Dairy - General
This past January, Val Lavigne became one of Dairy Management Inc.'s (DMI) newest board members. Leading up to this point, Lavigne has always been intrigued with checkoff and involved in her local efforts.
While the September Milk Production report showed a decline of 0.2% from last year, it also showed a drop in cow numbers, The big winner was South Dakota which produced 21 million more lbs., with 12,000 additional cows.
El Niño could have profound impacts on agricultural production, including dairy output, across the globe in the coming months. This comes at the same time when food insecurity is increasing.
Global leaders discussed how their organizations are employing new approaches to meeting today’s challenges while also charting a path toward a prosperous future at the World Dairy Summit in Chicago last week.
For decades, 305 days of lactation, plus a 60-day dry period, has added up to a dairy cow’s target calving interval of one year. But is this a standard that needs to be broken?
Five years ago, a 1500-cow dairy farm was on the verge of selling out, but not on their own terms. Learn what took them from being on the brink of bankruptcy to being profitable?
Manure used to be viewed as a nuisance that had to be dealt with. Now, as fertilizer prices head north, it’s viewed as a regenerative way to cut costs while replenishing needed nutrients.
Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, joined the stage at the 2023 International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit in Chicago. Vilsack said that climate-smart agriculture creates an enormous opportunity for dairy.
Dairy farmers have more time to apply for the Milk Loss Program, an assistance program designed for operations who had to dump or remove milk due to qualifying weather events.
There is a direct correlation between solid meetings and return on time.
Capping a 40-year-plus career, Jim Mulhern, NMPF president and CEO, will retire at the end of this calendar year. Mulhern talks about the future of dairy, immigration reform and passing the baton to Greg Doud..
A high incidence of liver abscesses continues to plague an ever-growing segment of the fed cattle industry: beef-on-dairy crossbred animals.
The International Dairy Foods Association is seeking nominations for the 2024 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year Award. The deadline to submit nominations is quickly approaching with the deadline of Oct. 27, 2023.
Friona Industries, National Cattlemen’s Association and Arizona Dairy Company will be on stage at the 2023 Milk Business Conference to offer fresh beef-on-dairy insights and perspectives.
Launched in 2003, the Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) program is designed to promote the sale of U.S. dairy products to oversee customers and a program that NMPF says moves a billion lbs. of product annually.
Dairy farmer and DMI chair, Marilyn Hershey says it’s vital to maintain those that help solidify the value of U.S. dairy products. Exports have grown over the past twenty years from 4 percent to around 20 percent.
Ted Mathews, who works for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and serves as the director of Minnesota Rural Mental Health underscores that communication is an incredibly important part of all family and farm life.
The shortage of beef cows is an area where some dairy farmers are cashing in.
Scroll through social media and you’ll see stories of farmers sharing how they care for their cattle, land and family to others who are farther removed from agriculture. The CalfVet and AgvoKate share social media tips.
As dairy producers close the books on 2023, analysts see some optimism starting to pour in with a slight improvement in milk prices, but also relief in costs. That’s as butter prices hit a new record high this week.
Colostrum’s myriad benefits for calves may be transferrable to an entirely different field: human health. Researchers are discovering the benefits of colostrum in both health nutrition supplements and therapeutic agents.
DMC payments will be hitting producers’ mailboxes once again. But will this be 2023’s last “big” payment?
Financial advantages often come to the forefront of benefits when adding a second or third revenue stream on the farm. But for three families who exhibit cattle, it’s more than that.
Have we hit the low point for the average productive lifespan of dairy cows?
It’s a “farm-to-flask” concept that promotes both upcycling and food waste reduction, starting from a base of dairy goodness.
Our dairy team at Farm Journal is excited to head to World Dairy Expo, which is home to elite dairy cattle shows, top-notch educational events and a large trade show that has more of a family reunion atmosphere.
Working year-round to prepare cattle for a show such as World Dairy Expo isn’t just for the benefit of the cattle. It’s for the showman too.
Of all the reasons to attend World Dairy Expo, learning something new ranks high on the list.
The dairy economy is in rough shape. This is what Ken Bailey shared at the Dairy Financial and Risk Management Conference. He said that higher prices will come when domestic and global demand resurges in 2025.
Matt Budine has found better solutions and motivated positive changes to young dairy professionals that have gone through the Dairy Challenge, and more than 1.1 million cows touched by Progressive Dairy Solutions.