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Heifers are the future of your milking herd. They need your attention and management. Remember, bigger is better, and to achieve that we need good feed management, reproduction and environment.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on Friday new nutrition standards for school meals. Here’s what it could mean for dairy.

Has the ‘golden ticket’ to cattle feeding efficiency and carcass yield with reduction in methane gas emissions and wet waste been found? FBN, along with its partner, Boveta Nutrition, LLC, believe so.

Question and answer session with Beth Ford, Executive Vice President and COO, Land O’Lakes, Inc.

Young and exuberant, Katelyn Packard would say that everything kind of fell into place with her role and responsibilities as a sixth-generation dairy farmer in Manchester, Mich.

Krysta Harden shares her decades of participation with 4-H and program that has changed over the decades, with more than half now coming from suburban and urban areas.

My 15-year-old daughter, Cassie is going places simply because she is not afraid to roll up her sleeves and work harder than everyone else in the room – or on the farm.

While agriculture has traditionally been a male-dominated workplace, the gender gap is slowly improving. However, dairy industry leaders understand the strides need to be greater, as the gap still exists.

Since day one on the new CEO job with DMI, Barb O’Brien has gone into every conversation with her notepad and her ears open to what farmers have to say. “I want farmers to feel ownership of this program.”

Fueled by a pandemic, teachers are quitting at a higher rate. Thankfully Olivia Zurcher doesn’t add to that statistic. Born and raised on her family’s dairy farm, Zurcher combines her love for ag with teaching.