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Ag technology startups get a boost from one another and Dairy Farmers of America.

As more farms adopt automatic feeders and group housing to raise their preweaned calves, more, too, is being understood about the factors that impact calf health in such rearing systems.

The world’s top 10 largest dairy groups now collectively milk 1 million cows, with the U.S., China, Russia and Saudi Arabia emerging as the dominant players on the global dairy stage.

For young, technological, and progressive dairy farmers these three areas represent an exciting future.

2020 was a year like no other. Following a year dominated by Covid-19 what can dairy farming expect moving forwards?

Data from a recent Pulse Poll shows that dairy farmers are most interested in automated milking technology.

Organic Valley is launching a pilot program that uses satellite photography to measure pasture health on its dairy farms.

It might be time to expand tech expertise on your operation.

Monitoring what’s happening at the pen level, rather than for individual dairy cows, is proving to be the best approach for producers with more than 1,000 cows.

Although dairy producers have made leaps and bounds in the efficiency and productivity of the cow in the last five years, the facilities haven’t kept up to the high-performance athlete that today’s cow is.