Dec. 9 2024
Carbon has become a ubiquitous term in sustainability discussions, ranging from talk of carbon markets and carbon credits to carbon offsets and carbon insets
Nov. 20 2024
Energy is a part of our everyday lives. The machines we use on our farms require fuel and electricity to do the jobs we need them to
Sept. 16 2024
People say that there’s always room for improvement. Notably, the dairy industry has proven this statement true, continuously raising the bar by making environmental progress
Aug. 22 2024
There is a new way for the planet’s methane and carbon dioxide emissions to be measured: from space
May 9 2024
Public sentiment – domestically and internationally – continues to grow about the need for industries and companies to take more actions to protect Earth’s natural resources and be more...
May 6 2024
There are few industries that have the power to significantly reduce their carbon footprint, but the dairy industry has the opportunity to do so
March 14 2024
The Farmers Assuring Responsible Management Environmental Stewardship Program (FARM ES) is collaborating with the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy to integrate a new, process-based model for greenhouse...
March 11 2024
You may be familiar with the 2020 “Capper and Cady study” that published scientific-backed results of dairy’s environmental success
Feb. 1 2024
People and businesses around the world have goals about becoming more sustainable, but what sustainability means to each entity can be very different
Dec. 14 2023
As more farms explore the potential of cover crops, trial and error helps people learn what works best when it comes to managing these covers and the plantings that follow
Dec. 6 2023
Leaders from almost 200 countries around the world are currently gathering in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the United Nations’ (UN) 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) climate change conference
Oct. 25 2023
It wasn’t until I moved to Wisconsin following college that I truly understood what it meant to try to farm in a place where winter seems to last from November to May
Aug. 15 2023
What effects do the smoky haze and low air quality have on people, cows, and calves where we farm in the Upper Midwest?
June 19 2023
Those in dairy circles have long known that the dairy cow has a unique ability to convert forages into nutritious milk
March 23 2023
When feeding dairy cows, a buffer helps maintain a balanced rumen pH by limiting the effects of excess acid. Outside of the cow, buffers in a farm’s fields serve a similar purpose for the water features...
Feb. 16 2023
Electricity — it’s usually so plentiful that we take it for granted, not worrying about where it’s coming from or how it gets to us. For some dairies, though, it pays to take the power...
Feb. 9 2023
When talking about sustainability in the dairy industry, conversations often involve what can be done on farms to manage manure, enhance crop and animal productivity, reduce emissions
Jan. 30 2023
In the April 2023 sire summary release, Semex, will publish a methane index will be available for all of their Holstein sires
Jan. 12 2023
Many stories about California agriculture center around a lack of water, but that is not the case this week. The Golden State is being hammered by an intense storm that brought high winds, torrential
Jan. 12 2023
An unusually cold snap made our job more challenging this Christmas