Before you ever start a tractor or piece of equipment you need to do a visual. Walk around and look at the machinery and try to recognize potential problems before they become major problems. A lot of people don’t know what to look for, so I am going to point out a few things that might be overlooked.

What are your CIP goals? Better and faster cleaning. Less system damage. More efficiency. Environmental stewardship.

Night light isn't just for your kid's bedroom. Dim light in your dairy barn may benefit your cows and improve your bottom line. It offers a solution to the dilemma for farmers milking 3X and wanting to use long day lighting, i.e. providing darkness for cows or light for workers during the night.

Two years ago, Brent and Travis Tollerud of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, bought an existing dairy facility to replace the older facility their father had used.

The addition of a manure digester at Crave Brothers Farm made the dairy a little greener in more ways than one.

In New York’s Finger Lakes Region, between Rochester and Syracuse, Hemdale Farms is proving that what has been commonly seen as “little-farm technology” or “space-age stuff” is practical for a larger dairy.

The Faria Dairy located in the Texas Panhandle started this year milking its 7,100 cows with the largest rotary in North America.

What happens when you combine a perishable food with the potential proliferation of harmful microorganisms?

Is your cow cooling system up to the task of keeping your cows cool?

Getting more mileage out of every investment is a common mindset during tough times.