According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune ( nola.com ), “A large Saharan dust plume will soon blanket Gulf Coast.” That was the headline on June 6. The brown haze over the central and western Caribbean is a Saharan dust outbreak that left the African coast on May 21 and was forecast to reach the G...

Dairy industry leaders were offered a deep dive into dairy dynamics, market maneuvers, milk metrics and the intricate interplay of supply and demand at the “Mid-Year Dairy Market Review,” presented by Mike McCully of McCully Consulting during the 2025 International Dairy, Deli & Bakery Association (...

According to Gustavo Schuenemann, the success of a dairy farm’s replacement program comes down to calves’ first 60 days of life. Schuenemann is a dairy cattle Extension specialist and veterinarian at Ohio State. If the quantitative goal is to at least double the calves’ body weight in 60 days, which...

We just hit the two-year anniversary of the runaway Canadian wildfire smoke epidemic, the one engulfing America’s northern states in early June 2023. At that time, ABC Online news headlined “Canadian wildfire smoke live updates: Air quality alerts issued for 13 states.” Canadian officials said firef...