For years now, farmers have heard from various organizations and companies within the agricultural world that we need to be advocating for our industry

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

With two years of planning and touring robotic farms under our belts, it is now time to break ground on the next phase for our family farm

A typical stroll down the grocery store aisle exposes the shopper to almost 40,000 different products

One of my favorite Paul Harvey stories is "The Man and The Birds. If you don't know the story, definitely check it out

One Christmas I asked for and received a Rubik’s cube – the three-dimensional puzzle

This is the 25th year that the National Mastitis Council’s National Dairy Quality Awards program has been recognizing the very best milk quality producing herds in the United States

You never know when you will have a chance to spread dairy’s positive message. We need to let the consumer meet their farmer

Land O'Lakes is sponsoring Farm Bowl to highlight the skills that football players and farmers share

Webinar attendees were treated to a unique presentation and a Hoard’s Dairyman first on Monday, January 8, when a dairy producer served as presenter. Tom Kestell, owner of Ever-Green-View had the...

The single most important time in a cow’s life that could almost forecast her entire lactation is the transition period

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

Cornell University’s Paul Virkler, D.V.M., presented the December webinar, “Troubleshooting mastitis and milk quality programs.” While we often focus on the people and cows involved in...

We all have something that makes our farm unique, and we all have differing ways of accomplishing our goals as dairy farmers

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

Two surgeries. Two hospitalizations. Four different antibiotics. I’m still praying that this fourth antibiotic does what it’s supposed to

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

Reaching people online is one thing, but actually engaging them is when communication and education can truly begin

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

I knew this summer was going to be unique, but I didn’t know how much I would learn about myself and the agriculture industry along the way