Dairy farmers have become increasingly frustrated with highly visible ads for products that clearly contain no dairy ingredients, and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) shares that frustration. Alan Bjerga, senior vice president of communications for NMPF, said the organization filed a ci...

The past year has been excessively wet in many parts of the country. Planting as well as harvesting hay at optimal times wasn’t an easy task, and the overall quality of that hay has been reduced. When faced with low-quality forages, farmers need to determine how to feed it, and to find other options...

Many farmers and ranchers are so busy trying to get their operations producing and profitable that they give little thought to physical health; however, mental health also deserves attention. Michigan State University recently offered a webinar on the topic, presented by Andrea Bjornestad, assistant...

Months aren’t necessarily the way farmers and growers measure their years. They tend to focus more on seasons – specifically, planting season and harvest season. These are two times of the year that extra hands may be needed at many agricultural operations, and so seasonal workers are sought out and...

Over the years Maryland has been the home of several different equine-oriented organizations, all sterling organizations of their kinds and all of which do excellent work. Most of those were more for professional horse and pony breeders, although the non-professional was welcomed as well. But now th...

ABINGDON, VA – Kevin Campbell is not a man afraid of big challenges. Consider what he likes to do for fun: hunt elk with bow and arrow in the wilds of northwestern Montana. For Campbell, that’s relaxation, compared to the challenges of managing 30-plus weddings and events every year on his cattle fa...

On March 6, approximately 175 people attended the all-day 2019 NOFA-NY Dairy and Field Crops Conference. This Conference, held at the Holiday Inn of Syracuse/Liverpool, also served as the annual membership meeting of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY). In addition to att...

Dr. Billy Smith of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine tells dairy farmers what they already know – colostrum is important. Well-managed dairy farms ensure newborns receive a gallon (or four liters) of colostrum shortly after birth. “We know that if calves don’t receive colo...

The recent Cornell Pro-Dairy and Northeast Dairy Producers Association Operations Managers Conference featured a full agenda, with a focus on developing the dairy farm workplace culture on three levels: people, crops and cows. Workshop topics included reproductive management, targeted mastitis treat...