Last year was a blast from the past for dairies: feed costs dropped below 50 percent of income

Kraft's "Lunchables Uploaded" is more than a meal in a box. They got me. After reading this week's Hoard's Dairyman Intel about the best new food products of 2014, I decided to try the chart topper "Lunchables...

New leader has extensive experience with state environmental programs and policies. A six-month search by California's largest dairy producer lobbying and advocacy organization came to fruition last week,...

Historical museum hosts June is Dairy Month event

With many farmers spending long hours outside this summer, heatstroke is an ever-present threat

Hoard's Dairyman webinar covers calf care. The basic concepts of raising calves applies to both individually and group-raised animals. The importance of proper nutrition; dry and comfortable bedding; and...

New and unique flavors of milk could be part of the solution to reversing a slump in fluid milk consumption

Farms can be dangerous places. On working farms, there's constant movement of people and equipment. And with summer, that means more activity and more people

Class 4b hearing next week will see farmers and plants light years apart – as usual

Sandwich artists get creative with dairy products

This year, the fifth annual UW-Madison Ag Day on Campus, hosted by Collegiate Farm Bureau, coincided with National Earth Day. This was the first time the event had landed on the same day that celebrates...

FDA studies possible milk and meat residue correlation

Cheese and other fermented dairy products may play an active role in a heart-healthy diet

Shrink is hard to define, but committing to best management practices during harvest, ensiling and feedout can reduce its impact. Over the past few years, sustainability has earned its status as a dairy...

When output doesn't match between machines, hay harvest efficiency goes down the tubes

A breeding ground for bacteria, bedding is a significant source of mastitis pathogens in a confinement system. The climatic conditions encountered in many regions of the country necessitate cattle housing....

What accounts for the size differences between calves in the showring?

The list of precision dairy farming technologies continues to grow and tell us more about our cows

Researchers and extension specialists in Texas, New Mexico and at the High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (HICAHS) in Colorado are in the earliest stage of developing what...

Additional milk per day is just the start. The signs of heat stress in dry cows are less obvious when there is no production to monitor. In the March Hoard's Dairyman webinar, Geoff Dahl, University of...