For years, my dad and I debated back and forth about whether we should replace our aging sickle-bar mower-conditioner (mo-co) with a new disc mo-co. Dad was old-school. He liked a sickle mower and could really make one sing going through a field.

It was just past 2 p.m. It was hot and dusty as they pushed the tail-end of the straggler calves and leppies out of the last draw and up to the little pond that brought welcome and cool relief to trail-weary cows and worn-out horses.

Skip Blake was invited to Turkey to trim cows' hooves and to teach new trimming techniques. He stayed for three days. In the slideshow below are images summarizing his experience.

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) has updated its online tools for dairy farmers considering their enrollment options in the second year of the Margin Protection Program, the new federal dairy safety net included in the 2014 farm bill.

Brian Nelson
Field Service Business Partner
Holstein Canada
Baltimore, Ontario

Paul Berdell Robotic Milking Sales Specialist GEA Farm TechnologiesArlington, Texas

Producers and industry personnel gathered May 14 in Tulare, California, and May 15 in Bakersfield, California, to discuss important factors contributing to genomic testing.