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The Animal Agriculture Alliance’s recap of animal rights conferences in 2023 revealed certain tactics these groups plan to use to advance their agendas in the year ahead

This week, the U.S. dairy community took advantage of an opportunity it hadn’t had in three decades when the International Dairy Federation’s (IDF) World Dairy Summit was held on American soil

Does anyone else have random things happen to your cows? Instead of the typical pneumonia, twisted stomach, or lameness, you have cows that just pop up with random illnesses or put themselves in places...

Aside from trips to the parlor and constant body maintenance, cows must be ready to play defense against tough competitors like mastitis

Students from all over the country did well in the 101st National 4-H Dairy Judging Contest on Sunday, but when the final results were announced, top honors returned to the Midwest

In my 27 years — don’t laugh at my naivety — I have concluded that generations always complain about the next generation

Whether it’s the order of crops and fields to harvest or simply getting machinery where it’s needed and loads timed out correctly, harvest is essentially a thoughtfully planned symphony in...

Animal rights activism is big business, bringing in over $800 million in income annually — up from $650 million last year and $595 million in the year prior

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. My nearly one year old son just began walking. To be fair, he is just taking a few steps and falling on his bottom, but I’m counting it! Watching...

Last week, Wisconsin experienced some pretty high temperatures that seem to be sticking around. I heard the phrase, “You should be used to the heat since you’re from the south,” multiple...

While a 20% pregnancy rate was once the standard goal, that is not the case today

Okay, this week’s article is going to be a little different. Honestly, I just want to complain for a few minutes

As most dairy farmers know, the previous milk check was quite disheartening

In case you haven’t heard or remembered by now, it’s June Dairy Month!

I took a walk out to our calf hutches last week to begin summer preparations to that area of our farm

One of the reasons I love hanging out with people in the agricultural community, especially dairy farmers, is because it is so easy to start a conversation about all the classic debates

It’s not a dairy farmer vacation until you get to take in the dairy scene, especially in another country

Every year around the end of March or the beginning of April, the fields that have lay dormant suddenly come to life with yellow mustard/turnips

This creative piece was written by one of our regular authors, Gerald Anderson. Be sure to read the full story to reveal a fun twist at the end!