Dairy Herd
While it’s difficult to gauge the health of the farm economy, John Phipps says now is the time to sit down at the computer and enter yields and prices and costs to get a peek at a possible future.
As summer temperatures rise, beef and dairy animals benefit from heat abatement, says Joe Zulovich, a University of Missouri Extension specialist in livestock housing systems.
One study found eating ice cream every morning can significantly boost your mental performance and alertness.
We can improve fertility without impacting other production or health traits.
Following proper milking procedures can achieve the desired balance between parlor throughput and optimal milk production.
Wonder what your cows do when you’re gone? New research tracks brain activity to describe sleep schedule
Biosecurity recommendations and protocols should be specific to the farm to address the problems each farm has.
Celebrate Cow Appreciation Day with these easy costume ideas.
Late planting dates will impact quality and digestibility.
These recipes take a new spin on “plant-based dairy” by combining vegetables and dairy in homemade ice cream.
His bank worked with producers to restructure their debt amid the crisis, but a large number of those producers have refinanced two and sometimes three years in a row to the point where the bank can no longer help them.
Coffee bars selling $3 iced lattes are popping up in high schools, helped along by dairy groups scrambling for new ways to get people to drink milk.
Set up a culturing lab to identify the causes of mastitis and treat accordingly.
‘Numbers are only useful in decision making if they are used.’ Lane Ely, University of Georgia.
Show brings together some of the best cattle in North America to parade on colored shavings.
Do everything to maintain dry matter intake to maximize component levels.
Dairy farmers should consider alfalfa as a solution on prevent plant acres.
Elections were held at recent Holstein Association annual meeting.
USDA is now using premium and supreme hay prices from eight major dairy states in its revised formula.
Best practices from 25 pilot projects across the U.S., the European Union and Russia will be studied.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture recently rolled out a state program that aims to inject cash into the state’s struggling dairy industry.
On a dairy farm in rural Eyota, Minnesota, a day-old calf wobbled up to a robotic feeding stall.
According to Richard Flournoy, deputy administrator of product management for the USDA-Risk Management Agency (RMA), silage corn can be eligible for planting on prevent plant acres.
Use this advice to handle emergencies, from undercover filming and tornadoes to barn fires and animal health issues.
Chopping forage more finely can result in more consistent particle size and greater feed intakes.
New information is available in the ongoing investigation into the alleged animal abuse at Fair Oaks Farms.
A recent dairyherd.com poll revealed 64% of respondents say they would not recommend their children join the dairy industry.
The annual Cattle Inventory report from USDA is showing that herd expansion is still happening with more replacements being retained.