As real estate prices skyrocket and labor becomes harder to find, the blueprints for future grocery stores may soon start to downsize.

Who is the 20-year-old kid milking cows in your parlor right now who has the potential to manage your dairy? Or even be an owner someday? And how will you give them what they need to grow?

It may seem far-fetched and highly impractical in the U.S. But raising calves with their dams is happening at a growing pace on commercial dairies around the world.

The American Psychological Association finds the degree of stress placed upon farmers so unique it has given it its own name, “Farmer Stress.”

Supplementing early lactation dairy cow diets with bile acids could provide a pathway to suppressing fatty liver and ketosis, and ultimately boosting milk production and profitability.

Markets took a nap on Thursday with both feed and milk showing very little movement.