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At Browns Dairy, a flour mill byproduct helps lower feed costs while YouTube gives viewers a look at the people and decisions behind the Oklahoma operation.

University of Missouri researchers are studying how virtual fencing can improve grazing efficiency, reduce labor and help farmers turn cover crops and row-crop acres into additional opportunities for cattle production.

A split seasonal outlook brings drought relief across the southern tier, but lingering moisture threatens to stall early 2027 fieldwork.

Retiring DMI CEO Barb O’Brien speaks on the protein reconciliation coming to dairy, why farmers give checkoff a “privilege” other industries don’t have and what she’d worry about if checkoff disappeared.

After years advising dairy farms, Bethany Dado-Senn brought her calf science expertise to her family’s Wisconsin dairy and built a new career at home.

There is a cycle of incomplete calf health records and limited veterinary feedback. Breaking it requires practical recordkeeping systems and a commitment to turning data into management decisions.

A 200-cow farm and a 3,000-cow hybrid operation prove robotic milking can work at scale — but a University of Wisconsin researcher says the success stories don’t paint the entire picture.

As water shortages squeeze corn silage acreage, new research is improving sorghum’s starch digestibility and its potential as a lower-water forage option for dairies.