Dairy

Get advice for your dairy operation, including ways to improve herd health, increase milk production, and better manage your dairy’s finances.

Dairy's silver lining

We’ve been stuck at home eating pizza and ice cream. And that’s good! Cheese, ice cream and other dairy products are boosting the dairy industry.

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Moving the profitability needle

Taking advantage of market tools is critical in volatile dairy marketplace.

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Advances in alfalfa genetics

Alfalfa genetic discoveries are speeding up, with reduced lignin, winter hardiness, and Roundup Ready traits marketed to growers, with more to come.

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Pork Powerhouses

Overall health of pigs improving every year, says sow management clinic

By Pork Powerhouses

VMC manages 39,000 sows in Iowa and Missouri.

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Machinery Insider

Expanding planter lines

By Machinery Insider

AGCO introduces an entirely new planter line while Case IH expands existing planter configurations.

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All Around the Farm

Irrigation system electric fence

By All Around the Farm

Cattle don’t bother movable irrigation system with solar-powered pivot used on triticale pasture.

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Sour Milk

More than a year after an undercover video campaign revealed animal welfare issues at Fair Oaks Farms, experts say there are important lessons to be learned.

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Choosing a dairy animal

Milk, butter, and cheese don’t get any fresher than from your own dairy animal. Goats and cows are the most popular on small farms, and choosing the right one takes some planning

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The shelf life of milk

Looking through the dairy case at containers of chocolate milk, I started wondering why some had a longer shelf life.

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How agronomy needs to differ for dairy operations

Incorporate the unique needs of the dairy into crop management practices.

A line of dairy cattle eating at the feed bunk

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Why Can’t I Buy Milk?

I used to take buying milk for granted, until I was limited on how much I can buy.

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Dairy Farmers of America wins bid for Dean Foods

The milk cooperative Dairy Farmers of America has entered into an agreement to buy most of milk processor Dean Foods’ assets as part of the latter’s bankruptcy proceedings.