In recent years, dairy producers and industry experts have put more emphasis on providing dairy calves with high-quality, timely colostrum to maximize passive transfer of immunity.

Dairy cows are vulnerable to heat stress. As temperatures rise, so does a cow’s body temperature and respiratory rate as she pants to cool down. 

Imagine being at the helm of a bustling airport, managing the incessant comings and goings of countless flights each day. 

The push for environmentally sustainable agriculture has sparked a lot of interest in anaerobic digesters that can convert manure into biofuel.

A project recently funded by the University of Wisconsin’s Dairy Innovation Hub set out to explore patterns of costs of production per hundredweight among Wisconsin dairies, and in particular to explore how well the farms do at managing the costs of production over time given the never-ending challenges.  

Salmonella is a highly infectious and contagious, gram-negative bacterium that can hide from a cow’s immune system by living inside other cells.