HD Notebook

Helping nations feed themselves promotes internal stability and global security.

Forget oil. For thousands of years, more wars have been fought over food and water than for any other reason. It’s a history that forecasters at the United Nations and other organizations say will likely be repeated in years ahead. Read more

Altered rumen fermentation, a key cause of milkfat depression, could be alleviated with potassium supplementation in the diet.

Milkfat depression (MFD) has a major economic impact in the dairy industry. Read more

Gordie Jones, D.V.M., kept a crowd curious with the ideas he developed over the years, all in the name of improving life for the dairy cow.

Recent studies show drinking milk enhances the cognitive brain activity of dairy consumers.

We’ve heard the time-tested slogan “Milk, it does a body good!” Well, new research from the University of Maine can add “Milk, it does a brain good, too!” Read more

Demand was so strong for the cover crop that seed inventory sold-out last year.

“I conducted my initial research on cover crops and literally had to beg to get on agenda’s at crop meetings,” recalled University of Wisconsin Extension agent Jim Stute, of Rock County, who has conducted cover crop research for 20 years. Read more

Class III average was $18.37 per hundredweight

Hip, hip hooray! Now let’s do it again.

Class III producer milk prices set an all-time record average of $18.37 per hundredweight in 2011. The old record was $18.04, set in 2007. Read more

University of Minnesota researchers presented their alfalfa-grass results at the 2012 Midwest Forage Association meeting in the Wisconsin Dells.

Despite a sputtering economy, dairy should continue to benefit from robust demand.

“Agriculture has been insulated from the forces battering the general economy. Read more

In its 51st year, the National Mastitis Council (NMC) annual meeting continues to look to the future. With the nation’s somatic cell count effectively at 400,000 (at least for those with product that has a chance of exporting to Europe), NMC looks to what problems to solve next.

One hundred twenty-seven years strong and growing

When W.D. Read more