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The Southeast Quality Milk Initiative aims to level the playing field for producers.

High somatic cell counts (SCCs) chip away at profit: Loss of premiums, loss of milk, and treatments.

Done correctly, a partial budget will help you see how your proposed technology may influence your income and/or expenses.

“The only way to bring about change, the only way to make improvements, is to be bold and try new things.”—Doyle Waybright

To maximize production of protein and fat, balance lactation diets for lysine and methionine.

While most cows adapt to robotic milking, milking speed, teat placement and sound legs are still important.

Dollars and Sense columnists discuss milk quality on their farms.

Dollars and Sense columnists discuss milk quality on their farms.

With spring approaching, a Purdue Extension dairy specialist says now is the time for dairy producers to assess their farms and work through a checklist of duties, including facility and pasture maintenance and taking inventory of forage supplies.

The Agricultural Act of 2014 repeals dairy programs that focus solely on price support, and replaces them with two new margin insurance programs.