Cows that have witnessed wolf attacks display physical signs associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study by Oregon State University.

If there is one thing to come down the road of recovery from a tragedy in agriculture, it is the sense of community that agriculturalists make business-as-usual.

Making the move to a robotic milking system can have a big impact on the finances of a farm as well as the well-being and quality of life of the animals and people involved.

A question faced by many dairy farmers is whether or not they should grow their own forages. In most cases, dairy farms already own or have access to many acres on which they spread their manure. It makes sense they would utilize that same acreage to grow some portion of the forages needed to feed their herds.

Most cow-calf producers look forward to pasture turnout for many reasons – reduced labor being one of the biggest.

Cargill has announced it will soon be selling its last two beef cattle feedyards in Leoti, Kanas, and Yuma, Colorado, to Green Plains Inc., an Oklahoma-based company.

Editor's note: CEO Corners are editors' compilations of business news from top publications, which they have tailored for the dairy industry. If you want to be a great leader on your dairy, the cover story from Harvard Business Review for May/June 2017 is a great place to start. The article, “What sets successful CEOs apart,” summarizes a research study that aimed to identify the common characteristics of great CEOs. More than 17,000 CEOs and their performance were reviewed. The research found great CEOs are decisive, engaged, adaptive and consistent.

Building the right calf barn may mean looking outside the dairy industry for inspiration. For Dave Endres, owner of Endres Jazzy Jerseys, a 900-cow Jersey dairy in Lodi, Wisconsin, this meant borrowing the all-in, all-out style commonly seen in hog operations.

Nearly all Wisconsin and Minnesota producers whose existing marketing contracts were terminated on May 1 have collectively breathed a sigh of relief: There’s a home for their milk, at least temporarily.