by Nate Donnay The author is director of dairy services at Informa Economics, Eagan, Minn. U.S. milk prices are headed lower. At 11:59 p.m. on New Year's Eve, you can say with some certainty that the big...

Any way you slice it, Americans enjoy the safest and most abundant food supply in the world. The cherry on top of the ice cream sundae is that American farmers produce that food for our fellow countrymen...

The dairyman's judge Steve White ranks third all-time, officiating 11 shows at World Dairy Expo. That's the most of any dairy breeder and sits just behind Iowa State's Fred Foreman and Wisconsin's late...

Ariel view of the farm today . . . The magazine's founder, W.D. Hoard, acquired the Hoard's Dairyman Farm in 1899. He purchased the farm to experiment with new ideas such as growing alfalfa and to try...

Names Dr. Robert C. Post, former advisor to First Lady Michelle Obama and former leader of USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, as Senior Director for Nutrition and Regulatory Affairs Chobani,...

Enrollment for New Dairy Farm Risk Management Program to Begin Sept. 2 USDA Launches New Web Tool to Help Producers Manage Unforeseen Economic Challenges Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced...

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Are you headed to Albuquerque to tour the film site of Breaking Bad, earn a few CE credits, and see the stretches of Albuquerque from a hot air balloon? Why not throw winning an ultrasound system and some...

A better return - Stocks and bonds or dairy cows? by Gary Sipiorski The author is the dairy development manager for Vita Plus of Madison, Wis. He is a member of the board of directors with Citizens State...

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Paris, a 16-year-old Brown Swiss, has set a new record for lifetime pounds of protein and fat produced by a cow in the United States. by Maggie Seiler The author is the 2014 Hoard's Dairyman Editorial...

Author and sought-after expert in climate issues, energy and scenario modeling, Professor Jorgen Randers will set the tone for discussions on the planet's sustain:ability and what this means for the future...

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Beef prices remain at record highs, in part, because the U.S. has the smallest combined beef and dairy herd since 1951. While it's true there were only 87.7 million head of cattle on inventory this past...

Multiple component pricing has the potential to raise the value of producer milk in the pool. The magnitude of the increase will depend on the solids-nonfat and utilization of milk in manufacturing classes....

The top 25 counties are now home to one-third of the nation's entire dairy herd. That compares to one-fifth of the cows just 20 years ago. by Hoard's Dairyman staff With 489,436 cows in the most recent...

by Maggie Seiler The author is the 2014 Hoard's Dairyman Editorial Intern and a senior at Kansas State University. it may not be the leading cause of improved milk production, but behavioral research in...

The Class III futures market expects $18 prices in early 2015. by Hoard's Dairyman Staff May's Class III price announcement of $22.67 per hundredweight was just the start of what is likely to be more cuts....

We recently heard a presentation from a nutritionist in one of America's largest school districts who was struggling to comply with USDA's school cafeteria requirements. After listening to her discuss...

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