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Farming is one of the world’s most dangerous occupations, and dairy farms have unique equipment, feed, and animal hazards that can put human operators at risk.
Holstein springer values saw a healthy upward bump in the past month in California and Pennsylvania, while remaining essentially flat in Wisconsin and Idaho.
Dairy Management Inc. announced a partnership with Venture Winston Grants, providing access to a network of entrepreneurs tasked with providing marketplace solutions for industry challenges.
With only 450 acres and milking 60 Jersey cows, Ken Ropp has built a business that has survived and thrived in central Illinois. The lessons Ken has learned are ones that can apply to many farms of all sizes.
When to introduce calves to forages – along with what type and how much – remains a highly debated issue.
Just because calves survive a traumatic birth doesn’t mean they’re completely out of the woods. Some extra measures to care for dystocia calves can help put them back on par with their heartmates.
In November Washington dairy farmers were required to begin paying overtime to any of their employees who work more than a 40-hour workweek. The state of Washington has the highest minimum wage in the country at $13.69.
Land O’Lakes reports their earnings have tripled during the first three months of the year, with company leaders saying the reopening of businesses is lifting the demand for dairy products
Dairy beef makes up approximately 20% of the fed cattle market.
Mitzie Blanchard of Blanchard Family Dairy shares the changes she has made to her dairy’s management due increasing feed costs.
Some farmers are fortunate to have experienced farm help on stand-by to assist them with spring field work. Other farmers are not quite so lucky. Experts offer safety tips before you send your help out in the field.
Hi, I’m Karen and I am a dairy farm wife, dairy farm mom, a dairy cheerleader and the newly appointed Dairy Editorial Director for Farm Journal.
Backlogs in shipping capacity do not bode well for dairy products. Transporting a truckload of cheese from central California to eastern Wisconsin costs about $6,072 today – or about 14 cents per pound.
In an effort to stop the unfair practice of mislabeling non-dairy products as actual foods made from milk, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) are reintroducing the ‘DAIRY PRIDE’ Act.
On Tuesday afternoon, dairy farmer Jamie Bansen of Forest Glen Jerseys located in Dayton, Ore., received alarming news that the creamery her family ships milk to was on fire.
Earth Day may be celebrated in late April each year, but for dairy farmers, every day is Earth Day.
While udder edema is a common occurrence on dairies, there are several methods to help prevent it from happening.
Data from a recent Dairy Herd Management Pulse Poll shows that dairy producers are split nearly down the middle about traceability initiatives.
“Farmers openly talk about safety on the farm, whether that is with equipment handling or stockman training. Keeping a healthy workforce is another way that we can provide farm safety.”
Here are five ways to help you ReCharge your milking system, moving you closer to achieving your performance goals.
Growing an array of cereal grains to augment the traditional corn-alfalfa cropping cycle has become the new normal for dairy farmer Josh Tranel and his family of Cuba City, Wis.
After reviewing the Farmers to Families Food Box Program, the Biden-Harris Administration has made the decision to discontinue the program in May.
Incorporating small grains as a partial or full alternative to alfalfa is gaining popularity among dairy producers.
If you want to control flies on your farm in the summer, the time to act is spring.
Calf hutches and barns are a perfect breeding ground for summer flies, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Is “bigger” always better when it comes to growing first-calf heifers? Probably not.
Using pain mitigation techniques when disbudding or dehorning is now the standard of care for U.S. cattle veterinary and quality assurance organizations.
Producers need to prioritize the three “F’s” in order to build an efficient nutrition program for their animals.
No one wants to have a down cow, but unfortunately it does occasionally happen.
If silage is not properly preserved it can easily spoil, causing palatability to plummet and your feed bill to skyrocket.