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Using a stepped down approach in milk feeding should drive additional starter intake and reduce post weaning health problems.

Emily Yeiser-Stepp, senior director with the National Dairy National Farmers Advocating for Responsible Management (FARM) Program, offers three steps toward continuous improvement.

Deadline is extended one week to December 20.

Crossbreds now make up 5% of cows on test.

The traits include: Displaced abomasum, milk fever, ketosis, mastitis, metritis and retained placenta.

Antibiotic residues in milk reached their lowest level in 24 years.

A trade deal with China continues to weigh on the minds of producers in the new ag barometer from Purdue University and CME Group.

The new website will educate consumers about how real dairy foods compare to imitators.

Some 15 to 20% of newborn dairy calves develop umbilical cord infections after birth.

Checkoff employee salaries are in the spotlight again, and this time it’s Tom Vilsack, CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), facing scrutiny.