If your dairy is located in a four-season climate, you’ve probably had your share of freezing temperatures and winter weather by now.

Proponents of robotic or automated milking systems expound the many advantages such systems have, both for the lifestyle of the cow and for the lifestyle of the dairy producer.

Cold temperatures can have many effects on a dairy farm. Frozen manure or waterers and frigid temperatures for workers can be management nightmares.

Clare Palmquist and her husband, Dean Marshik, knew they had a pivotal decision to make about the future of their dairy farm.

A2 milk has created recent industry buzz in dairy news. As consumers continuously look for new ways to eat healthy, A2 milk is a trend that emerges on their radar.

As the saying goes, you can’t manage what you don’t measure. Dairy producers put a lot of time and effort into reproductive programs, but effectively managing those programs requires performance measuring.

As the use of genomics has entered mainstream dairy production, lots of attention has been focused on the science, technology, predictability and economics of genomic testing.

The Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) held their 10th annual meeting in Buffalo, New York, Nov. 11-13.

Embryo production in cattle has changed dramatically in the last couple of decades, and its use will likely increase since now producers can better predict animal performance with the use of genomics.

It was not long ago that a 20 percent pregnancy rate (PR) was the gold standard for a productive dairy herd, but today, that bar is being raised beyond what many ever imagined.