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Are high-oleic soybeans (HOSB) finally ready for liftoff? The buzz has been building as researchers, suppliers, and farmers continue to see production impacts and the potential for lowered feed costs,...

Sperm survivability is a hot topic — sometimes literally. In a recent Miner Institute Farm Report, director of research Katie Ballard mused on the impacts that summer heat might have on reproduction...

The cost of producing milk fell in 2025, but not across the board. Operating costs lowered while overhead rose, which tends to disadvantage smaller farms. Managing overhead may be the best strategy, on...

Some of the nation’s high-profile organic dairy stakeholders have banded together in a lawsuit against the federal government. At issue is USDA’s Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO); the Coalition...

Connecticut’s dairy industry is set to receive a $22.5 million state relief package aimed at helping farms weather continued financial pressure from low milk prices and high input costs, according...

We live in a world of labels. I do not claim to understand the psychology of how humans view information, but there are many areas of our lives where assigning labels seems to help us sort information...

After decades of research on which calf starter meets the ideal, experts still don’t have a definitive answer

Beef-on-dairy economics, genetic acceleration, and shifting component values are driving what CoBank’s Corey Geiger described as a profound shift on U.S. dairy farms at the recent American Dairy...

Citing the need to “address a critical lack of regional processing and distribution infrastructure,” a Pennsylvania organization, Food21, has floated a multi-faceted project proposal that’s...

Every decision on your farm carries risk. Whether it’s changing a ration, investing in new technology, or adjusting manure management, you’re making the best call you can with the information...

Raising replacement heifers requires a large investment in the future of a dairy herd. The cost of raising a replacement heifer on average is $2,500, with feed accounting for approximately 50% of the total...

While Mexico grapples with the continued presence and spread of New World screwworm (NWS), officials and producers on the other side of the border are taking precautionary steps and putting measures into...

Consumer perception is as important as reality — maybe more so, as people continue to turn to social media for information and trends around nutrition, food, and the ever-growing options in grocery...

At the American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI) annual conference in Chicago, Mark Russo of Everstream Analytics focused on how weather volatility is already shaping real-world risk for dairy and ag supply...

Butterfat has long been the driver of the U.S. dairy industry. The processing sector balanced for the milk component meaning we kept nearly all our butterfat for the domestic market and exported skims...