After corn silage comes off, dairy farmers will often consider seeding fields to winter rye as a cover crop. It’s an easy, familiar option that establishes reliably in the fall and helps take up ...

Record‑high beef‑on‑dairy calf prices are reshaping dairy producers' bottom lines. But experts warn without a deliberate risk ...

A powerful March storm buried parts of Wisconsin, leaving roads impassable and cutting off access to the Henschel dairy operation, but the story takes a heartwarming turn as their young boys stepped ...

From a violent collision to a forced recovery during a blizzard, one farm woman learns trading productivity for rest isn't a weakness, but a necessary act of grace and healing.

Known as the “butter run” or “churning and burning,” runners are making fresh butter while jogging. The trend began when two Oregon runners, Libby Cope and Jacob Arnold, wondered if the motion of ...

With BMR corn becoming less available, short-stature corn is emerging as a silage option that can still improve fiber ...

Even with a major export market disappearing early in the year, the U.S. bovine genetics industry proved its resilience in ...

When tracked across calves and over time, serum total protein can provide insights into calf health, management consistency ...

Looking for a reason behind the growing milk production numbers isn’t as simple as more cows equals more milk. Milk cow numbers are high, one of the highest in the last twenty-five years. However, ...

The adoption of individual-cow monitoring technology has created the ability to customize reproductive decisions based on the potential of each cow to respond to a specific breeding strategy.

Brian Bledsoe of Brian Bledsoe Weather explains what’s driving the record heat, how long it may last and why it’s not a repeat of 2012.