On Feb. 19, USDA announced they will be purchasing up to $263 million worth of agricultural commodities including $75 million ...

While the year started off slowly with U.S. dairy exports down 1.6% through the first five months, shipments exploded in the back half of the year, up 8% YOY between June and December.

At first glance, it appears that the nation’s dairy farmers are collectively churning out more butterfat. However, in evaluating these milk component trends, it’s important to also conduct monthly com ...

At the 2026 Southwest Nutrition Conference in Chandler, Ariz., Joao Dorea from the University of Wisconsin-Madison highlighted how artificial intelligence (AI) can help nutritionists conquer in their ...

Even if farmers follow American Veterinary Medical Association and American Association of Bovine Practitioner ...

Colostrum, housing, and vaccination protocols have improved greatly in recent decades. Yet calves still get sick. What research has shown is that each animal also has a genetic component to illness, a ...

Madison Extension, lung ultrasounds are changing how producers and veterinarians approach one of the common issues dairy producers deal with when it comes to young stock management: pneumonia.

Now that March has rolled around, it’s spring-cleaning season and dairy farmers are getting in the spirit as more dairy cows are sent to the beef packer. Dairy cow slaughter has been higher ...

A farmer asked me to look at one of his alfalfa fields that had very uneven growth. This field included several high areas, and that’s where the alfalfa was stunted with some signs of yellowing. We ...

Five classes of dairy cows are featured on the covers of our January through March issues, representing five of the dairy breeds.