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Here’s a goal for 2020: Focus on the people and work that feed your soul, not the ones that drain it. 

Let’s evaluate the facts and draw our own conclusions. Let’s be smart – as well as compassionate – and not allow the forces of HSUS to divide our industry.

People with anti-dairy agendas aren't just your run of the mill animal activists. 

Sustainability is for everyone. In fact, you're probably already sustainable and didn't know it.

Generally speaking, farm kids just seem healthier than their city cousins.

The speed fake meat products capture market share from the real stuff is dependent on money from investors. So what advice does an investment pro offer?

I love the 4th of July because it’s an annual reminder of the sacrifices made by the founding fathers – and all past and current service men and women – that we may live free, eat bacon, and sue our neighbors.

To reach younger audiences, we need to go where they go on social media.

The founder of Impossible Foods says "cows aren't getting any better at making meat." He needs to take a closer look at his competition.

Let's be part of the solution, not ignore the problem.

Traders who bet against Beyond Meat in its IPO have lost $150 million. Analysts now think a partnership with a big American burger chain is looming.

Partnerships between the dairy checkoff and retail brands help strengthen demand for dairy products.

Will Royal baby Archie be raised vegan? Reports say the British Queen - Archie's great-grandmother, "won't have it."

This week, the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) named University of California-Davis Professor Frank Mitloehner, PhD, as the 2019 Borlaug CAST Communication Award recipient.

Everyone in the dairy industry, big or small, can coexist.

Launch of the Green New Deal was derailed by "farting cows" headlines, which may have created more long-term damage to your business than the proposed environmental plan.

Our editorial team has developed a comprehensive package of content focused on Cannabis and its potential across U.S. agriculture.

Let’s provide a more secure identification system and work to keep good employees here.

Animal rights activists continue to threaten animal agriculture. What can you do to protect your farm?

Will producers pace themselves or grow production at an unbridled pace?

Now that the trade dispute between Canada and the U.S. has died down, maybe the two countries can resume normal relations.

We've learned a lot about the current dairy situation by listening to producer stories.

Is there any marketing scheme more dishonest than the promotion of an alcoholic beverage as non-GMO?

Paul McCartney's new album includes a song about climate change deniers, which he unabashedly sings while trotting the globe in private jets and driving sports cars.

PETA shows disrespect to the Queen of Soul's family in seeking to acquire her trademark fur collection.

President Trump's hard-knocks negotiating turns trade diplomacy upside down. 

President Trump's hard-knocks negotiating turns trade diplomacy upside down. 

Montana remains one of the few places in America where a smidgen of cowboy-cred is advantageous if you are running for political office. John Tester has it. Matt Rosendale wants it.

Successfully communicating factual information about BSE and the firewalls in place to protect the food supply has now made BSE announcements ho-hum events.

PETA, which has been protesting the use of animals in circuses for more than 30 years, also had their sights set on Nabisco’s cracker boxes.

Consumer perception spelled the end for rBST, despite its benefits as a method to enable sustainable milk production.

A new study attacks the beef industry for its environmental footprint, but it's laden with alternative facts, myths and falsehoods.

Immigrants formed who we are as Americans, like the people who came through Ellis Island. Today's immigrants that work on our dairy farms are following in those footsteps.

Transparent and proactive communications creates trust, and trust leads to loyalty and strong relationships.

Despite the best efforts of animal agriculture, activism is big business.

Just because an odor lawsuit happened in the pork industry, don't think it can't happen in other animal ag industries.

If you’re busy planting corn or calving cows this week, rejoice. The end of those chores is near. Scientists, entrepreneurs, and activists are building an animal-free food system.

Milk prices may have turned the corner, ready for a long, slow climb.

Milk prices may have turned the corner, ready for a long, slow climb.

Despite a pending 'agreement in principle,' the U.S. and Canada remain at odds on dairy issues.

Despite a pending 'agreement in principle,' the U.S. and Canada remain at odds on dairy issues.

This week the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) hosts its annual conference with the theme “Livestock Traceability: Opportunities for Animal agriculture.”

Alternative milk might be nutritious, but nothing is as good as the real thing

If fly season has not yet begun in your part of the country, it soon will.

With President Trump, you have to strip away the tweets and rhetoric to look at the real numbers.

Growth in popularity of natural, organic and “antibiotic free” labeling for meat and dairy products has provided options for consumers and opportunities for producers.

One of the biggest challenges for farmers today is finding and keeping good help. Farms need sophisticated, engaged, dedicated and hard-working employees.

Across livestock production, we’ve seen growing acceptance of the relationships between stress, disease and lost performance. We’re also operating in a time when consumer perceptions are evolving rapidly.

Walmart will start bottling milk soon. Is that good for the U.S. dairy industry?