March 25 2024
Colostrum is the keystone to a successful preweaning period, and making sure calves quickly receive a high-quality product is the best tool we have to support their future health
March 25 2024
How many dairy farms are there in the U.S.? It seems like a simple question, and it feels like someone should have a good answer for it
March 18 2024
I was thinking back and wondering if I had ever written about managing urine pH in close-up dry cows
March 18 2024
Late gestation is one of the critical points of pregnancy when any positive or negative event that occurs can cause long-term effects on the fetus after birth
March 18 2024
When a cow has a difficult calving that requires assistance and a tough pull, what steps should be taken for the calf and the cow to get both off on the right foot?
March 18 2024
Nothing ever stays the same, and if we look at agriculture and beyond, the world has undergone tremendous change over the last two centuries
March 11 2024
The business of producing milk has always been about doing more with less, said Brandon Treichler during the National Mastitis Council Annual Meeting
March 11 2024
You may be familiar with the 2020 “Capper and Cady study” that published scientific-backed results of dairy’s environmental success
March 11 2024
When USDA released its data on the number of dairy farms licensed to sell milk in 2023, it came as a surprise to no one that there were fewer farms milking cows than there had been the year before
March 11 2024
Research related to the needs of transition cows has identified calcium as critical to the period following calving, particularly for cows in their second or greater lactation
March 4 2024
Colostrum, more than anything else, influences calf health and survival prior to weaning, said Sabine Mann during a Cornell Cooperative Extension webinar
March 4 2024
Looking forward to this year’s growing season, farmers often wonder what kind of weather challenges they will face
March 4 2024
The national numbers are in from USDA, and last year’s milk production remained nearly level with production totals from 2022
March 4 2024
Even as an election looms on the horizon, USDA will soon develop its Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) modernization recommendations after months of proceedings
Feb. 26 2024
The best way to house calves has been a reoccurring topic of discussion over the last decade or so among many dairymen
Feb. 26 2024
There is a lot of pessimism about U.S. milk production in 2024. Even USDA, in their monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, has been continuously cutting the 2024 milk production...
Feb. 26 2024
When we find abnormal milk, a hard quarter, or both in a cow, we are detecting the inflammation that comes with mastitis
Feb. 26 2024
The year started off with disappointing milk prices for dairy producers and uncertainty about when the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program for 2024 would be available
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