More than 3,000 people from 71 countries came to Lexington, Kentucky, May 22-25, for “One: The Alltech Ideas Conference.”

I often hear statements like: “Young people today are not willing to work hard.” Although sometimes there is truth to this statement, it is an oversimplified analysis. The changing workforce and, consequently, the labor market is the topic of this article.

It is times such as these when statements such as “I should have …” or “If I only would have known that the market …” or “Next time I will make sure that I …” become prevalent in conversations surrounding the market or prices. They are statements of regret and lost opportunity.

Northern and Southern Hemisphere milk prices are linked Volatility of global milk prices are a fact. In this, we see a strong connection between prices in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Nobody expected the current low milk prices one year ago.

A dozen tall cement grain silos signal you’ve arrived in Hartley, Texas. Go past the town’s only gas station, and you will miss the whole of it.

When looking for ways to increase income over feed cost, the results other herds have obtained by balancing amino acids can provide insightful direction. With U.S. corn-based rations, the two amino acids that are first-limiting are methionine and lysine.

As most dairymen and dairy nutritionists know, efficient milk production is largely a matter of managing rumen function and the fermentation process.

Dietary ingredients that producers feed to dairy animals determine their efficiency and health status. In order to produce more milk, concentrates have gained popularity as an energy source for increased milk yield.

Nutrition is the foundation of a healthy and productive herd, so formulating a ration that delivers the right nutrients to meet an animal’s needs is paramount.