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Health traits will be weighted by their appropriate economic value in Net Merit for Holsteins.

Calcium treatments at calving and routine oral calcium boluses (or drenches) typically don’t work well for preventing subclinical hypocalcemia.

LIP provides benefits for livestock deaths caused by adverse weather, disease or attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government.

In times of low milk-feed margins, optimal stocking density is often one cow per stall.

Pineland Farms Dairy Co. will reopen a dairy processor in Maine after it was closed for five years.

With more milk predicted for 2019, dumping excess milk may increase, too.

Dairy Farmers of America is working with impacted members to find a new processing plant for their milk.

Researchers found that over half of calves tested with ultrasound had at least one case of lung congestion in the first eight weeks of life.

A trip to the grocery store or convenience store today can often be complicated with consumers overwhelmed by the choices. However, the dairy industry says innovation is how milk will regain marketshare.

A dairy plant in Western Michigan is planning an expansion that will add 62 jobs over three years and cost $21.3 million.