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Focused management, proper nutrition and diligent monitoring can help reduce metabolic disorders.

Dairy is a historical rollercoaster with wild swings in milk prices. Tanner Ehmke says there might be some opportunities on the horizon to expand, as other dairies look to exit through the cycle of the dairy industry.

Class III milk futures were slightly lower on the day.

Both NMPF and IDFA issued a joint statement in response to USDA’s proposed changes to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

Recently, three dairy producers from coast to coast talked about the biggest, unexpected challenge that faced their dairy this year on a Farm Journal Farm County Update webinar.

With the uncertainty over milk prices and input prices, it becomes necessary to establish price floors for milk and price ceilings for feed. Not doing anything is making the decision to leave your whole farm at risk.

While the challenges ahead for dairy producers are real, the silver lining is that both global consumption for dairy is on the rise and the supply chain headaches have lightened compared to how we started 2022.

When it comes to turnover, leading experts say a producer shouldn’t just chalk it up that an employee left for more money. Pausing to understand your workforce’s needs can help minimize turnover in the long run.