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Following proper milking procedures can achieve the desired balance between parlor throughput and optimal milk production.

Wonder what your cows do when you’re gone? New research tracks brain activity to describe sleep schedule

Biosecurity recommendations and protocols should be specific to the farm to address the problems each farm has.

Celebrate Cow Appreciation Day with these easy costume ideas.

Set up a culturing lab to identify the causes of mastitis and treat accordingly.

‘Numbers are only useful in decision making if they are used.’ Lane Ely, University of Georgia.

Reducing feed shrink is a good place to start.

For energy savings, look for areas of highest use

While it’s difficult to gauge the health of the farm economy, John Phipps says now is the time to sit down at the computer and enter yields and prices and costs to get a peek at a possible future.

According to Pro Farmer’s Jim Wiesemeyer, additional details will be released this week.