Autumn is the perfect time to promote farm health and safety. National Farm Safety & Health Week, September 20 to 26, is the perfect time to reiterate why safety matters. Whether it's your first or 51st...

Computers and the internet are becoming an integral part of every day farm life. The internet can provide a wealth of information for dairy producers . . . if they have access to it. A frustration across...

Illumination improvements yield energy and cost savings if you avoid common upgrade stumbling blocks. Incandescent. Compact fluorescent. Light emitting diode. Metal halide. From antiquated to efficient,...

Contest will give two California juniors very special seats for the 2016 Rose Parade. New Year's morning 2016 will be one that two young Californians will remember forever, because the dairy message videos...

Not all cases of mastitis need to be treated. Let the causative pathogen be your guide. "Do not administer antibiotics to cows that will not benefit," cautioned Daryl Nydam, Cornell University, at the...

One of the most widely known animal rights groups is no stranger to using emotional appeal to win over people's minds. We've seen them all when we view websites, videos or photos posted by anti-agriculture...

We are a bigger part of that industry than ever before, and it is not likely to change anytime soon. by Dennis Halladay, Hoard's Dairyman Western Editor Earlier this month I took off my dairy hat and went...

The less time a cow spends in the holding pen, the more time it has to engage in productive functions

Being crowned - or just running for - fair royalty creates leadership and social skills that last a lifetime

Kraft's "Lunchables Uploaded" is more than a meal in a box. They got me. After reading this week's Hoard's Dairyman Intel about the best new food products of 2014, I decided to try the chart topper "Lunchables...

Beef remains the most common, and most valuable, protein used by foodservice operators

Timing could not be worse as the country ramps up its dairy and beef export efforts

If water logged fields have made replanting top of mind, first consider if the effort is worth the reward

New and unique flavors of milk could be part of the solution to reversing a slump in fluid milk consumption

A former animal rights investigator turned whistleblower pulls back the curtain on anti-agriculture activist tactics

Output is targeted at markets where U.S. exporters have been successful in recent years

Cooperatives play an important role in community economics

Greg Peterson of the Peterson Farm Bros shares tips on how we can all be better "agvocates"

USDA will hold three Federal Milk Market Order proposal outreach meetings in the state next week

Free event will discuss strategies to improve fertility and profitability of dairy herds