Establishing a “culture of integrity and honesty” might be something you hear in a human resource meeting, not a parlor. But for Eagle Ridge Dairy, it’s a core concept in the barn and key to maintaining a somatic cell count of 80,000.

It’s not often you see a family-owned farm passed down through several generations. It’s less likely that it’s been in the same family for almost 200 years. It’s extremely rare to have the same genetics in that herd that existed 100 years ago. 

“[Switching from a traditional parlor to an automated milking system] primarily came down to the time savings,” Mallonee says.

"Breeding cows is a long game," says Mitch Kappelman of Meadow Brook Farms. This young Wisconsin breeder has established a name for himself as a successful young breeder; learn more about his strategies in our latest article.

Doug Simon describes his process to creating a small-scale robotic dairy farm display to win the 45th annual National Farm Toy Show.

Akaushi cattle.
A head-scratcher, isn’t it? Pronounced A-KOO-SHI, these red-hided Japanese cattle – nicknamed the “Emperor’s Breed” – were introduced to the U.S. beef industry in the early 1990s and have started inching their way into the dairy scene, starting with MoDak Dairy in Goodwin, South Dakota.

In this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast, host Jenn Coyne visits with Evan Barton of South Fork Dairy Farm in Newark, Ohio. Barton is a first-generation dairy farmer who signed a deal with Clean Energy Fuel to use the manure that his cows produce to create renewable natural gas