Last week, I attended the Inaugural Dairy Experience Forum, a conference on engaging today’s consumers to build dairy demand

There’s a new resource in town, with the latest on feed and nutrition for your cows. Introducing . . . the Feeding Guide, 4th Edition by Mike Hutjens!

Wisconsin’s Marathon county was a logging community until the late 1800s. At that time, farmers permanently settled in the area, pulling up tree stumps and planting crops to feed their livestock

Many people don’t think of dairy farming when they think of Utah. Honestly, what comes to my mind first are mountains and national parks (which after you check out some of their farms, you’ll...

As farmers get their choppers, trucks, and tractors ready to chop and store corn silage, there is one other thing they should plan out ahead of time this chopping season – testing your kernel processor

“It’s a game changer,” shared Ev Thomas of Oak Point Agronomics during the Hoard’s Dairyman webinar, when talking about forage advancements in alfalfa production

Dairies normally have guidelines for culling cows, but how many of you have written rules or at least go through and cull calves and heifers on a regular basis?

Growing up I always enjoyed the time spent off the farm when my siblings and I would go to local and national dairy shows

“The 1960’s Holsteins here are basically a herd frozen in time,” said Brad Heins, an associate professor and manager of the University of Minnesota’s Organic Dairy Research and...

The Hoard’s Dairyman Facebook page received an inquiry about the sign below. Perhaps, you’ve seen it before

In last Friday’s blog I tackled the word “sustainability.” I explained the social aspect of it and gave tips on how dairy farms could achieve their social sustainability goals

Personally, I love the word “sustainability” because it can be a great description of what dairy farming is, but I do think it is a word that is hard to understand if not put into context

On June 2, the 2018 edition of the Cal Poly Classic Sale brought alumni and supporters to the Central Coast where the sale averaged an impressive $4,784.38

I watch the TV show Shark Tank, where venture capitalists give entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their business plan

My family’s dairy has had great luck and bad luck with employee turnover. We have had people work for us who I have known since I was in elementary school

At the beginning of May, I took a week between school and starting my internship to go home to my family’s farm

It’s not just what we feed calves when they are young, but also how they are fed that will set the stage for their long-term eating behavior

Volunteering at a judging contest that I participated in during high school has been a rewarding experience

As someone who didn’t grow up on a farm or have any direct ties to farming for most of my life, I often find myself feeling a bit jealous of those who can return home to their family farm

Writing a résumé was one of the most challenging projects I worked on during my college and high school career