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The ribbon has officially been cut on a new dairy processing facility located in Amarillo, Texas.
Rumen pH is highly influential on how milkfat production can be maximized.
The nation’s largest research dairy is underway, as the groundwork has officially begun for the University of Idaho’s Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, better known as Idaho CAFÉ.
As I approached the site of my first animal activist rally, I kept my distance. I watched two people beside a small megaphone and a bag, checking their phones constantly. I leaned in anticipating what would happen next.
Friday was not a good day for dairy markets - the roller coaster of spot trade continued lower on the trade with Cheese struggling on large volume.
With alfalfa being one of the most important forage crops on the farm and feed prices on the rise, it’s critical to ensure your stand is harvested in a timely manner to maximize quality while preserving quantity
Farm moms are in the fields, milking cows, feeding calves, paying the bills and somehow still manage to put supper on the table. They are very involved in their community and show up at their kid’s school events.
Agtech startup MyAnIML™ announces a hardware update designed to support the implementation of its AI-enabled predictive health platform in commercial feedlot and dairy operations.
Michael Swanson says we’ve likely seen the peak for food inflation last summer. What drove the 14% food inflation since the COVID pandemic has been four factors: transportation, labor, shipping and packaging.
The Coca-Cola Company has announced its plans to build a new fairlife production facility located in Webster, New York.
Recently, NMPF president and CEO, Jim Mulhern, spoke to AgriTalk’s host, Chip Flory, about federal milk marketing orders. NMPF has requested a national hearing to amend five pricing provisions under the FMMO.
With the current economic situation, both in agriculture and even personally, it is easy to feel stress and overwhelmed. Here are some suggestions on how to manage stress and work through a difficult time.
There’s a new equipment option for raising preweaned dairy calves, and it’s a far cry from the pocket-knife-slice approach of the past.
Dairy markets continue to dissapoint this week as the CME Dairy Spot Call continues to see offers with a lack of bids.
Scientists at Clay Center, Neb., have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a virus that costs the U.S. cattle sector billions of dollars annually.
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy unveiled some big moves in the private sector that may make it easier for dairy producers to capitalize on carbon credits to benefit both climate and their bottom lines.
While there is uncertainty ahead, there are also big opportunities for the younger generation. Dive deep into what colleges and universities offer to help you navigate your future career.
The Office of Investment Security proposed a rule on Friday that would require foreign entities to garner U.S. government approval before they are able to purchase land within 100 miles of eight military bases.
The record for most lifetime milk produced by a registered Holstein cow has been broken once again in 2023. This time by Nor-Bert Colby Connie, a 14-year-old Holstein owned by Nor-Bert Farm in Bremen, Indiana.
After culling nearly a quarter million cows in January, the U.S. dairy herd currently sits at 9.435 million head – the largest since August 2021. That growth gap is being filled largely with springing heifers.
Butter and nonfat dry milk rose in value while both cheese contracts and whey fell.
A big U.S. corn crop could further reduce feed prices.
Raising heifers is expensive, to be sure. But in the long run, raising them right is far more important than raising them cheap.
The founder and CEO of GoodSport Nutrition, Michelle McBride shares her career path, advice, lessons learned and more in a casual sit-down conversation.
The CME Spot Trade was flat to negative across all commodities. Grains are having a tough go of it after China ghosted the marketplace.
Buckingham Palace recently announced that the Coronation of His Majesty the King will take place this coming Saturday, May 6. As a result, there is an expected surge in both dairy and meat sales in the United Kingdom.
Dairy products continue to be offered on the spot market even though prices are already low. Sellers seem to want to move product and limit inventory rather than maintain a higher supply for upcoming demand.
What dietary supplements are best for preweaned calf rations? Out of the literally hundreds from which to choose, do any of them really work?
The Holstein breed is wrestling with the phenomenon of a newly identified genetic defect for Recumbency.
The “Wood Milk” ad— funded through MilkPEP —goal is to make people pause and question what they are consuming and the nutritional value of their choices.