Penn State University extension recently offered some methods for producers to stay in the feeding sweet spot and hopefully remain in the black.

For 2026 alone, 3,900 more cows have been culled each week on average compared to a year ago, resulting in year-to-date slaughter being 35,000 head or 7.5% higher than the year prior.

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

Since the alfalfa in the rest of the field didn’t show any signs of potassium deficiency, I suggested that the farmer take a composite soil sample from just the high areas, which represented about one ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

For decades, scientists have known that bromoform can significantly reduce methane emissions from dairy cows. In research trials, it consistently lowers the amount of methane produced during normal ...

As the dairy industry transitioned into 2026, the 2025 USDA dairy statistics confirmed a trend that many have already observed: the U.S. dairy herd is expanding in both size and efficiency. This ...