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The high cost of mastitis is indisputable, and staggering. On an industry level, mastitis—clinical and subclinical cases—steals about $1.8 billion from U.S. dairy producers annually. This is approximately 10 percent

It can be a challenge to keep up with the latest technology and how it might fit on your farm—which is exactly why Farm Journal is hosting the AgTech Expo. Whether you’re a novice, an early adopter or somewhere in b

NMPF told the EPA on Sept. 26 that the dairy industry supports a two-step process to roll back the existing WOTUS regulation and generate a new policy that provides farmers greater certainty in the future.

Rather than being an environmental burden, livestock consume and recycle food and feed humans can’t eat.

Two major mergers in agricultural technology and seeds could hurt competition in the industry and make it harder for smaller companies to compete, Senator Charles Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wr

Applying a forage inoculant to a crop at harvest requires a leap of faith, as the producer will not see the resulting silage until it is opened weeks, or even months, later.

The transition period is the most challenging time during the production cycle of a dairy cow. One of the major determinants of whether a cow transitions properly is her ability to maintain normal blood calcium concentr

It’s a communications disease, also known as breathing your own exhaust. Sooner or later, it will kill you but it smells so good and it makes you so comfortable in your own thought bubble. Every belief system doe

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday pulled a report offline that concluded glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans, saying the document was inadvertently published and the agency had not fin

The United States Department of Agriculture reported Friday afternoon that December milk production was up just 0.7%, the fifth consecutive month that milk production grew less than 1%.