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Just because a heifer can get pregnant to calve at 21 months doesn’t necessarily mean she should be bred that early.

Most research recommends 5-7% sugar as an upper limit. However, cows can certainly handle lots of sugar in the diet.

Despite the U.S. winning its first challenge over dairy with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement agreement in January, Secretary of Agriculture said he is not satisfied with the market access into Canada for dairy products.

Not long ago, New York City’s mayor Eric Adams was attempting to ban chocolate milk from being served in NYC public schools. Now he is backing off this proposition and turning his attention elsewhere causing pushback.

Dairy exporters from Argentina and Uruguay are looking for new dairy markets to offset the loss of the Russian market.

The roads have been cleared and the sun is now peeking out in North Dakota after dairy farmers spent the bulk of their Easter weekend pushing snow when the storm of the century – Snowmageddon – plowed through.

Farmers are the original recyclers, and a company called repurposedMATERIALS is matching creative users with expired industrial products that otherwise would be headed for the landfill.

With the return of whole milk back into schools sailing through the House, things are looking up in Pennsylvania. If passed by the Senate, schools in the state could serve whole milk and 2% milk to students.

The challenges that farmers face can be overwhelming. Factor in Mother Nature’s wild ways, and there is only so much a farmer can do. Texas dairy farmer, John Boer worries about the outlook of his corn.