My mom laughed at me on my way out the door this morning. I was late for work. I had on my boots, arms loaded down with the usual cup of coffee, keys, hat, sunglasses and purse on my shoulder. “You don’t have enough clothes on!” she yelled as I flew out the door. “I’ll be fine!” I snapped back at her. Turns out she was right; I dashed back into the house and grabbed an extra jacket.

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking public comments regarding both the proposed California Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO), and procedures to be used if the proposal goes to a producer referendum.

With lower milk prices and tightening income margins, early spring provided more clouds than sunshine in the 2017 dairy picture.

The decision to return to the family farm is one of the most thought out and deliberate choices a person can make. Navigating through the logistics, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately deciding the course for your life is a big undertaking. However, the future holds a few more obstacles to overcome being the new, young face joining a farm.

Water quality can affect land and cattle productivity. Let’s face it, cattle are naturals at drinking as long as there is a water source and access. What else is there to think about? The importance of water deserves the time and attention of cattle producers. Cattle simply cannot be healthy and gain well without good quality water. What’s more, ensuring pastures have a high-quality, sustainable and uncontaminated water source is a key component to environmental stewardship.

Video game company Nintendo released the new game 1-2-Switch in March. In the game, players play one-on-one in several contests including Wild West duels, dance offs and a cow-milking competition.

The University of Kentucky team of graduate students is currently looking for herds willing to participate in a research study looking at eating time, rumination, activity and lying time in the prefresh and postfresh period.

The 36th National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) is scheduled for May 12-17, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. At least one proposal calls for lowering the maximum allowable somatic cell count (SCC) in milk to 400,000 cells per milliliter (cells/mL).

With his confirmation coming more than three months after President Donald Trump was inaugurated, Sonny Perdue has a lot of catching up to do.

Reproductive performance on dairies is one of many key areas that can have a huge impact on profitability. It is no surprise dairy farmers continue to look for ways to improve reproduction programs.