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A popular Chinese herbal supplement is being evaluated as a potential feed additive to mitigate the effects of heat stress in dairy cattle.

The inaugural edition of the Three-Minute Student Thesis (3MT) contest with a poster component was held in conjunction with the 2023 Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference in Dubuque, Iowa on June 7-8.

DFA decided to withdraw its membership from the IDFA over IDFA’s decision to proceed with its single-issued petition to modify the federal milk marketing order (FMMO) system.

Ben Laine shares we would need a big demand surge to see a significant increase in prices. He also adds that June is likely to be the bottom of prices, although he remains cautious for the second half of 2023.

Milk prices have fallen substantially from the record prices dairy producers saw in 2022.

You might say Shawn Saylor was regenerative before regenerative was cool. The Rockwood, Penn. dairy producer has used no-till farming methods for as long as he can remember.

After a couple of years of shortages spurred by the pandemic, ear tags from Merck Animal Health are in full production and back up to pre-COVID production levels.

The sideways price range of butter has been able to hold Class IV prices and futures at a better level than Class III.

Cheese lovers from coast to coast are rejoicing with the news that the “Grilled Cheese Burrito” has become a permanent item on Taco Bell’s menu.

The younger consumers of today may not embrace meat consumption like previous generations, but they are more inclined to seek and pay for high quality. That’s good news for producers selling beef cross calves.