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Research studies shows how higher protein fresh cow rations can improve performance.

Security experts share four tips to educate consumers and protect your farm from activists.

Currently, processors are required to give just 28 days notice.

Chopper rollers have a life span of about 60,000 tons.

The award showcases dairy farms that have implemented innovative technology to advance their dairy business.

The key is to move cattle more frequently during wet weather.

Higher production does not guarantee profitability, but it does provide the opportunity to pay more bills as long as costs are contained.

Wisconsin and Pennsylvania have 18 of the top 25 counties with the most dairies with more than 50 cows.

As summer temperatures rise, beef and dairy animals benefit from heat abatement, says Joe Zulovich, a University of Missouri Extension specialist in livestock housing systems.

While it’s difficult to gauge the health of the farm economy, John Phipps says now is the time to sit down at the computer and enter yields and prices and costs to get a peek at a possible future.