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Is Your Dog America’s Best Farm Dog?
Is Your Dog America’s Best Farm Dog?

Your dog could be named the top dog in the U.S. Enter America’s Best Farm Dog Contest, brought to you by New Holland.

Introducing Farm Journal Field Days: Hay and Forage Edition
Introducing Farm Journal Field Days: Hay and Forage Edition

Join us online for a free day of education on June 8 to gain insights on reducing weeds in forages, mowing and drying hay and haylage and much more.

What Do Biden’s Climate Policies Mean for Agriculture?
What Do Biden’s Climate Policies Mean for Agriculture?

A Farm Journal Pulse Poll reveals what farmers think about Biden’s goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030.

Election Guide: What The Election Means for Farmers and Ranchers
Election Guide: What The Election Means for Farmers and Ranchers

Who will lead the house ag committee? Is a split government good for agriculture? Get the latest election coverage here.

Dairy Herd Management
Join us now on DairyHerd.com

MILKbusiness.com joins DairyHerd.com to create a dairy powerhouse of information for the web.

MILK Business Conference
MILK Business Conference On Demand

Check out this essential 2020 MILK Business Conference On Demand content from Farm Journal's MILK.

Farm Journal Field Days Harvest Edition: Succession Planning and More Live Oct. 20 at 8 a.m.
Farm Journal Field Days Harvest Edition: Succession Planning and More Live Oct. 20 at 8 a.m.

From the Do’s and Don’ts of Succession Planning to the Pro Farmer Harvest Report, Farm Journal Field Days Harvest Edition starts now.

Farm Journal Field Days Launches Harvest Edition
Farm Journal Field Days Launches Harvest Edition

Join us now for new early riser sessions on input buying, grain storage, how to build your own planter and more every Tuesday at 8 a.m. Central.

Dairy Week
Click Here to Join the Dairy Markets Webinar Sept. 30 at 1 p.m.

As milk futures trend higher, can the momentum last? Our Markets webinar will look at the price trends and what it will take to push prices higher into the fall and winter months.

Join Us Now for Day 1 of Dairy Week
Join Us Now for Day 1 of Dairy Week

Don't miss this exciting week celebrating dairy!

Free CE for DVMs During Dairy Week
Free CE for DVMs During Dairy Week

Dairy Week will feature Q&As with farmers, vets, nutritionists and analysts and much more. The FREE webinar: Salmonella: A Look at Prevalence, Prevention & Treatment Protocols, is eligible for one hour of CE.

Click Here to Join the Salmonella Webinar Sept. 29 at 1 p.m.
Click Here to Join the Salmonella Webinar Sept. 29 at 1 p.m.

Join us for Salmonella: A Look at Prevalence, Prevention and Treatment Protocol.

Farm Journal Field Days
Mix a Cocktail With Us at Farm Journal Field Days

Join us in the Field Days Beer Garden for great conversation and a lesson on cocktails.

Sneak Peek: How To Navigate Farm Journal Field Days
Sneak Peek: How To Navigate Farm Journal Field Days

Check out the free modern farm show, Farm Journal Field Days.

Choose Your Own Adventure at Farm Journal Field Days
Choose Your Own Adventure at Farm Journal Field Days

Take this quick quiz to set your own agenda for Farm Journal Field Days.

FJ Intel: How to Breed Dairy Cows for Profitable Beef
FJ Intel: How to Breed Dairy Cows for Profitable Beef

You’re busy. We get it. Listen on-the-go to the Farm Journal Intel podcast—the latest insights from our webinars and content streams to inform and inspire your way of life.

2025: How Dairy Farms Will Need to Adapt to Survive
2025: How Dairy Farms Will Need to Adapt to Survive

Dairies will change more in the next five years than they have in the previous 1,000 years.

2025: How Dairy Farms Will Need to Adapt to Survive, Page 2

Dairies will change more in the next five years than they have in the previous 1,000 years.

Overhe(a)rd: Everything You Wondered About PFAS But Were Afraid to Ask
Overhe(a)rd: Everything You Wondered About PFAS But Were Afraid to Ask

In the latest episode of Overhe(a)rd, Host Portia Stewart offers an update on Art Schaap, the owner of the New Mexico Dairy forced to dump 15,000 gallons of milk each day.

Veterinary technicians can keep the heart of the practice beating, if they're utilized effectively.
Veterinary Technicians Key to Underserved Rural Areas

You can’t be everywhere, all the time. Here’s why veterinary technicians are essential to members of the large animal health community.

True or False: Could the Milk Price Rebound Continue into 2020?
True or False: Could the Milk Price Rebound Continue into 2020?

USDA has forecast a jump in all milk prices to $18.85 dollars per cwt in 2020, up $0.50 above the 2019 forecast of $18.35.

“That’s one of the things that can actually put money in dairy farmers’ pockets,” he says. “[Congressman] Collin Peterson has said if a dairy farmer hasn’t signed up for the program, they’re out of their mind.” 
Dep. Secretary of Ag: ‘Sign up for Dairy Margin Coverage Program’

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Steve Censky urged dairy farmers to register for the improved program at the Ag Outlook Forum on Sept. 23 in Kansas City, Mo.

Film Features First-Time Farmers Tackling Dairy Farming
Film Features First-Time Farmers Tackling Dairy Farming

Farmsteaders, a PBS POV documentary premiering Sept. 2, highlights the challenges small farms face.

How to Protect Your Farm From Activist Attacks

Security experts share four tips to educate consumers and protect your farm from activists.

Overhe(a)rd: Trust In Food and How to Respond to PETA
Overhe(a)rd: Trust In Food and How to Respond to PETA

Nate Birt, Trust In Food, shares how agriculture is working to develop deeper connections. Security experts Jim Rovers and Sophie Cranley explore how farms can respond to organizations like PETA.

Overhe(a)rd: ASF 101, Protect the Farm from Activists and Bacon Trucks
Overhe(a)rd: ASF 101, Protect the Farm from Activists and Bacon Trucks

What makes some farms targets for undercover activists? What should I tell my neighbor about African Swine Fever? These questions and more are answered on episode 2 of Overhe(a)rd, the Farm Journal Livestock podcast.

Cow Cuddles: Mooing for Moola

Forget hot yoga or massage, cow cuddling is the hottest new self-care trend.

Overhe(a)rd: Fair Oaks Farms, Meat the Millennial and Shrinking Farms

This first episode of Overhe(a)rd, the Farm Journal Livestock podcast, examines the latest topics in livestock news.

Mental Health Issues on the Rise with Younger Farmers

Younger rural adults reported experiencing more mental health challenges now than a year ago, according to an April 2019 rural stress poll conducted for the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Q&A: How to Handle a Crisis on Your Dairy

Use this advice to handle emergencies, from undercover filming and tornadoes to barn fires and animal health issues.

Small Margins, Paychecks Make Dairy Prospects Grim for Young Farmers

A recent dairyherd.com poll revealed 64% of respondents say they would not recommend their children join the dairy industry.

Is There a Future for Young People in Dairy?

Check out the results of the 2019 dairyherd.com poll.

Readers Respond: Who’s to Blame for the Dairy Crisis?

What’s Jim Dickrell’s take? “In the end, it is safe to say there is no one villain who is culpable for the dairy crisis. It’s also safe to say there is no one solution.”

Failure, fear, fire and faith are the cornerstones to success, Grylls says at 2019 Alltech One conference.
Dear Ag: Here’s Your Pep Talk from Bear Grylls

Failure, fear, fire and faith are the cornerstones to success, Grylls says at 2019 Alltech One conference.

Rain Drain: Farm Journal Readers Pummeled by Flooding, Page 2

Data from Farm Journal and the United States Geological Service show the scope of farmers affected by flooding.

What’s Keeping Dairy Farmers Awake at Night?
What’s Keeping Dairy Farmers Awake at Night?

From bankruptcy to low milk prices, dairy farmers share their biggest worries in 2019.

The data was five years in the making. What will it tell us about farms, farming and farmers?
5 Questions We Hope the 2017 Census of Ag Will Answer

The data was five years in the making. What will it tell us about farms, farming and farmers?

Heavy Metal: Dairy Farmers Vote on ATVs vs. UTVs
Heavy Metal: Dairy Farmers Vote on ATVs vs. UTVs

ATV vs. UTV: Which one could you not live without? See how dairy farmers answered.

Get Smarter in Five Minutes with DHM How-To Videos

From anovular cows to injection-site lesions, learn to boost your business in five minutes or less.

Get Smarter in Five Minutes with DHM How-To Videos
Get Smarter in Five Minutes with DHM How-To Videos

From anovular cows to injection-site lesions, learn to boost your business in five minutes or less.

ATVs vs. UTVs: Vote for Your Favorite
ATVs vs. UTVs: Vote for Your Favorite

In a steely battle of horsepower, usefulness and sheer grit, what is your go-to vehicle? Cast your vote for the best machine to handle jobs around your dairy farm.

Bridge the Gap Between Animal Welfare and Wellbeing
Bridge the Gap Between Animal Welfare and Wellbeing

If you’re terrified of the day when an activist turns the spotlight on you, read on.

Quiet Power: How Ag Can Embrace Animal Welfare
Quiet Power: How Ag Can Embrace Animal Welfare

Graduate student Miriam Martin sees a bright and profitable future for a cattle industry that’s willing to tackle tough topics like animal welfare and pain mitigation.

How to Attract Youths to Agriculture
How to Attract Youths to Agriculture

Miriam Martin says she draws her inspiration from being a farm kid, and her upbringing was a gift. Now she wants to pass on that gift to others.

Can Bovine Vets Survive a Decline of Small Dairy and Beef Operations?
Can Bovine Vets Survive a Decline of Small Dairy and Beef Operations?

As small dairies and beef operations continue to close, large animal veterinarians say they’re feeling the effects.

From Dairy Herd Management: Cannabis in U.S. Agriculture
From Dairy Herd Management: Cannabis in U.S. Agriculture

As cannabis in the form of industrial hemp receives crop status in the 2018 farm bill and a growing number of states have legalized medical marijuana and industrial hemp production, who will meet the need?

Livestock Producers: Do You Drug Test?
Livestock Producers: Do You Drug Test?

We asked livestock producers with employees about their drug testing policies. Here's what we learned.

Livestock Owners Weigh in on Ag’s Role in the Hemp Marketplace
Livestock Owners Weigh in on Ag’s Role in the Hemp Marketplace

We asked, you answered. Here’s a look at livestock owners’ opinions about hemp and its role in U.S. agriculture.

Cannabis in Veterinary Medicine
Cannabis in Veterinary Medicine

Medical goldmine, pipe dream or somewhere between?

Perdue Answers Buzz on Hemp in Animal Feed

Will hemp lead to happier cows? It’s too early to say, says Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.