The leaves are changing, the first frost has arrived, and harvest is already nearing completion in some parts of the country. Attention is quickly turning to the holiday season with Thanksgiving approaching

With every issue of Hoard’s Dairyman, we strive to provide our readers with practical information that can be put to use on their dairies. Farming is complex, and science, technology, and practices

As many are in the midst of a busy harvest season, it is important to remember safety tips and items that can help save lives on farms. Chris St. Pierre has 27 years of experience in fire and emergency

The national cooperator database, managed by the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB), is the largest record of dairy genetic material in the world. It allows breeders from all over access to high-

There are growing concerns about what impact an escalating conflict in the Middle East may have on the dairy market

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