Cattle producers, are you looking for ways to use your time more effectively? The solution may be already in your hand, shirt pocket or belt holster. The rise of smartphone technology in the last 10 years has been revolutionary.

Technology and equipment from companies such as GrowSafe Systems and SmartFeed are changing animal selection and herd management for seedstock and commercial producers alike.

Cold temperatures and frozen ground create challenges for fencing. Cold weather is hard on machinery (hard to start the tractor, skid steer or excavator the post pounder is mounted on), and frozen ground makes it difficult to set posts.

When it comes to the treatment of bovine respiratory disease (BRD), antibiotic selection has always been an important decision. That’s because BRD moves fast, and its damage can be permanent.

My family talks funny. My mom and grandparents on her side of the family are all gone now, but I can still hear them using words like privy, lariat, pipsqueak, scuttlebutt and wieners.

Colleen is my neighbor. She and her husband, Rick, live on a little 9- or 10-acre piece about 5 miles down the road from my place. Colleen rescues things.

Yer not gonna keep ’er, still, are ya Dad?She must be twelve years old.I reckon she’s closer to fourteen now,And naturally half-polled.

There is a lot of talk about the longevity of cows, but Ohio dairy producer Lambert VanderMade thought it was important enough to create a second setup just for older cows.

Activity in Dairy Revenue Protection (Dairy-RP) increased in the program’s second week, based on information from USDA’s Risk Management Agency.

Slightly higher dairy product prices resulted in improved revenues for most dairy cooperatives in 2017, according to an annual report from the National Cooperative Bank (NCB). However, the increased revenues didn’t substantially change the dairy co-ops’ rankings, or their standing among the nation's 100 largest cooperatives.