Move over, artificial insemination. There’s a new “A.I.” in town, and it’s more intelligent than you.

Ben Laine, a senior dairy analyst with Terrain, says that he expects 2023 will be deceptively steady in the sense that the U.S. will stay fairly level with current cow numbers.

Managers tend to focus on two groups: the overachievers and the underachievers. As a result, he says, you neglect the employees who could become high performers — aka the B players.

Without intervention, 40% of calves that need more than minor assistance at birth will die.

Q1 Class III markets plummeted to $19.29, giving up 33 cents on the day.

The USDA’s Farm Service Agency recently announced that it has extended the enrollment and coverage election period for 2023 Dairy Margin Coverage to Jan. 31, 2023.