Extreme weather variability held sway over much of the country and most of this year’s forage-growing season — what does this mean for 2026? Hoard’s Dairyman hosted Hay and Forage Grower’s managing ...

The most expensive phase of feeding heifers on most operations occurs before they are weaned. From birth to around 3 months, an incredible amount of growth and development occurs that, in many cases, ...

The popularity of traditional Medicare has waned in recent years, with many beneficiaries (54%) now choosing Medicare ...

A record number of herds were nominated for the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) Excellence in Dairy Cattle ...

This is an edited transcript of the author’s remarks at the National Milk Producers Federation’s annual meeting Nov. 11 in ...

Penn State University Extension recently put out a reminder for farmers to check their generators before they actually need ...

The biggest surprise was a 21,000-cow upward revision to August which means the herd expanded by 42,000 head between July and August, followed by an additional 40,000 cows added between August and ...

The dairy industry protects that trust by assuring expertise, programs, and proactive safeguards are in place. The farmer-founded Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy has volunteers who focus on maintaini ...

Rollins acknowledged the continued support for U.S. dairy, calling this “a golden age for our producers.” The event drew attention to key issues shaping the industry, including labor reform and access ...

If tasked with envisioning the dairy barn of the future, most producers’ minds would likely go straight to technological advancements: more robust robotics and perhaps more streamlined data analysis.

With the recent rise of high-oleic soybean varieties, more producers are exploring on-farm roasting as a cost-effective way ...

In the past, my nutrition colleagues suggested that the protein level of corn silage was too low to factor into balancing diets. Martin suggested this paradigm may be shifting with increasingly high ...