many things have to go right — or rather, few things can go wrong — for a cow to successfully transition into a healthy lactation after calving

There are some sticky business issues that dairy farmers will likely encounter if they are invested in a partnership or an S corporation

If it weren’t for High Plains Ponderosa Dairy’s obvious success as an operation, one might mistake CEO Greg Bethard’s modesty — evident during a Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council...

Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Daily Cheese prices

As the National Dairy farm magazine, Hoard's Dairyman provides dairy producers with dairy market prices and includes the weekly butter price from CME, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange

As the National Dairy farm magazine, Hoard's Dairyman provides dairy producers with dairy market prices and includes the weekly cheese price from CME, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and NASS, National...

First only set aside to be celebrated one day a year, National FFA Week has had agriculture students celebrating the seven days around George Washington’s birthday since 1947

Lameness remains one of the top health issues dairy farms battle, and it is also a serious animal welfare concern

A portable air compressor can be a handy tool around the farm

February is the month that we are supposed to focus on love

We have long known that there is a genetic antagonism between milk yield and the percentages of fat and protein

It was bound to happen, and one night it did. That 2-foot-high pile of papers and notes collected at continuing education events over the last few years fell over

Proper navel care is one of the first and most important steps in raising healthy calves

The genetics of the U.S. dairy herd has improved incredibly over the years

“Just because an udder is not lactating doesn’t mean it’s not doing anything,” said Ben Enger during the National Mastitis Council Annual Meeting

There is a list of nutrients that are considered required to help ruminants perform bodily functions properly

In the same week that fairlife was featured in Bloomberg as a continued rising star and “crucial” to owner Coca-Cola’s pivot from sugar, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) announced their...

Classifieds: February 2025

Washington Dairygrams: February 2025

The transition period receives the attention of the entire dairy industry because of the dramatic and intense changes that cows undergo