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Picture a two-lane highway cutting past dairy barns, paper mills, pine woods, and lakes that look like spilled silver in the late sun. That mix of farms, factories, and small towns is the stage where ...
Cows are trundling towards peak milk production, but with unfavourable weather what is milk protein looking like?
Minnesota Milk Producers Association presented its 2025 Producer of the Year award to Dave and Ann Buck of Bucks Unlimited in Goodhue.
Last year, our Jersey cow Pumpkin came up “open,” meaning she didn’t get pregnant after being with the bulls. She’s been a great mom and milk producer for us, so we decided her body needed a year off.
A 27-year-old dairy farmer named B called into The Dave Ramsey Show in March 2026 with a situation that sounds manageable on paper and is genuinely precarious in practice. His family operation ...
The push for raw milk is based on deeply flawed arguments, as public health and food safety experts near-universally agree.
From predicting lameness to estimating milk production months ahead, artificial intelligence is starting to change how dairy farms use their herd data.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for F10 Antiseptic Wound Spray with Insecticide (benzalkonium chloride, polyhexanide, and cypermethrin topical ...
It aims to make it easier for families to purchase the products they choose by 'reversing the criminalization of specific dairy farmers.' ...
Before electricity, Wisconsin farms relied on lanterns and manual labor. Electric companies didn't see a profit in changing that.
Is Irish butter actually better—or just better marketed? Its deep yellow color, ultra-creamy texture, and rich flavor come down to what the cows eat and how the butter is made. Those differences don't ...
Bob and Josh Hiemstra of Brandon, Wis., milk 120 Holstein cows and raise 135 beef-on-dairy cattle on their diversified farm in western Fond du Lac County. The 69-year-old father and 49-year-old son ...