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Freed up labor needs to be redirected toward cow management to make robot milking successful.

Aggressively consuming dry feeds is the gateway to healthy weaning for young dairy calves.

Prior to the release of the USDA Dairy Products report, the CME spot trade and futures kept the momentum moving higher.

Labor shortages are no longer a stark headline, but instead a continued headache dairy farms are faced with. Recently on an Ag Future podcast, Dr. Luke Miller with Alltech spoke about training and retaining labor.

Connecting dairy’s story and products with consumers is a key ingredient when partnering with retail stores. Midwest Dairy was recognized for its efforts in this area by a leading Midwest retailer earlier this fall.

Dairy products were steady to higher Thursday in the CME spot dairy product auction.

One year ago, a tornado completely devasted Wellacrest Farms, New Jersey’s largest dairy farm. Community support outpoured from a group of Amish to a GoFundMe account that helped with the rebuild.

In the middle of an uncertain economy, dairy producers might be forgiven for saying “Haven’t we seen this movie before?”