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While both beef and dairy farmers appreciate their animals each and every day, the second Tuesday in July serves as a day of national recognition.

Dairy officials say there is still work to do to make sure U.S. dairy products keep moving overseas.

Increased cost of production has somewhat been compensated for by increased milk prices. But do milk prices need to remain high just because?

A sweeping environmental policy change in the Netherlands is threatening to upend ag productivity along with the lives and livelihoods of farmers.

Class III milk futures were lower across the board. July milk was down 22 cents to $22.58/cwt. August milk declined 46 cents to $22.87/cwt.

With consumers already facing sticker shock in the grocery store, heightened butter prices could cause consumers to back away from the dairy aisle.

The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty has provided additional stimulus for SNAP participants to buy healthy fluid milk by incorporating an innovative Add Milk! Program into select ShopRite stores in New Jersey.

Building a new autofeeder barn, or retrofitting an existing structure for autofeeders and/or group housing, is a tremendous investment. Calf raisers “in the trenches” offer their advice on how to do it right.

Extra water – along with a possible electrolyte boost -- is never more important than in the heat of summer.

Trace minerals are important to calves’ development, but these nutritional components can vary in source. It turns out some trace minerals are more palatable than others, resulting in differences in consumption.