June 30 2025
Earlier this year, Dairy Council of California convened Well-Nourished, Brighter Futures: Dairy Dialogue in Sacramento, Calif
June 10 2025
Keeping calves healthy to create the best replacement possible is always a priority, but with current tight inventories and replacement heifer values continually skyrocketing, the return on investment...
June 10 2025
There are many critical factors to raise healthy and well-grown calves., Maggie Gilles, Cleanliness cannot be overstated for calves
June 5 2025
For years, consumers have heard the same message: Stay away from whole milk dairy foods to protect your heart. That advice came from the idea that saturated fat — like the kind in dairy foods —...
March 6 2025
In today’s fast-paced world, consumers have more and more access to information on food, nutrition, and health, but unfortunately, not all of it is reliable
March 3 2025
Serving as a building block for protein synthesis, and especially for the formation of amino acids, sulfur (S) impacts the quality and quantity of protein available in forage for livestock
Jan. 2 2025
Consumers face a barrage of marketing terms, nutritional statements, picturesque scenes, and more every time they pick up a food package to make a purchasing decision
Oct. 17 2024
Despite its availability, aspirin has never gone through the process of being approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in cattle
Aug. 22 2024
We’re in a unique era of wellness where consumers are expecting more benefits from the foods they choose
July 24 2024
The most basic visual dairy cattle evaluation system is the five-point body condition score (BCS) scale
July 1 2024
Healthy aging is a hot topic these days as the U.S. population is older than it has ever been
April 22 2024
Liver abscesses have become a hot topic of discussion among many farmers, veterinarians, and slaughter plants across the nation as beef-on-dairy crosses have become more popular
April 15 2024
Two of the biggest televised events in the nation — the Grammys and the Oscars — featured hosts who quipped at Americans’ usage of Ozempic for weight loss
April 11 2024
Now that the strange symptoms observed in small pockets of U.S. dairy cattle that first gained widespread attention last month have been attributed to avian influenza, the question turns to how the disease...
April 4 2024
Following the confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dairy cattle in the states of Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, Idaho, and Michigan, a human case of HPAI has also been identified
Feb. 22 2024
Elevated stress is one of the main contributors to heart disease. The others are poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle
Jan. 29 2024
Current and potential dairy consumers live all around the world, providing the U.S. dairy industry a tremendous opportunity for growth
Dec. 29 2023
Dairy’s bone-building legacy continues to strengthen
Dec. 22 2023
The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program launched FARM Biosecurity–Enhanced this fall, releasing a 45-minute online training and the FARM Biosecurity–Enhanced...
Nov. 14 2023
Something happens to us when we age — quiet times of reflection occur more often, at least for me