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An often-over-looked expense is having excess corn silage inventory. The decision has to be made soon, when you are chopping—to sell it or use it on the farm.

A left displaced abomasum (LDA) is one of the most common transition-cow setbacks that can stall a successful launch into lactation.

Class III milk futures climbed higher on the day. August milk gained 14 cents to $20.09/cwt. September milk surged 54 cents to $19.94/cwt.

Class IV lost significantly more value on Monday as September was off 77 cents, October lost 57, November declined 79 cents, and December lost 40.

Without proper cleaning and sanitation of feeding equipment, disease and illness can quickly spread among calves.

It’s not too late to double-crop a cool-season forage seeding onto available land to capture some more feed tonnage and/or establish a winter cover crop.

Dairy farmers pray that roads stay open and power stays on as winds from thunderstorms aggravated the McKinney fire in Northern California, burning more than 60,000 acres as of Sunday evening, according to InciWeb.

How can you reward team members for good work, increase employee retention and achieve your operation’s goals? Consider implementing an incentive pay system to reward your farm employees.

Managing heifer inventories on a dairy farm is not always easy. Deciding which heifers to keep and which to sell, as well as breeding decisions, can be a challenge. Experts offer seven tips on selling surplus heifers.