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Increasing milk fat production through improved nutrition may boost your milk check, but too many dairies still leave this opportunity on the table.

What this certification tells you about your dairy nutritionist.

Your cows need it. But what type of fat and how much should your herd’s rations include?

Despite heavy spring rains, crop residue will remain in place thanks to the healthy soil structure. However, unhealthy soil will give way to washing and erosion.

Forage testing and inventory control will be critical with this year’s variable forages.

A new book by Michele Payn-Knoper aims to help food producers and consumers build meaningful relationships and to facilitate positive conversations.

Dixon Ridge Farms taps into a process called bio-gasification to create its own on-farm energy.

Robotic feeders work well as long as calves are checked frequently.

Though agriculture has become increasingly volatile during the last decade and risk management has never been more critical to farm and ranch sustainability, farmers are lucky.

Dried distillers’ grains are familiar to livestock producers, who use them as feed. But an Alaska brewer has figured out a way to use them to make more beer.