I’ll be the first to admit that my husband and I are “genetics junkies.”

In life, there are moments that shape who you are. Sometimes those moments are happy and sometimes they are not. Today I lost a cow. It was not just any cow

Before this piece starts the arguments for and against the above stated question, I want to simply open this as a conversation

I have pulled many newborn calves since coming home from college. I am usually the go-to person when one of our employees sees a cow or heifer struggling to calve

I am a huge fan of chocolate milk. White milk is good too, of course, but if I have a choice, I am going to pick chocolate nearly every time

Every family farm should sit down annually and discuss each family member’s goals in business and their goals personally. Bring in an independent consultant if needed

Each time you ask your friends and family to #ThankAFarmer this holiday season, remember to be a #ThankfulFarmer, too

During the November Hoard’s Dairyman monthly webinar, Cornell professor, Dave Barbano talked about how milk fatty acid analysis can reflect the metabolic health of cows

The California landscape has always been evolving but recently the change has expedited dramatically

Billionaire Thomas Tull owns a farm . . . and part of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team

Understanding consumer demands and meeting them remain a challenge

Hoard's Dairyman talked with Renee Smith of My Dairy Dashboard at World Dairy Expo about this new tool that assists dairy producers by pooling all their data into one platform

You invest a great deal in making top quality feed. Do all that you can to see that it reaches the dairy cow in the best condition and that she consumes it

The digital presence you create for your farm and yourself is going to last a lot longer than anything else you’ve left behind

The August webinar focused on dry matter intake in four management groups: lactating cows, dry cows, growing heifers, and preweaned calves

In four of the past five years, Hoard’s Dairyman has captured the top webinar award from the American Agricultural Editor’s Association (AAEA)

We have some construction work going on at the farm, and a driver came out not long ago to deliver new pipes. He obviously was on a dairy for the first time

My dad came from a large Midwest family where they milked 25 cows, raised some sheep, had a few chickens, and worked cropland. He was one of seven hard-working farm boys with four sisters

Everybody loves a good road trip, and the Hoard’s Dairyman and Hay & Forage Grower editorial staffs are no different

To be successful, or profitable, raising heifers to first calving includes three areas of consideration – nutrition, health, and reproduction