Below are the featured articles from recent issues of Hoard's Dairyman.


June 9 2014
CRI Announces Winners of Founders' Scholarship Cooperative Resources International (CRI) has awarded five high school seniors with $750 college scholarships. The scholarship recipients include Taylor Behnke...
June 6 2014
by Scott Brown The author is a research assistant professor in the department of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Missouri. In determining how to employ margin insurance, understanding...
June 6 2014
Will today's record milk prices lead to new price lows? by Chris Atten The author is with Atten Babler Commodities, Galena, Ill. The billion dollar question every dairyman would love to know: how long...
June 6 2014
Despite our growing ability to find a needle in the "foodborne illness" haystack, as a whole, food safety continues to show steady improvement. Foodborne illnesses reported to the Centers for Disease Control...
May 15 2014
Requests for awards to help offset tuition costs are due by June 15 Together, Zoetis and the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) will once again award scholarships to bovine veterinary...
May 15 2014
by John Kappelman The author is a trader with Cereal Byproducts Company, Port Washington, Wis. While dairymen do not like rising feed and protein prices, it must be recognized that many of the same world...
May 15 2014
by Chad Dechow The author is an associate professor of dairy cattle genetics at Penn State University. Genomics was a large focus at the Advancing Dairy Cattle Genetics workshop this past February in Phoenix,...
May 15 2014
Climate prediction models can help farmers plan ahead and work to reduce the potential impacts a changing environment will have on the dairy industry. by Tamilee Nennich, Guillaume Mauger, Yoram Bauman...
May 13 2014
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May 1 2014
Rising retail prices for meat, milk and other staples have become routine leads in many media reports in recent months. While it's true that food costs have gone up slightly, lost in every story we've...
May 1 2014
Heat stress during the dry period lingers long into lactation. by Geoffrey E. Dahl The author is in the department of animal sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville. Heat abatement is not just for...
May 1 2014
by Ev Thomas and Bill Mahanna Thomas is retired from the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute and president of Oak Point Agronomics Ltd.; Mahanna is with DuPont Pioneer and an adjunct professor...
April 28 2014
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April 23 2014
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April 23 2014
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April 17 2014
Even though the body of scientific evidence backing GMOs is overwhelming, humans more easily relate to emotions, not facts. With the name "genetically modified organism" identifying the GMO moniker, all...
April 17 2014
Facing mounting resource pressure, can California dairymen rise to the challenge, or will they continue to disappear? by John Hibma The author is a dairy nutrition consultant for Central Connecticut Cooperative...
April 17 2014
by Lucas Sjostrom The author is a University of Minnesota graduate research assistant and partner in his family's farmstead cheese business, Redhead Creamery, Brooten, Minn. He is also a former associate...
April 10 2014
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April 9 2014
Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc.'s Headquarters and Innovation Center Awarded Prestigious LEED® Green Building Platinum Certification In a dedication ceremony today, Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. announced...