For the past 15 years, the U.S. has had a strategy of immigration control that overwhelmingly emphasizes border enforcement, coupled with extremely weak worksite enforcement in the absence of efforts to increase legal-entry opportunities, especially for low-skilled workers, the Mexican Migration Field Research and Training Program (MMFRP) at the UC – San Diego stated during a recent press conference.

Most dairy farmers are facing an unfavorable milk-to-feed cost index, and some are looking for an alternative to using rBST.

We want it all when it comes to the milking parlor — high throughput, low costs, high-quality milk and herd health.

What will 2016 look like for the dairy business?

The Farm Bill requires that the USDA permit forward contracting of milk as an alternative to minimum prices.

To comply with the new water quality regulation, some dairy producers in California will have to control manure production and minimize nitrogen intake and excretion in lactation animals.

One of the most important challenges that any animal faces is ensuring its daily food supply.

Swamp coolers are not as common in homes as they once were, but the same technology that cooled homes for decades can relieve your cows from the extreme heat of summer.

Heat stress is both a cow health and an economic issue wherever dairies exist in North America.

Heat stress can cost dairy producers big bucks, especially during the summer months.