Feed expenditures are the single-largest operating expense, accounting for 45 to 50 percent of total production costs in your dairy business.

In this article, we’ll look at strategies for putting up quality corn silage in order to reduce your reliance on bought-in feeds and improve your farm’s cash flow.

Each year molds and mycotoxins leave a major economic impact on the dairy industry, and despite advances in analysis of these toxic metabolites produced by molds, they still prove to be difficult to measure and quantify.

Hoof health and lameness in dairy cows and heifers continues to be a challenge for our industry.

Sweden has promoted breeding for healthy cows, maintaining high production for several decades.

When it comes to dairy management, hoof care often gets set aside on many operations – especially when cash flow begins to slow.

I remember long, sleepy nights traveling while my daddy sang songs of the Old West and recited poems that took my imagination back to the cowboy who built the American West.

Dan was somewhere between 11 and 13 and was with us delivering hay at Rowland, Nevada. It seems like it was during the Christmas holiday break from school, but whenever it was, it was good and cold.

Jim Loften Manager, Technical Sales and Service at MSC Specialty Nutrition in Dundee, Illinois

Fix milk pricing system first Dear Editor, The milk pricing system is in dire need of repair.