Many’s the time I’ve come home with yellow paint on my coveralls. Caterpillar yellow – spot it a mile away. We used it to mark our cull cows. Two paint brands we’d borrowed from the sheepherders were dipped in the paint can and daubed on the cow’s rump according to their condition.

Global milk demand is expected to grow 25 percent in next decade. Summer dairy income margins were mixed. Cold storage inventories saw a slight drawdown.

More than 52,000 dairy farmers from 27 European Union (EU) member states have enrolled in a program to reduce milk production during the final quarter of 2016.

Two Wisconsin farm families are grieving the loss of two young men, one a 29-year-old farmer from Amherst, the other a 16-year-old boy from Owen. 

When Brian and Bill Rowell built Green Mountain Dairy in 1999, they focused on cow comfort and efficiency. Since then, these brothers have won numerous awards for milk quality and reproduction, as well as Vermont Dairy of the Year in 2008.

When Brian and Bill Rowell built Green Mountain Dairy in 1999, they focused on cow comfort and efficiency. Since then, these brothers have won numerous awards for milk quality and reproduction, as well as Vermont Dairy of the Year in 2008.

Two years ago, after considering ways to protect their dairy against price loss, Jon and Julie Patterson decided to try the USDA’s Livestock Gross Margin Insurance program for dairy (LGM-Dairy). 

Since the cows first arrived in the 1940s, our farm had exclusively milked Holsteins. For most of the farm’s history, the cows were not registered and mostly herd-bull sired, but they were always black and white.

Global milk production slowdowns have helped provide some price recovery. However, the USDA’s latest milk production report indicates a large jump in U.S. cow numbers. This, combined with large cheese and butter inventories, has heightened the degree of price risk faced by dairy producers, according to Alan Zepp, risk management program manager at Pennsylvania's Center for Dairy Excellence (CDE).

Not wanting to depend on others to help dispose of the farm’s manure, the Ohio Heifer Center in South Charleston, Ohio, decided to set up a facility to recycle the manure for use directly on-farm. In doing so, it has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in bedding and is working to market a novel byproduct.