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A three-year, $1.6 million project on six Wisconsin dairy operations is shedding light on management practices that control odors and emissions—and those that don’t.

Milk prices will be better in 2010, but how high will we go, and will it be enough?

It’s almost accepted as gospel that a high somatic cell count (SCC) cow in a small herd can throw off the entire bulk tank even if the rest of the herd is doing well. When it comes to large herds, the conventional wisdom is that a few high-count cows can get diluted by their herdmates.

A comfortable cow is a happy, productive cow.

Dairy prices trend upward, though reasons elusive.

GPS-guided auto-steering has not caught on as fast for dairy farmers as it has for their corn and soybean brethren who farm tabletop-flat prairies. But that’s changing, as pioneering dairy producers try to squeeze every advantage out of this constantly evolving technology.

Robots make calf feeding fun.

In late 2010 or early 2011, any dairy processor exporting to the European Union will need to certify that each farm that supplies milk for those exports is below 400,000 somatic cell count.

A growing number of U.S. dairy processors are expanding their exporting efforts to capture emerging opportunities abroad.

Once upon a time, all the world’s dairy suppliers wanted to sell to the U.S.