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As milk pricing signals shift and Holsteins improve components, some dairies are rethinking the role of Jerseys and adjusting breeding strategies to build cows that better fit today’s market.

By transforming the dairy barn into a high-precision factory floor, beef-on-dairy provides the consistent, year-round supply of high-quality cattle the beef industry has chased for decades.

A steadier dairy outlook is starting to take shape for 2026, with stronger signals building into the second half of the year.

While global production climbed in 2025, the latest Alltech survey highlights a diverging landscape of North American contraction and rapid commercialization in Africa and Asia.

By pairing immigrant grit with a million-worm revolution, Anthony Agueda is using natural engineering to protect his family’s legacy and redefine the American Dream for California dairy.

Feed shrink is taking a bite out of profits between storage and the bunk.

Energy balance is only half the battle. Rumen-protected choline provides the essential “shipping crates” needed to clear the liver and prevent post-calving crashes.

After several years of tight replacement numbers, rising use of sexed semen suggests U.S. dairy producers are beginning to slowly rebuild heifer supplies.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins broke ground on a $750 million sterile fly facility in Texas and confirmed the border will remain closed until the New World screwworm threat is pushed back from the U.S. border.

In a candid conversation with Farm Journal, USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden says USDA’s message to fertilizer companies is simple: “Be part of the solution, don’t be part of the problem.”