Abby Bauer

Bad things happen to good people. Likewise, bad things can happen to good farms.

We start the second half of 2024 in a different place than we were earlier this year. Milk prices are heading up instead of down, and that alone brings some optimism.

On Monday, July 15, USDA published its recommended amendments for pricing formulas in the federal milk marketing orders (FMMOs) on the Federal Register.

Cows on many of today’s dairy farms are housed indoors. These controlled climates have many benefits, but one downside is that cows are often walking on concrete day in and day out.

The state with the most cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dairy cattle is taking another step to slow the spread.

Seventy percent of all milk sold in the United States in 2023 was marketed through Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs). Total receipts of milk

In the most recent USDA Milk Production report, U.S. milk output was down 1% for the month of June compared to the year before. The Upper Midwest was the only region that experienced growth.

small but growing number of dairies are using rotary milking parlors to enhance milking speed and efficiency. In this set-up, cows ride on a rotating platform while being milked.

A mixed bag of weather conditions this planting and growing season will likely translate into corn silage of varying quality.

Transition cows go through many physical changes in the three weeks before calving and the three weeks after.