Milk’s combination of minerals, sugar, protein, fat, and water helps your body absorb and retain fluids necessary for sufficient hydration

We are highlighting dairy’s nutrition and health benefits to build on its great taste

The midwinter temperature swings we’re experiencing are making caring for calves more challenging

In the realm of beef cross calves, the presence of beef genetics imparts inherent advantages, promising greater consistency and robust muscling when compared to their all-dairy breed counterparts

On our farm, we are always evolving, and in the near future, that includes the way cow traffic will flow through our freestall barn

Adjusting to parenthood for us means incorporating our daughter into everyday farm life, and although it’s not always easy, we are loving it

If you don’t tell your story, someone will tell another story

No matter if your team wins or loses, cheese is a winning addition to any social event

We’ve had to try a new approach for bedding our cows’ pack barn

Cow location technology can help reduce frustration, stress and lost time spent seeking specific animals

It is easy to get burnt out during a long winter. We must do what we can to stay healthy

Sometimes going back to the basics of good care is just what animals need

If you want to teach teenagers about dairy farming, consider using YouTube, a popular platform utilized by that age demographic

As farmers, we face many difficult moments and failures, but the moments of success are worth the work

A productive cow isn’t always a profitable cow. A profitable cow performs in milk volume and quality, breeds back quickly and experiences few health events

It takes extra time, resources, and resilience to care for livestock and equipment in frigid temperatures

It is common for producers to experience lower butterfat tests and higher numbers of butterfat inversions this time of year

We are dealing with raccoons impacting our ability to milk our cows

Sand is widely regarded as the best bedding for dairy cows. But not all sand is created equally

A rapid decline in pH is crucial to achieving an optimal silage fermentation, preserving silage nutrients, and maximizing the feed’s value