Dairy Herd
Raising quality heifers is a priority on every farm.
Heavy demand, falling milk production, and a shortage of labor combine to send butter prices to four-year-highs.
Emily Yeiser Stepp, vice president of The National Dairy FARM Program and Dr. Eric Rooker with Dairy Doctors Veterinary Services in Plymouth, Wis., both offer tips to consider when reviewing FARM protocols.
It may sound like the title of a middle-school science fair project, but the CowToilet is a real invention, and may soon be operating on commercial dairies around the world.
Dialing into greater ration precision can greatly enhance likelihood your calves are routinely receiving the ration you intend for them.
Butter continued its wild ride – gaining 6 cents on 3 trades to finish at $2.71 per lb.
When the three most popular heifer housing types – confinement, dry lot, and pasture – were evaluated, University of Kentucky researchers determined that pasture was the hands-down economic winner.
Have you ever had a cow come down with a disease while she was pregnant? Probably so. But does that illness impact the calf? Maybe not.
Class III milk futures saw a limit move of 75 cents higher starting in February out through April.
Will dairy production once again pick up in 2022? A new dairy market report is looking ahead.
As one of the top scourges to calf raisers, cryptosporidium is an ever-present challenge that rarely takes a holiday.
Keeping dairy in your diet can actually help you achieve your New Year’s goals.
Once a dairy takes on employees, it is inevitable that at some point they will have to discipline or terminate one of them. Disciplining and terminating, like hiring, requires the employer to keep records. Dairy operato
How are livestock and dairy markets set up for 2022? Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing paints a picture of what could come.
Spot butter surged 9.50 cents higher to $2.40/lb in the CME Spot Dairy Auction.
There is concern over the potential for a tighter supply of dairy products. This is increasing the interest of buyers to purchase more aggressively earlier than usual.
Many dairies are looking towards other options to increase cash flow and create room for more family members on the farm.
Farmers are constantly faced with the headache of keeping the optimal number of animals in their herd without sacrificing productivity or cow comfort. But when do the barns become too full?
Sad. Depressed. Suicidal. When dairy farmer Randy Roecker looked in the mirror, he never thought these words would reflect who he was. However, when the recession hit in 2008, Randy’s cheery mood began dwindling.
Global Dairy Trade event #298 took place Tuesday morning and the price index closed 1.5% lower.
Alfalfa is the fourth most widely grown crop in the United States, and a primary livestock feed source.
As feed prices currently challenge U.S. livestock producers, Feedipedia can be a resource for incorporating non-traditional feedstuffs into innovative rations.
New trade agreements and strong demand north of the border created a strong pull on U.S. dairy
The intricacies of transition-cow nutrition and its role in lactation success may be made a bit easier with the Liver Functionality Index.
A U.S. Department of Labor survey workers on U.S. farms are quite loyal to their employers, and like their bosses.
Class III milk futures were mixed. January milk declined 21 cents to $19.59/cwt. February added 1 penny to $19.95/cwt.
The debate to lower New York’s agriculture overtime limit to 40 hours has been postponed. New York dairy farmers anxiously await the proposed ultimatum, knowing if passed many farmworkers would find work elsewhere.
With the signup period for 2022 coverage under USDA’s Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program now underway, producers are eager to see how this spells out in terms of dollars and cents.
Drought throughout most of the country, severe weather, and even flooding in parts of the Northeast made the annual adventure of corn silage production an interesting one.
2022 Class IV milk has a $20.43 average, pulling ahead of Class III.