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Nov. 22 2023
I am grateful my job on our dairy allows me to spend a lot of time with my daughter and that she will gain many valuable experiences because of this farm life
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Nov. 22 2023
Dairy animals need plenty of clean water as part of their balanced ration
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Nov. 21 2023
This week truly kicks off the holiday season. It’s a season where holiday spirit comes in many forms. Often times, that spirit and true love is expressed through food
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Nov. 17 2023
Thanks to the Nedap SmartFlow Milk Meter, farmers like Austin Webster of Greenleaf, Wis., can more closely monitor the pulse of their herd like never before, gaining timely, accurate, actionable insights...
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Nov. 16 2023
Here are a few tips I’ve learned about discussing dairy farming
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Nov. 10 2023
One year ago, on November 5, I was getting married. When my husband and I set our wedding date long before that, we didn’t even think about it landing on the end of daylight savings time
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Nov. 9 2023
A team at Dairy Management Inc. studies food trends and works with social media influencers and agencies with culinary expertise to keep dairy top of mind with a diverse consumer audience
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Nov. 9 2023
Just over five years ago, Hancock took control of the breeding program at Prairie View Dairy in Muleshoe, Texas. He found that changes needed to be made — fast
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Nov. 2 2023
“One more round” is what I kept telling myself all week last week as we were finishing our final cutting of hay
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Oct. 27 2023
Having data does not necessarily translate into value. The real value comes from transforming individual data points into insights through context and connections
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Oct. 26 2023
Sprouting cover crops and newborn calves remind us that the lifecycle continues year-round on the farm
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Oct. 24 2023
My niece stopped by for a school project last week. They were talking about “big digit problems” in math and looking at real-life examples where lots of numbers come into play
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Oct. 20 2023
This week, the U.S. dairy community took advantage of an opportunity it hadn’t had in three decades when the International Dairy Federation’s (IDF) World Dairy Summit was held on American soil
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Oct. 19 2023
Does anyone else have random things happen to your cows? Instead of the typical pneumonia, twisted stomach, or lameness, you have cows that just pop up with random illnesses or put themselves in places...
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Oct. 16 2023
Several years ago, Tony Louters was on a hunt. The Merced, California, dairyman wanted more information on his milking cows in order to improve reproductive protocols and, more importantly, health. The...
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Oct. 12 2023
While I had planned to write about a different topic this week, I decided I had to share a comical moment from my day instead
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Oct. 11 2023
Responsible production has been a generations-long commitment made by our nation’s dairy farm families
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Oct. 6 2023
The red carpet was rolled out for World Dairy Expo’s most prestigious sale this year as the World Classic moved from its traditional showring location to The Tanbark
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Oct. 4 2023
This year’s World Forage Analysis Superbowl brought in 293 forage samples from 18 states. Champions and the top five finishers of each contest categories were announced at a luncheon on Wednesday
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Oct. 3 2023
Each dairy judging team likely has its own routines, rituals, or good luck charms they bring with them on their trip to Wisconsin to judge on the colored shavings