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Skills learned in a beef feedlot serve dairy heifer grower Erik Mohrlang well as he manages 14,000 dairy heifers at a Colorado custom-rearing yard.

Class III futures have made an impressive increase over the past month with the June contract increasing by over $4.00 per cwt. The last time we saw this movement in an actively traded contract was in the spring of 2020.

In the spirit of Mother’s Day, I joined Peggy Coffeen, the host of the UpLevel Dairy Podcast for a conversation that serves as a heartfelt tribute to the unsung heroes of the agriculture world—dairy farm moms.

Reevaluating and implementing biosecurity protocols can help ease anxieties about commingling cattle.

What are some of the hot new forms of technology dairy will likely see in the future?

The downturn dairy economy makes it difficult to plan for growth. We have to remind ourselves that future plans don’t have to be yes or no, sometimes the answer is simply not yet.

The national shortage of dairy replacement heifers is beginning to bear out more distinctly in heifer prices.

Managing a farm is no easy job. Managing people – in some cases – is even more stressful.

Mars Inc. has announced the launch of their ambitious sustainable dairy plan, Moo’ving Dairy Forward, that will be backed by a $47 million investment over three years.

The Ag Economy Barometer found the majority of farmers are being offered more than $1,000 per acre by companies for solar leasing, and economists say that could also drive up the price of cash rental rates.