Over his lifetime of farming the fertile soils of southeastern Wisconsin, Mike Walter has noticed a trend: wetter weather. However, he’s found a way to outsmart Mother Nature.

At the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar, held March 5-8 in Red Deer, Alberta, three dairymen joined together for a panel to share their insights on how each defines efficiency.

“If you’ve ever used the word ‘teat’ in a serious conversation, you are not the average Canadian,” Crystal MacKay told a packed room of dairy farmers and industry colleagues during the 2019 Western Canadian Dairy Seminar in Red Deer, Alberta.

Move over, artificial insemination. There’s a new moniker for the letters “AI” in the dairy industry. These days, “artificial intelligence” is all the buzz. 

Words. When spoken, they have power but, when written down, they can change the trajectory of one’s future. During a recent farm visit, a dairyman told me about the words he wrote down 20 years ago and how they guided the vision for where he is today.

Hoof trimmers from across the country and around the world took a break from their chutes in order to enrich their minds and hone their skills at the 2019 Hoof Health Conference, held Feb. 21-23 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In the sandy soils of Wisconsin’s Northwoods sits the old sawmill city of Antigo.

A contagious disease once seen as a “California problem” has now crept into every major dairy-producing state in the U.S., and it’s wreaking havoc on infected young calves and adult cows.

Canadian breed associations recently recognized some of Canada’s top herds with the prestigious Master Breeder award.