Improved efficiency in the production of milk has resulted in a huge reduction in the dairy industry’s carbon footprint, making it very “green,” said a University of Illinois Extension dairy specialist.

Dairy operations can be subdivided into sets of tasks. When these tasks are thought about individually, they are very simple. Collectively, these tasks represent the overall operation of successful dairy production.

Will hay production remain profitable against current input prices? “At least for now, it has gone hand in hand.

If 2008 wasn’t an interesting year for the forage industry I don’t know what would be.

Alfalfa hay and other forage producers often become complacent when they hear the term “risk management.” Most often this is attributed to the misunderstanding that risk management programs relate only to managing financial risk via future, options, hedging, forward contracting or crop insurance programs.

Through most of the year, Cranberry Creek Dairy appears to be your average dairy farm with a milking parlor, freestall barns, machine shed and feed storage, but come the first hard frost of the year, some of Santa’s many elves descend on the dairy and convert a couple of the farm buildings into Christmas workshops.

“Water discovered on mars!” That headline stopped me in my tracks!

Dad had hired a neighbor, Rolf Geertson, to combine our wheat field in the summer of 1954.

Progressive Dairy Publishing announces the addition of editor Karen Lee to its editorial staff.

Whether it’s a sudden increase in somatic cell count that has left you puzzled or other events such as increasing herd size that may be jeopardizing parlor efficiency, a milking-time evaluation is one way to assess milking routine and machine function to determine where adjustments can be made.