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Keeping the udder gates well-defended against intruders.

Producers are finding health advantages to placing newborn calves in a warm environment where they can be quickly dried and cared for during their first few hours.

The Heintz Badger Valley Farm, Caledonia, Minn., was named 2015 Producer of the year during Minnesota Milk Producer Association’s annual conference last week in St. Cloud.

A PepsiCo spokesman says the company and its German partner are ending production at a western New York yogurt plant opened with much fanfare and state money in 2013.

Farmers in the Tillamook and Nehalem Valleys of coastal Oregon dealt with high waters this week as heavy rains, winds, and flooding rivers forced some farms to evacuate livestock.

Over the past few years, the dairy industry has made it a priority to feed higher forage diets with a correct balance of amino acids and an accurate ratio of lysine to methionine.

China’s decision to end its one-child policy offers a boost for embattled dairy producers.

Robotic dairy systems offer reduced labor, happy cows.

Dairy Today’s Dollars and Sense columnists share how they are dealing with low milk prices at the 2015 Elite Producers Business Conference.

Threats from radicalized animal rights and environmental groups might be of greater concern than international terrorists, says this FBI veterinarian.