Because of the heavy loads forage growers handle, selecting the right tires for equipment is especially important. Insufficient tire capacity can result in tire damage or even tire failure.

‘Everything has its limit – iron ore cannot be educated into gold.’ —Mark Twain Everything has boundaries. While some limitations can be stretched, there are points beyond which no amount of training, adjusting, modifying or educating can reasonably alter a boundary.

When I was a kid, one of my favorite treats was a chunk of sugar and sour something-or-other with a Sweet-Tart label, if I remember right. It was the exact size and shape of a big old sulfa bolus.

As a cash crop, all dry hay ranked as the third-highest valued U.S. crop in 2015, according to USDA’s annual crop values report, released Feb. 24, 2016.

Sales volume was down, but lower raw milk prices continued to boost Dean Foods’ income, according to the company’s quarterly investor call held this week.

Mornings at my house are crazy busy! My farmer hubby milks his fresh cows and sick cows first thing in the morning, so he’s out the door super early.

Have you ever had to deal with conflict on your farm? Do you have a preparedness plan in place the next time a crisis hits? Or do you just feel like going somewhere that doesn’t have snow in the middle of January?

“Think global, act local.” This advice has again become popular in the dairy industry as exports have grown in importance to the U.S. market. The goal of this article is to provide actionable and usable takeaways to help you think about growing your business in an increasingly global environment.

The quality of colostrum – the nutrient-rich milk newborn dairy calves first drink from their mothers – can be predicted by the mother’s previous lactation performance and weather, according to new research from the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire (UNH).

Editor’s note: The following article is the final article in a series from the author after a recent trip to observe China’s dairy industry. China was a significant importer of milk powder, accounting for 20 percent of the total global trading volume in 2013, importing more than 850,000 metric tonnes.