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It’s been more than a year of sustained low milk prices. For small farms like Sugar Hill Dairy, a first-generation operation started 15 years ago in Kersey, Colo., that means difficult choices.

Nearly 400 dairy farms went out of business in Wisconsin last year.

Use of proceeds includes paying for 37 percent Shengmu stake.

Dannon announced earlier this year it will be phasing out GMO ingredients from all of its products over the next three years. That’s all well and good, say six prominent farming organizations – just don’t claim doing so will improve sustainability.

Penn State Extension agricultural engineer Dan McFarland shares his thoughts on the key elements to successfully house heifers after weaning.

The physical and emotional toll of these circumstances are feeding a growing incidence of depression and anxiety among farmers, as evidenced in the results of a poll commissioned by the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Sorghum has a number of properties that make it a desirable dairy feedstuff, particularly for growing heifer rations.

University of Florida researcher Geoffrey Dahl shares how the detriments of in-utero heat stress impact the productivity of heifer calves for generations.

Fewer hogs eating whey components in China is hurting demand as prices for whey and its components have plunged this year.

The accuracy of fertility evaluation depends on properly accounting for whether a unit of sexed- or conventional semen was used.