Following a 13-year ban on U.S. beef exports to China, an announcement from the Chinese government indicates they will begin accepting U.S. beef from animals under 30 months of age.

What is it about election years that makes everyone dread them? If you ask most people, they will say they get tired of the politicians slinging mud at each other.

Global milk production slowdowns have helped provide some price recovery. However, the USDA’s latest milk production report indicates a large jump in U.S. cow numbers. This, combined with large cheese and butter inventories, has heightened the degree of price risk faced by dairy producers, according to Alan Zepp, risk management program manager at Pennsylvania's Center for Dairy Excellence (CDE).

It was a successful turnout of veterinarians and veterinary students at the 49th Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) Sept. 15-17 in Charlotte, North Carolina, last week. The 2016 theme was “facing the future together.”

Not wanting to depend on others to help dispose of the farm’s manure, the Ohio Heifer Center in South Charleston, Ohio, decided to set up a facility to recycle the manure for use directly on-farm. In doing so, it has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in bedding and is working to market a novel byproduct.

It’s not over the moon, but the number of cows in U.S. dairy herds has jumped to a two-decade high. Combined with increased output per cow, estimated August 2016 U.S. milk production was up 1.9 percent compared to the same month a year earlier, according to USDA’s monthly milk production estimates.

If there’s a silver lining in declining U.S. dairy prices, it’s the closer relationship with global prices will make U.S. products more competitive on the export market.

From the folding seats of World Dairy Expo’s iconic Coliseum, spectators watch the procession of beautiful cows glide across the colored shavings as they compete for top honors in the international show.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released an evaluation of the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate (trade name: Roundup), declaring no links to human cancer were found.

If there were one word I could use to describe managing a farm with no communication, it would be “nightmare.” I've lived it, and it's like a terrible dream you can't wake up from. Employees don't understand what's expected of them and are too afraid to ask. A co-worker is doing something wrong, but they are not told, so they continue to do the job wrong.