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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.

The robotic experience at Fair Oaks Farms will be open to the public in late winter/early spring.

Dairies will change more in the next five years than they have in the previous 1,000 years.

The vote to oust Gov. Tony Evers’ Cabinet secretary was the latest in a series of skirmishes between the governor and the GOP that comes as Wisconsin is losing dairy farmers at a record pace.

Weight at calving not only determines first-lactation performance, it sets in stone lifetime performance.

The new requirements take effect January 1, 2020.

The key is good records, and then knowing what it is costing you to raise feed.

Despite USDA reporting that October milk production rose 1.7%, milk prices continue to remain higher. Can $20 milk stick around?

Holsteins have the genetic capacity to stay in the herd more than a year longer.