shocked the country late last month by voting in an overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion to avert a government shutdown...

Sometimes, a gut instinct is all you need to try something new. Other times, it may be cautious optimism or interest that gives you the push to make a change

The new year began with a somewhat prosperous $21.60 All-Milk price forecast. Eventually hamstrung by $13.77 and $14.91 Class III milk prices in June and July, USDA economists revised and lowered the 2023...

When the production of ketone bodies gets beyond a certain concentration in blood, that is when the problems appear

The author is a freelance writer and dairy farmer from Wisconsin.FARM owners need to be aware of the legal side of hiring and retaining good employees and handling underperforming employees