The U.S. Department of Justice published an interim final rule significantly increasing fines for Form I-9 violations. Members of Congress signed a letter seeking USDA assistance for dairy producers struggling with declining milk prices. Like its Republican counterpart, the Democratic’s platform was light on specifics for agriculture. This and other U.S. dairy policy news can be found here.

Research presented at the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) 2016 annual meeting reconfirms that supporting a dairy cow’s immune system through nutritional supplementation can help significantly improve health, production and milk quality.

If you give a kid a halter, he’ll ask for a calf. Because who wants to jump rope with a halter? It’s best used to walk a calf around. If you give a kid a calf, he’ll ask for some feed. After all, calves are like you and me. They need plenty of food and water to grow big and beautiful.

Dairy farmer Phil Stevens, along with his wife, Erin, and son and daughter, Will and Molly, recently competed in the NBC Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge show, coming in second in the first round and third in the second round. The family team started out as the underdogs in both races.

When planning facilities for calves and heifers, dairy producers must piece together their management style with production goals, such as expanding versus maintaining herd size, or using automated versus manual labor.

Over the past few decades, North Florida Holsteins has figured out how to achieve more than 90 pounds of milk per day in an environment where extreme heat stress is the norm.

Sixty members of Congress signed a letter to USDA secretary Tom Vilsack, seeking assistance for dairy producers struggling with declining milk prices. Specifically, the lawmakers – primarily Democrats, and Republicans representing Northeast U.S. states – asked USDA to use its authority under the Commodity Credit Corporation to expand and maintain U.S. domestic markets.

This month’s VAS DC305 tip is a tool that can help you achieve the ultimate goal on every dairy, to preserve food quality.

One day in late July, our neighbor’s field started on fire. He was baling wheat straw, and it has been an extremely dry year in Michigan. A tiny spark started almost an entire field on fire, and it almost burned down a house and barn next to the field.

Producing the highest quality milk is a top priority for Grand View Dairy, and the numbers prove that to be true.