Longtime World Dairy Expo exhibitor Gil Teixeira has experienced the highs and lows of dairy farming over the past 56 years, but he looks forward to the next generation carrying on the dairying tradition.

1. Develop a plan Develop a plan for using homegrown forages and determine whether you need to purchase other forages.

What are you going to do with that BMR you planted this spring? The seed is already in the ground. You put it on your best ground to make sure it would grow. There is no turning back now. The stuff grew; you even sprung for the fungicide.

Two U.S. lawmakers representing major U.S. dairy states, U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), have called on Obama Administration leaders to review new Canadian trade policies they say will hurt the U.S. dairy industry.

The U.S. average all-milk price rose $1.30 per hundredweight (cwt) in July, equalling the 2016 high set in January, according to the USDA NASS Ag Prices report, released Aug. 31.

Dairy producers enrolled in the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) will have to wait another month to get the second half of the July-August pay period calculations. However, the July milk-income-over-feed-cost margin jumped more than $1.80 per hundredweight (cwt) from the May-June average, all but assuring any indemnity payment will be minimal, at best.

I have a love-hate relationship with autumn. I love the beautiful fall colors, the cooler nights, the warm days, football and the anticipation of farm life slowing down just a little bit.

Despite current futures prices pointing to improved dairy producer income margins, it’s advisable to build a price floor using available risk management tools, according to Alan Zepp, risk management program manager at Pennsylvania's Center for Dairy Excellence (CDE).

The above-average air temperatures have been causing many of us discomfort this summer, but by taking time to perform a few simple steps, we can keep our machinery running cool.

USDA announcing it would purchase about 11 million pounds of cheese hasn’t had a positive psychological impact on prices.