Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers plans to include $80 million for food and agriculture in his state budget. This funding includes more money for the Wisconsin Initiative for Agricultural Exports. The …
“Prepare. The end of the world is coming.” We’ve heard the doomsday news cried out over the centuries. Remember 12/31/1999? Yet, we are still plugging away, and the earth is still …
Some years ago, an email from a 13-year-old dairy farm girl from Central Minnesota landed in my inbox. She said she wanted to be a journalist and was wondering if I could give her some advice. …
With this month’s column, I’m straying from my typical themes of feeding and nutrition to highlight some of the best and brightest students from across the Midwest who represent the …
As a child, my dad would often go for a drive on Sunday afternoons. Sometimes, he’d go alone, but oftentimes, he’d take my mom and sometimes us kids too. Whenever I went with him, my main …
Attention, students: Midwest Dairy is excited to announce scholarship opportunities available for the 2025-2026 academic year. High school seniors, undergraduates and graduate students who reside in …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture again lowered its 2025 milk production forecast from last month in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, citing lower expected cow …
U.S. milk production is slowly recovering, though it remained below a year ago for the second month in a row in December, primarily due to the impact of bird flu in California. The U.S. …
I saw something the other day that made me giggle. “Welcome to adulthood, where you will have to decide every night what to make for supper.” I used to never think twice about what …
When I started my graduate assistant position in the athletic department at Indiana State University in 2014, I brought with me a few years of experience from a Division III school at the University …
From school visits to a trip south of the equator, January was a month full of opportunities and new experiences. As Princess Kay, I was excited to attend the First District Association Winter …
We Americans have been spoiled by technology. Flip a switch and the lights come on; pick up your cell phone and instantly begin to waste time watching funny cat videos. If you want a …
Our practice has been compiling a dairy herd benchmarking spreadsheet every year for nearly 15 years. We use DairyComp 305 data from most of the farms we work with who utilize the program on-farm for …
“Quite the weather we’re having,” is a popular phrase in our family this winter season. Then again, what winter season in the Upper Midwest isn’t it a popular phrase? Some …
One thing that is for certain is that nothing is certain. Robert Kennedy Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again movement are another potential black swan facing our healthcare, our food industry and …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued its final rule on Federal Milk Marketing Orders. Most of the changes take effect June 1. “The final rule, which contains the regulatory language, …
While growing up on a dairy farm, my siblings and I worked hard, but we also played hard. Whether it was winter, spring, summer or fall, we could always be found playing outside. In the winter, …
Class 3 of Midwest Dairy’s Dairy Experience and Agricultural Leadership Program met in Chicago, Illinois, in November 2024 for phase two of the program. The theme for this phase was …
High-quality forages are essential to maximize performance of lactating dairy cows, especially if your goal is to feed high-forage diets. In the 2024 crop harvest year, many farms across the Midwest …
Like age, cold is just a number. It does not matter what the actual temperature is but more of how it feels. Without looking at a thermometer, there are telling signs of just how cold it is outside. …