The start of February means that we are slowly but surely getting through the coldest time of the year. Winter’s harsh conditions mean...

In the past couple of weeks (depending on when you are reading this) there have been several headlines and articles about agricultural...

If you tuned into President Donald Trump’s Inauguration or kept up with any news surrounding the inauguration, you may have noticed that...

The Advanced Dairy Management program is underway! The students are taking courses and soon they’ll join us in the barn to get some hands-on

Raising healthy calves is the foundation of any successful dairy operation, and decisions during the pre-weaning phase can significantly inf

Onboarding a new employee is an important task for our dairy farms as it improves employee performance and retention. Employee turnover...

As winter settles in, farmers face significant challenges in maintaining the health and growth of their young stock. The plummeting...

In mid-October I attended the 86th Cornell Nutrition Conference in East Syracuse, NY, an event renowned for its wealth of information and...

The first few weeks into the New Year have been feeling more like winter with snow and temperatures in the single digits. The cows are...

In last month’s issue I introduced the concept of the whole-farm nutrient mass balance (NMB) for dairy farms as a nutrient management tool

Mastitis is one of the most prevalent and costly challenges in dairy farming, directly affecting milk production and herd health. This...

When I engage in conversations about the sustainability of the dairy industry with people at the community arts studio I frequent, I walk a

Happy new year! The new year is usually replete with an aspiration for a new beginning, and a renewed hope to continue life’s journey. A...

During the early 1920s William Miner envisioned that his Heart’s Delight Farm would “become an agricultural and research college focused...

Ever since man started breeding different varieties of crops and comparing them there’s been an effort to describe the differences...

I was talking to a dairy farmer who had recently purchased boluses he was planning to use for aiding dry off. He asked me if I had any exper

Many of our current strategies for nutrient management on farms focus on how to manage nutrients only once they are a part of the farm.

There are four rations on a typical dairy farm: the ration formulated on paper, the ration mixed and fed by the feeders, the ration the cows

Winter is approaching, bringing with it colder temperatures and seasonal challenges that we face on our farm.

Milk is the core of dairy farms. It is the primary product, and the reason why dairy farms exist. The harvesting of milk is one of the...