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Jan. 21 2022
The woods, minus 15°F temperatures, and calves on the run led to yet another unpredictable day as a dairy farmer
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Jan. 20 2022
They aren’t always perfect, but we know we can depend on our automated milking systems
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Jan. 19 2022
Employee acquisition and retention is a big challenge on dairy farms. It takes a considerable investment to recruit and hire employees, and a larger investment when those employees decide to leave
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Jan. 19 2022
Nineteen-year-old Staci Kmetz beams a smile for the camera, standing alongside her is grand champion heavyweight market lamb, Foxtrot, who had just sold for a record-breaking sum of $30,100
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Jan. 19 2022
Women farmers and landowners wear multiple hats and juggle various responsibilities, often providing key emotional support to family and community members
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Jan. 17 2022
Looking back at last year can help us protect agriculture from activists in the future
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Jan. 14 2022
culture. In the world of dairy, “culture” can take several meanings. It is defined as the beginning of cheesemaking where the microbes are infused throughout the milk
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Jan. 14 2022
The new year doesn’t have to be a time to limit ourselves. We can share what we have instead
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Jan. 12 2022
Milk’s nutrition and naturalness is what consumers need to know
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Jan. 10 2022
Starbucks, the world’s largest coffeehouse chain, set ambitious 2030 targets to reduce its water and carbon footprints by half
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Jan. 10 2022
The United States Dairy Education and Training Consortium is forming the future of dairy in college students every summer
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Jan. 7 2022
So far this winter, I’ve been donning a cozy knitted headband and the messiest of buns daily. Luckily for my ego, my main companions (our cows) seem to experience their own horrid hair days as well
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Jan. 6 2022
Make it your goal this year to spend some time advocating for agriculture
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Jan. 4 2022
Setting priorities for the new year ahead can help our businesses be more intentional and effective
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Jan. 3 2022
“The most profitable parts of the U.S. in 2022 could be the Northwest and Northeast, but smaller farms in those regions won’t participate in the success,” predicted Aidan Connolly, president...
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Jan. 3 2022
Initiating difficult conversations and skillful negotiations takes practice and finesse
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Jan. 1 2022
Carbohydrates often make up 60% or more of the ration dry matter and provide 70% to 80% of the cow’s energy needs
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Dec. 30 2021
Automatic milking systems (AMS) have taken off for the same reason many technologies do — they save labor. A repetitive task like milking is a good job for robots
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Dec. 27 2021
Conversations about calf feeding often focus on the liquid portion of the diet, either milk or milk replacer, but calf starter is an important part of the equation, too
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Dec. 27 2021
In my last article, I described how to identify cows that aborted in the dairy herd as a step to improve the reproductive performance