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The challenges that farmers face can be overwhelming. Factor in Mother Nature’s wild ways, and there is only so much a farmer can do. Texas dairy farmer, John Boer worries about the outlook of his corn.

Putting up wetter forages as fermented baleage has definite feed-value and harvest-efficiency advantages. But rats and mice love baleage as much as cows do, especially if it contains grain.

In the Class III complex, May milk’s settlement price closed into new contract highs at $25.55/cwt.

Companies are wondering how they can compete with the recent announcement by Walmart, sharing that it’s upping starting annual salaries for the company’s truck drivers to around $100,000.

About one-fourth of the energy for milk production in high-producing dairy cows comes from digested fiber. But fiber comes in many different packages.

It’s important to stay abreast of new research that can influence dairy management practices. That’s what happened recently at Rosy-Lane Holsteins, Watertown, Wis.

Narrow profit margins mean there’s no room for error when it comes to planting corn silage seed this spring.

With the cost of inflation impacting every corner of a dairy, the producer’s breeding strategy has been forced to become finetuned. More and more producers are keeping just enough replacements to fill the pipeline,.

A COVID-era policy is about to expire, changing the requirements for employers verifying the identity of their workers.

Nearly a year ago, dairy farmer Jamie Bansen received alarming news that the creamery her family ships milk to was on fire. Thankfully the McMinnville, Ore., creamery has since dusted off the ashes and began rebuilding.