Extra thought put into a robot barn design is time well spent

Body condition scoring is an inexpensive tool that can benefit your herd in the long run

Standing on the blue shavings at World Dairy Expo last week competing in my last dairy judging competition is a memory I will never forget

Hoard's Dairyman Art Director Ryan Ebert captures the sights and sounds of World Dairy Expo on Saturday, October 7, 2017

It was the 6-year-old, Rosiers Blexy Goldwyn-ET, that claimed the Grand Champion Holstein title

Wisconsin’s Dawson Nickels Wins 2017 Merle Howard Award

For those of us with birthdays during the first week of October, it’s a special treat to celebrate with all our friends at Expo

Hoard's Dairyman Art Director Ryan Ebert captures the sights and sounds of World Dairy Expo on Friday, October 6, 2017

Mr Frazzled Aristocrat-ET was not on the Expo grounds, but his presence was made as he became the highest selling animal at any World Dairy Expo sale

Judge Chris Lahmers tapped Springhill Mentor Jazzy-ET as Grand Champion of the 2017 International Guernsey Show

Harry Papageorge of Ogden, Utah, was named the 76th winner of the Klussendorf Award, the highest recognition given to a dairy cattle showman in the United States during the 51st World Dairy Expo

The International Brown Swiss Show was held on Wednesday and Thursday of World Dairy Expo

World Dairy Expo has been part of the dairy culture for over 50 years

The partnership of New York’s Peter Vail and Wisconsin’s Hillpoint Partners claimed Intermediate and Grand Champion honors in the International Milking Shorthorn Show

With many attendees spending all day at World Dairy Expo, the grounds are filled with food stands to keep people full and happy during the week

A pair of Senior Champions went on to be named the overall champions of the show

They say practice makes perfect. While it may not always be perfect, it is the best way to improve your skills

South Dakota State University’s mascot is the jackrabbit, and Kirby Krogstad hopped to the front of the 65-person collegiate pack to be named High Individual

Judging team members and their coaches arrived at the Hoard’s Dairyman Farm on Sunday to judge three classes of cows: two Guernsey classes (milking yearlings and 3-year-olds) and a Jersey 2-yr olds

The use of tile drainage varies across the Midwest