We are just about halfway through the 500 babies that will be born during this calving season on the farm in New Zealand where I am interning this summer

New Zealand is home to about 5 million people and 5 million cows. That is half the number of cows that are in the United States, all on an island not quite the size of California

Growing up on a small family farm in rural Wisconsin, I have always been surrounded by the dairy industry.

One element of farm profitability is generating more revenue from the possessions you already own

Entries from the Hoard’s Dairyman Farm Creamery did well at the world’s largest dairy products contest

Life isn’t always simple and perfect, but that’s what makes it valuable

On January 5, 2020, my friends and I were on our way to spend 10 days in China with the Cornell University Dairy Fellows program

In a world of pandemic conditions and political discussions, it seems like there’s a new thing to worry about every day

While we are not at $20 milk quite yet, a boost of over a buck is a step in the right direction. Mark Stephenson gave his predictions for the upcoming year in “The dairy situation and outlook for...

TikTok is a global social network based on video content that started in China. The audience is mostly younger people (under 30 years old), and it is around the size of Instagram with about 1 billion users

Many of you come from small dairy farms like I did. For some, family members make up the entire labor force that must complete the daily work associated with dairy farming

We’ve never been the herd with the lowest somatic cell count (SCC). Our numbers have always bounced around, and we’ve literally tried everything to stabilize them

While not a devastating year for growing crops, it certainly was not ideal. Weather, milk prices, and export bureaucracy have left many feeling a bit underwhelmed

Last night Hoard’s Dairyman had the unique opportunity to host attendees from the International Conference of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau at the Hoard’s Dairyman 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

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

Just this week, a professor I encountered at Penn State passed away

Your network of consultants can bring new information and ideas to the dairy

Mike Hutjens and Mike Rankin presented "A 2017-2018 forage and feed outlook” webinar

In recent years, the discussion on selling milk from cows marked as A2A2 positive has seemed to skyrocket