Trace minerals continue to be studied and explored in dairy cattle nutrition. Trace minerals do not immediately impact milk yield such as increasing amino acids, added fats and oils, or improved fiber digestibility.

I wonder if I will see in my lifetime the end of “designated Americans”? I was filling out a form and was asked to check if I was African American, Hawaiian American, Latin American, Native American, Asian American, Anglo American or Other American.

Tears were shed as Joan Wortman watched each one of her Milking Shorthorn cows sell from Green Acres Farm in South Randolf, Vermont. Every single cow was born on the farm and was part of her close-knit family.

Our Sept. 12 issue featured Leen Leenaerts and Jake Coy, two international participants of this year's U.S. Dairy Education and Training Consortium. Below, check out images from Leenaerts’ home farm in Belgium. Photos provided by Leen Leenaerts.

While Erika Nagorske was working through vet school at the University of Minnesota, she noticed a significant pattern of disinterest in calf health among dairy producers and veterinarians.

From food to culture to the New Mexico heat and the sheer magnitude of the U.S. dairy industry, nothing could really prepare the international students who attended the U.S. Dairy Education Training Consortium (USDETC) in Clovis, New Mexico, for the experience they were about to embark upon this past spring.

Throughout my college career, a few questions always lingered in my mind. What did I want to do after graduation? Would I find a job that would make me happy? And would I be any good at it? It’s overwhelming.

Overall U.S. dairy product export performance in July was in line with recent months, according to Alan Levitt, with the U.S. Dairy Export Council.

Like many other dairy producers, Dave and Stacy Jauquet and their family don’t shy away from educating the public. They’ve hosted their county’s annual breakfast on the farm, and hundreds of school children have touched a cow for the very first time while touring their 600-cow dairy.

Congress has returned to Washington from its summer recess for a brief period to work on the federal budget, before leaving Capitol Hill by the end of the month to campaign for the November elections.