Just like the waterfalls for which Burket Falls Farm is named, David C. Burket Sr. was gentle, full of life and always moving in the same direction. That’s how his son John Burket remembered his ...

The law of supply and demand has shown for centuries that when the amount of a good in high demand dwindles, prices change relative to the availability. When it comes to the U.S. food supply chain, ...

Fustead Emory Blitz-ET, Excellent 94, born in 1996, is the top-selling Select Sires bull, with more than 1.6 million units of ...

Beef-on-dairy crossbreeding is the latest step in the evolution of dairy genetics and is now a key driver of the U.S. supply of both beef and dairy cattle. Some 72% of dairy farms are now ...

Bob and Josh Hiemstra of Brandon, Wis., milk 120 Holstein cows and raise 135 beef-on-dairy cattle on their diversified farm in western Fond du Lac County. The 69-year-old father and 49-year-old son ...

Dairy cows line up to eat in the barn. (USDA photo) Revenue from breeding beef calves softened the blow of drop in milk prices during 2025. By hanging on to cows for breeding, farms may have fed an ...

Environmental advocates have raised concerns about the dairy operations' proximity to waterfowl, wildlife, and watersheds.

A 27-year-old dairy farmer named B called into The Dave Ramsey Show in March 2026 with a situation that sounds manageable on paper and is genuinely precarious in practice. His family operation ...

Industrial-scale dairy wants you to believe that they can turn cows’ milk green. As US milk consumption continues its decades-long drop, industrial dairy is increasingly desperate to hold on to ...

An avian flu that has killed millions of birds over the past two years was confirmed in a herd of Montcalm County dairy cows. This is the first time the virus has infected Michigan cattle. “It’s been ...