Stress can be tackled in a few ways: preventing it, building resilience to it, and trying to mitigate its effects once it takes hold. Dairy researchers tend to focus on all of the above as stress has ...

Statewide events will showcase MSU research and connect producers, landowners and industry professionals throughout the year. Michigan State University (MSU) AgBioResearch and MSU Extension are ...

This year has seen great wins for 2% and whole milk — the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which allows schools to offer milk of any fat level for student meals, was signed into law Jan. 14, and USDA ...

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 ...

Liquid nitrogen is a necessary part of the cold chain logistics that have allowed for tremendous genetic advancements in the dairy industry. Despite safety risks, evaporation, and the resulting need ...

As warmer temperatures set in, dairy producers are increasingly challenged to protect herd health and maintain performance during periods of heat stress. “Heat stress is a persistent issue affecting ...

May 20, 2026 — The June 2026 Base Class I Price (fluid milk) was $22.18 which increased $2.03 from last month. That price is up $4.92 from a year ago. The next update is June 2026. The Class I mover ...

Beef-on-dairy economics, genetic acceleration, and shifting component values are driving what CoBank’s Corey Geiger described ...

Citing the need to “address a critical lack of regional processing and distribution infrastructure,” a Pennsylvania ...

The expanding herd seems to be driven by two factors. First, new processing capacity has driven a wave of farm-level ...

The 24/7 nature of dairy farming means all systems need to be on, all the time, so farms with the highest level of dependency ...

There are extensive writing and research surrounding the transition period. Often, it’s defined as the three weeks before and following a cow’s calving. This is the most stressful documented portion ...