Winter work days are much better for dairyman Cameron Turner this year. This is the second winter he and his family’s dairy will be milking cows with robots in an enclosed barn. Their new dairy was finished in the fall of 2023.

Steam-flaked corn and barley, and custom pelletized calf feeds, are three new options available to Idaho beef and dairy producers through Scoular’s latest expansion in Jerome.

Today, Bruce is more than just another steer. He has millions of followers on social media. People around the world follow this Idaho steer on Herrera’s social media channels to see what human foods he will try next and what house pet-like activities Bruce will do with the family. Herrera says Bruce’s fame was truly accidental.

Dairyman Jesus Hurtado’s fate was intertwined with the late John Reitsma and his dairies for nearly three decades. Now Hurtado and John’s son Dirk Reitsma and their dairy futures are connected again through co-investment in a new milk plant in Burley, Idaho.

Five companies recently showcased the latest and most innovative advancements available in 2024 for dairy farmers.

A cutting-edge new feed additive from Quality Technology International is the only feed additive currently patented for inhibition of salmonella colonization in livestock and poultry.

A new computer vision skill from developer Ever.Ag aims to give more dairy producers a way to get their feet wet with computer vision technology. The company’s new product, Maternity Warden, watches cows in the maternity pen for signs of calving and sends alerts when it detects them so employees can move the cow to a calving pen for just-in-time calving.

A new seed treatment for use when planting corn for silage promises to increase total silage tonnage, with more of it being digestible, and decrease enteric methane emissions when the silage is fed.