While nonfat dry whey prices continue to drop, several processors are examining why and how soon the markets could pick back up. According to a Jan. 6 blog from the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), total whey exports were just 30,308 tons, marking the lowest export amount since July 2010.

That stupid pony. How dare he buck me off for asking for a flying lead change. Covered in dirt and too mad to notice the searing pain in my left shoulder, I jumped back on that pony, kept jumping and made him do that flying lead change after the jump.

More than 200 farmers, nutritionists and industry professionals huddled together at Lambeau Field recently to discuss the latest strategies for successful dairy farming and how to achieve their goals for “One Team, One Dream” within the industry at Alltech Wisconsin’s Dairy School.

Ask any athlete … what do you do during the off-season? It’s the answer to that question that determines if they are a professional athlete or have a day job.

Editor’s note: The following article is the first in a series of articles from the author after a recent trip to observe China’s dairy industry. Click here to read the second of the two part series Chinese milk quality: A question mark may be appropriate.

A new automated washer for ground-mounted solar panels will be available to California dairymen via service contract soon.

Danny Klinefelter has been leading the Executive Program for Agricultural Producers for the past 25 years and will share his insight on best management practices producers can and should adopt during the 2016 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit, which will be held Feb. 10-11 at the Penn State Conference Center in State College, Pennsylvania.

While the refractometer only started gaining popularity in the dairy industry in recent years, the technology itself dates back to 1869. It has been used since in chemistry and food sciences to analyze solutions and purity of substances. On today’s dairies, we use refractometers in three main ways:

How much progress have we really made? One of the more anticipated pieces of forthcoming data in the USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System’s 2014 dairy survey is information on the current use of analgesics and anesthetics at dehorning.

In 2008, the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) validated a simple non-invasive technique to sample calves and cows for bovine respiratory disease (BRD).