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There’s a perpetual cycle throughout the week of World Dairy Expo that you likely don’t even notice.
The winning Five-Year-Old Cow, Oakfield Tato Tender-ET, took home Senior and Grand Champion titles at the 2024 International Junior Holstein Show at World Dairy Expo® on Sunday.
World Dairy Expo will present The Golden Age of dairying, October 1 – 4, 2024. Just as sound and technicolor technologies ushered in the Golden Age of film in Hollywood, so too have modern technologies propelled the global dairy industry forward.
For long-term success, farm leaders should regularly assess the landscape of their operation and adjust their strategies accordingly.
One of the things I love most about Christmas trees is the power they evoke to simply remember. Here are some special livestock-themed Christmas trees filled with memories to last a lifetime.
Fifteen years into growing a farm and a family together, everything changed for Ron and Sherri Prins and their four young kids. A diagnosis made the couple lean on their faith and on one another more than ever before.
Prioritizing culture is often overlooked when it comes to employee management and retention.
The future home of the American Royal moves forward on facility to “create a food and agriculture innovation district that will be unlike any other in the world,” said Kansas Governor Laura Kelly.
At 96 years young, Paul Dotterer still runs the chopper during harvest season on his family’s dairy farm - and he enjoys every minute of it.
God bless grain cart drivers. They are great mind readers, understanding all those hand signals that are hard to interpret and hard to see, and the person who generally takes all the blame.
The agricultural headlines of 2023 have issued a steady drumbeat of drought – particularly in the Corn Belt, where so much U.S. livestock feed is grown. But just how bad was it?
With crops slowly coming in off the fields, now is a good time to start thinking about soil testing. Here are five reasons why fall testing may be more ideal than spring.
Farmers have learned to live by one of life’s biggest lessons – always expect the unexpected. But sometimes even the unexpected can still cause us to pause and scratch our heads.
As misinformation regarding the use of mRNA vaccines in livestock filter through social media, there are facts begging to be set straight.
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, recently passed away at the age of 96. The late queen, who was well-known for her soft spot for animals, had a herd of 200 registered Jersey cows.
Although the industry has come a long way when it comes to farm safety, about every three days, a child dies in an ag-related incident, and each day, 33 children are injured. Farm safety expert Barbara Lee weighs in.
When it comes to forage and cover crops, winter rye offers rock-star versatility that makes it easy to love.
Harvesting and storing high-moisture corn can help producers get a jump on harvest; avoid drying costs; and put up a highly palatable, digestible, nutritious feedstuff.
Warm milk is necessary to maintain calves body temperatures and conserve energy.
If you are experiencing a shortage in your straw supply, here are six bedding alternatives to consider.
Hay that has been cut and then rained on can lose quality in four ways.
World Dairy Expo is more than just a gathering for dairy enthusiasts—it’s a dream, a goal, and an experience of a lifetime for countless individuals.
The 2024 World Dairy Expo Recognition Awards have been announced. Discover the outstanding individuals and farms honored for their contributions to the dairy industry.
Garnering around 300 annual entries and awarding more than $26,000 in prizes to farmers, the World Forage Analysis Superbowl has been pushing forage quality forward for four decades.
There’s no good way to quantify just how much has changed for dairies since a robot milked its first cow over 25 years ago. And part of the reason for that is the great strides the technology has made in the last two decades.
World Dairy Expo doesn’t disappoint; it’s a fantastic gathering where you can meet producers from across the country, view elite cattle and learn about the latest technology and innovations in the dairy industry.
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Earlier this year, the McCartys took a significant step in expanding their community engagement with the establishment of the Judy McCarty Dairy Learning Center. This nonprofit educational facility offers visitors an immersive farm experience, providing visitors with an up close look at life on the farm
How much is a dime worth? For three sisters who grew up on a dairy farm in Ohio, it could mean a big pay day.