Calving is complete and calves are back at market, so all is going well. With calving finished, it’s now a good time to ...

Stability remains strong at the top of the Holstein young sire rankings with the same four bulls that led the way in December holding their rankings.

At their current pace, California dairy farmers are expected to meet the state’s goal for reducing methane emissions from their farms ahead of schedule. Though methane digesters are often credited for ...

Nondairy milks — fortified drinks like soy, almond, oat, and rice milk — have varying impacts on the environment and climate, but all of these plant-based alternatives use less land and water than cow ...

California had four of the top five counties for dairy cow numbers in 2012, according to the 2012 Census of Agriculture. Tulare County had the top milk cow inventory in the nation in 2012 with 489,436 ...

Big cows need big beds. It’s really as simple as that, says Zen Miller, a University of Wisconsin dairy Extension educator based in Appleton. “We used to build freestall barns based on the number of ...

Attention to these areas is warranted as is critical to both performance of cows and health of newborn calves. Calves are born without the protective immunity of antibodies to common environmental ...