A short trip into familiar territory requires little planning, and rarely are directions needed. A longer journey to a new area, on the other hand, is best tackled with a game plan and a road map

Discussions about a farm’s transition should be intentional with all vested parties at the table

When transitioning from the dry period into lactation, a cow goes through a lot of changes. One way we can help cows get through this time period is to provide the best housing possible

Heat stress reduces intake and milk yield in lactating cows, and it is now clear that heat stress in the dry period dramatically affects the performance of cows in the subsequent lactation, too

Many farm families need their farm assets to fill three buckets: business assets, retirement assets, and inheritance assets

The benefits of feeding sugar, often by means of molasses, to dairy cows have been well-researched. From a physiological standpoint, sugar supplementation improves microbial efficiency and supports fiber-digesting...

Oklahoma State University created a model that compares business and estate transition strategies and the probability of success

Chromium is a relatively “new” mineral for dairy cows

We have come a long way in our understanding of fat mobilization in the past decades

During the December Hoard’s Dairyman webinar, Bill Weiss from The Ohio State University about ration management during the transition period in “Feeding cows to reach their peak.”