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While it might be tempting to batten down the hatches to keep cold air from coming in, lowering ventilation and reducing air exchange is one of the worst things a farmer can do for their animals.
Wisconsin, known nationally as the nation’s dairy state, lost 818 dairy farms in 2019, a full 10% of its dairy herds.
Schreiber Foods, one of Wisconsin’s largest milk processors, was recently hit by a possible ransomware attack.
In a dairy freestall barn, stocking density is most typically defined in terms of cows per stall or used as a percentage.
Growing dairy heifers efficiently, without allowing them to get overly fat, is a longstanding nutritional challenge. Calf and heifer expert Dr. Jim Quigley weighs in on how to avoid fat deposition in the mammary tissue
Newborn calves have only 3-4% body fat, which is not much to spare when trying to stay warm in the colder weather.
If you or an employee treats an animal with a drug, it’s important to keep adequate and updated treatment records.
There are steps farmers can take to get the hay up quickly and reduce the potential for rain damage.
One of the first lessons Penn State’s Tara Felix tries to teach newbie dairy beef feeders is that cattle raised for beef need grain, not forage.
Everywhere you go, help wanted signs are out. Farmers can relate because they too are dealing with labor shortages. They are trying to learn how to keep their valuable employees from quitting.
Here’s what you need to know about hemp as a feed ingredient for cattle.
Here’s what you need to know about hemp as a feed ingredient for cattle.
Although cattle in the United States are not causing an increase in global warming and related climate change, they may become part of the solution.
Regardless of what type of business you’re running, it’s important to know and manage your financial risk to know exactly where you stand on that net income or net loss spectrum.
Many dairy producers are on solid financial ground, Financial experts offer tips to hold that ground, such as taking advantage of current interest rates and positioning your farm as a preferred employer.
The heartland is bright, beaming with illuminated lights. Dairy farmers are part of a ‘2% club’ that works hard and helps put food on the global table. The lessons learned propel farm kids far in life.
Live From World Dairy Expo - Pivot Bio’s Steve Vosberg, Territory Service Manager, WI and Brent Sunderlage, Field Agronomist - Pivot Bio
The incidence of transition-cow diseases has budged little, and these maladies – mastitis, metritis, retained placenta, and poor fertility – continue to make up about 75% of all mature dairy cow diseases.
The USDA has extended the program to allow all schools to offer free breakfast and lunch to students. This is also helping eat into U.S. dairy supplies.
The busyness of the summer season is finally over, but it has some producers staring out into their fields wondering what they need to do to help stretch their feed inventories throughout the fall and winter.
Teamwork – on a dairy or anywhere else – requires trust, so every team member feels valued and compelled to contribute their best effort.
Under today’s U.S. dairy supply system, relatively small changes in supply generate relatively large changes in prices.
Herrington Farms, Inc. of Troy, NY was named the overall winner of the 2021 World Forage Analysis Superbowl at the 2021 World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis.
Is lowering the age at first breeding still on the industry’s genetic wish list?
Dairy consumption in the U.S. increased for the third consecutive year. Find out which categories drove this growth.
You invest in your business; you invest in your retirement, and you invest in your connections with loved ones. Have you considered investing in the future leadership of your farm?
With the U.S. dairy industry playing a leading role thanks to its 2050 Net Zero goals, two dairy farmers, Charles Krause and Deb Vander Kooi, took the stage at the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) last month.
The dry period is a time to allow a cow to rest and prepare herself for the next lactation. However, the drying off process can be incredibly stressful for the animal.
Born with very little natural immunity, a calf’s odds are stacked against it from the moment it hits the ground.