The operation has grown to 400 Holstein cows milked with six robotic milking systems, as well as a new retail store where they also sell local products from their community. The farm has a beef community-supported agriculture (CSA) program and also provides hay wagon tours and farm tours throughout the spring and summer and four weeks of Kids Farm Camp.

On Dec. 27, 1974, humanity suffered a loss, although most people outside of a certain small island wouldn’t have noticed. On that day, Ned Maddell, the last native speaker of Manx, passed away.

A Wisconsin-based company aims to help dairies improve herd health and milk production with a new technology that levels up the usefulness of on-farm water troughs. The company’s new trough design eliminates organic materials with minimal water usage before they inhibit cleanliness.

Bedding type is a crucial component of cow comfort. Encouraging cows to spend more time lying and chewing their cud is the ultimate goal, but accomplishing that end has a plethora of considerations.

Long-day lighting for heifers follows the same recommendations as lactating cows. The goal is to provide constant and evenly distributed light levels for a period of 16 to 18 hours of light and six to eight hours of darkness in the barn.

“Your Farm – Your Footprint” is a new initiative led by dairy farmers through Professional Dairy Producers (PDP) that empowers dairy producers to know and easily understand the environmental footprint of their farms.