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Legislation would reduce the current blender’s credit, also known as VEETC, for a two-year period.

Rules to prevent potentially unsafe food from reaching consumers.

If you have Staph. aureus infections on your dairy, you are faced with limited treatment options.

Raising the DCAD of lactating diets to between +35 and +45 milliequivalents/100 grams of dry matter has a positive effect on milk and fat.

If 400,000 SCC limit would be implemented today, some 8% to 14% of U.S. herds would not be in compliance.

Pre-conditioning first-calf heifers with parlor walk-throughs reduces anxiety and the failure of milk let down.

Almond hulls should be in good supply for dairies next year.

Sixty percent of our cows’ diets is forage, so it’s imperative that we put up quality forages on our farm.

Continuing increases in feed costs are really stirring up discussions on how to capitalize on higher-percentage, forage-based rations and doing more on our dairy to maximize feed efficiency.

Selling lots of milk means sourcing lots of high-quality feed. It can be daunting during these times of high feed prices, but a good mix of purchased and self-raised feed and the flexibility to shift between different feedstuffs allows us options to lower overall feed costs.