“Most people think they know what they are good at. They are usually wrong … and yet, a person can perform only from strength.”

More than 250 dairy producers and industry representatives gathered at the University of Florida in Gainesville, on Sept. 18, for the 55th Annual Florida Dairy Production Conference.

Rob Geier and his hoof-trimming team canvas central Alberta with Casper Trimming Ltd., seeking to solve problems, educate clients and decrease the incidence of lameness among more than 100 dairy herds and 26,000 cows.

The benefits of a healthy transition period are more than simply the convenience of not having to deal with cases of ketosis or twisted stomachs.

Robots keep Larry and Jennifer Meyer’s dairy farm running.

For more than three decades, Vic Larson has been traveling the Minnesota countryside, taking care of dairy cows’ hoof-trimming needs.

“People haven’t seen things this bad since 1964.” That is what University of Wisconsin – Madison Extension Crops and Soils Agent Kevin Jarek said, Sept. 25, at the “Meeting Tomorrow’s Feeding Challenges Today” seminar held in Kimberly, Wisconsin.

If you have not heard of K’iche’ (or Quiché), chances are, you will soon. No, it’s not a pastry-crusted egg bake. In fact, it’s not even in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary … yet.

“Veterinarian dies after being trapped in collapsed silage pile.” “18-year-old dies in pack tractor rollover accident in a bunker silo.” “Teenage farm worker dies in silage defacer entanglement.”