The first edition of the International Silage Conference (ISC) in 1972 – called “Silage Seminar” – was held in Edinburgh and was open exclusively to British researchers. The conference has since evolved and is now held every three years and hosted by various countries throughout the world.

I was called “Martha” once back in my college days when I shared an apartment with four other girls. I was scorched at having to pick up after everyone and wash up the dishes that were left on the counter and in the sink.

Seems like there is always a project or 12 around the farm that requires removal of soil a round, pointed shovel just isn’t up to – or (maybe more accurately) your back isn’t up to. What’s more, these tasks usually call for a piece of machinery the average farm operator neither possesses nor has the expertise to operate.

I stood in the bright August sunshine, looking into a pole barn filled with crop farmers as they listened to a no-till guru tout the benefits of cover crops and soil health.

Recently, I went back to Berlin to visit an old friend. The German capital is a vibrant, international city known for its eclectic clubs and a willingness to accommodate all types of eccentricities and counterculture.

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”—Socrates Confucius was a Chinese teacher and philosopher. One of his famous quotes says, “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”

Gaining an edge in a competitive marketplace requires keeping a keen eye on cost of production and looking for ways to control those factors.

World Dairy Expo is pleased to welcome Becky Bachman to the staff as trade show coordinator.

On hot days, the cows at Rosy-Lane Holsteins are given cool showers while they’re being milked. And the farm’s newborn calves are housed in pairs to enhance their social and cognitive development. Jennifer Van Os wants to know how those ideas are working out – for the cows and the farm.

The 20 largest global dairy companies processed about 25.4 percent of the world’s 2017 milk production, according to a biennial report from IFCN, an international dairy research network. The companies processed about 211 million metric tons (MMT) of milk in 2017, up from 200 MMT in 2015.