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Habits formed early in life – whether good or bad – often carry through to adulthood. Like little children, calves, too, need to be trained on positive behaviors, including the way they eat.

Enrollment for the Dairy Margin Coverage and Supplemental Dairy Margin Coverage programs has been extended to March 25, 2022. The enrollment for 2022 DMC is currently at 48% of the 2021 program year enrollment.

With today’s high input costs, make every feed ingredient count.

Comparisons are being made to 2014, but there are many differences that will impact both milk prices and farm profitability.

Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) brought home nearly half of the National Dairy Quality Awards, with 21 of their member farms being nationally recognized.

Dairy cow numbers started 2021 at an all-time high in January, with 9.445 million animals in the U.S. milking herd. However, those numbers would steadily drop throughout the summer and fall months.

More and more farms have made the switch from feeding calves individually to group autofed systems. However, disease detection in group-housed calves remains a challenge. Could autofeeders help detect sick calves?

Branching out from their signature yogurt products lineup, Chobani is stepping into the fluid milk arena.

Northeasterners know the drill. Snowplows and shovels are essential to survive the winter months. Last week, people from parts of New England were shoveling snow, as the “bomb cyclone” storm made its feisty impact.

One of the first lessons Penn State’s Tara Felix tries to teach newbie dairy beef feeders is that cattle raised for beef need grain, not forage.