Fresh cows are the future of your herd. Their production will determine profitability over the next year

Countless statistics help quantify the U.S. dairy sector. But if one map could most clearly depict the U.S. dairy industry, it’s this one, which compares each state’s milk production to its...

Making ends meet is a difficult task in today’s dairy market, but a focus on balancing outputs between high production and good components can go a long way in bolstering bottom lines

The rush to calve heifers young is likely costing dairy producers thousands of pounds of lifetime milk production, said a Utah nutritionist and consultant

High on the list of reasons for weak farm milk prices . . . and it’s easy to make a case it is number one . . . is too many cows

As the industry we love looks to head into yet another difficult year, it’s hard not to be frustrated

We all know the last few years have been tough on us as dairy farmers. Every dairy, in every region, is sure they have had the hardest time of anyone

If you milk cows for a living, no one needs to tell you that milk checks have been downright terrible

New USDA milk production costs tell a vastly different story down on the farm

We often hear about economies of scale in dairy. Just looking at the average cost of production per hundredweight (cwt.) by farm size is enough evidence for many

As consumers continue to drive the market based on fear and misinformation while manufacturers continue to bend to their will, the dairy industry will continue to see useful technology challenged and marketed...

Milk production growth continues despite the distressed economic signals experienced by dairy farmers across the country

The world’s milk production could climb by 35 percent, predicted researchers associated with the IFCN Dairy Research Centre. South Asia, anchored by India and Pakistan, could lead the way, expanding...

Constant improvement — better genetics, more pregnancies, less disease . . . the list is endless

“Sometimes we focus on yield and not what’s important,” Oak Point Agronomics’s Ev Thomas said when discussing the feeding of brown midrib (BMR) corn silage

While it still stands on top of “Milk Mountain,” California only accounted for 18.47 percent of the nation’s milk flow last year

First Grassland shed 75 dairies in the Upper Midwest last year

Michigan now has the highest milk production per cow in the country, and the state has doubled its milk production since 2000

In just five years, Class I milk sales have slid from 35.5 percent to 30 percent. That’s according to Federal Milk Marketing Order data that compares 2012 to 2017