Looking for a reason behind the growing milk production numbers isn’t as simple as more cows equals more milk. Milk cow numbers are high, one of the highest in the last twenty-five years. However, ...

U.S. milk production is setting records, but those volumes are sending increasingly misleading signals about the health of the dairy sector. Milk cow inventories are at their highest level since 1993, ...

On most dairies, the million-dollar question is “How do I put more milk in the tank?” One potential answer lies in improving persistency, or helping cows maintain milk production after they peak.

Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) remains an essential base-layer safety net. The program has delivered more than $2.7 billion in net support since 2019 and exceeded $1 billion in payments in both 2021 and ...

The U.S. dairy industry is in the midst of a record-breaking boom — fueled by premium beef-on-dairy calves, historic investments in processing plants and surging demand for protein both at home and ...

Brandon Smith, a fourth-generation Connecticut dairy farmer, said that he doesn’t want to see the state’s dairy industry disappear, but that without the state’s intervention, the industry is no longer ...