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As corn planters are finally starting to roll in the Midwest, planning for the finished product can never start too early.

Producers can make a significant impact on their milk checks by increasing milk fat and protein in milk. Changes in feed mixing, frequency and other feed-management strategies can make a notable difference.

Art Schaap, owner of Highland Dairy in Clovis, New Mexico, has been living a nightmare for the past four years. His nightmare is finally coming to an end, but not without the heartache of euthanizing 3,665 cows.

While prioritizing growing quality forage is a must, proper feed ingredient storage is equally important, especially during the hot summer months.

Two dairy farms of different sizes and scales share how they push forward with raising healthy calves to fill their future pipeline.

Growing up on a family farm plants deep roots. While many children grow up and leave the farm, some do return to their family dairy. Two producers share their journeys that brought them back home.

With beef prices soaring and milk prices in favorable conditions, producers are keeping a keen eye on cows who are not pulling their own weight.

More than 250 dairies across the U.S. use some type of anaerobic digester system to generate electricity or renewable natural gas.

Feeding waste milk to calves captures high-quality nutrients and adds value to a product that otherwise would be discarded. But recent research sheds light on concerns about the practice.

Increased fuel costs impedes movement of milk and milk components.