Editor’s note: This is the third in a series on the 2025 Iowa Women Impacting Agriculture award winners.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Victor E. Cabrera, Gustavo Mazon and Correa Alves for the University of Wisconsin Extension dairy website Nov. 13.
If you would like to shelter income from your crop inventory sales, starting a defined benefit retirement plan offers significant tax deductions that are much higher than SEP/Profit Sharing and 401(k) plans. These higher retirement plan deductions reduce your tax liability without borrowing …
As a responsible property owner, you know your post-frame building is more than just a structure—it’s a critical asset supporting your livelihood. Whether it’s protecting farm equipment, housing livestock, or serving as a dedicated space for your hobbies, its condition impacts your bottom line.
Dairy farmer Ann Deering continues to guide her family’s evolving Distant View Farms in Allamakee County, Iowa.
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
DUMFRIES, SCOTLAND – There was a small hope born earlier this year. A calf called Hilda, born from in vitro fertilization, might reduce methane emissions produced by dairy cows.
- Jamie Henneman
The incidents of using sexed semen to breed dairy cows with beef bulls is continuing to grow, as the value of even a day-old calf is high in the current market.
- LeeAnne Bulman For Agri-View
LA CROSSE, Wis. – The purpose of data is to add another tool for managing a dairy farm. But it’s important that the data is useful, not overwhelming, and is converted into helpful information, said Alex Bach from the University of Lleida in Spain. He presented a workshop on data at the recen…
- Crystal Reed
Summer temperatures impact not only crops but livestock as well.
- Janelle Atyeo
As a dairy nutritionist, Brent Van Middendorp of Cornerstone Ag Management does more than tailor a healthy menu for cows.
- Jeff DeYoung
BRISTOW, Iowa — It took Robert Horst several years before he achieved his dream of a full-time career in the dairy industry.
- Jeff DeYoung
Will Loux says things have been up-and-down in the dairy industry over the last several years. Right now, however, he says the state of the dairy industry looks positive.
- Benjamin Herrold
For Reagan Bluel, Dairy Month in June is an opportunity to celebrate the industry, to share information and to get dairy farmers together.
Integrating Alfalfa: A Smarter Approach to Pest Management and Forage Flexibility
- LeeAnne Bulman For Agri-View
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Adding robots to a dairy setup has many benefits, especially for dairies that are finding it difficult to find and retain employees, according to a recent University of Wisconsin workshop. Benefits and challenges were presented at “Milking Robots, Are They the Future?”
URBANA, Ill. — Livestock agriculture is bearing the cost of extreme weather.
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Milking time on a dairy farm is a balancing act between maintaining cleanliness and calmness while moving quickly enough to finish on time and get the cows back to their pens where they can eat, drink, rest and produce milk.
- Carter Jones
GREENLEAF, Wis. – Brothers Mike and Tom Gerrits were worried that Country Aire Farms, their family’s 101-year-old dairy farm near Greenleaf, wouldn’t be passed down to a fourth generation. Their two eldest sons had walked away from the farm to enroll in college. Matt Gerrits pursued a career…
- Jeff DeYoung
Editor’s note: This is part of a series featuring winners of the Iowa State Fair Way We Live award for 2024. Iowa Farmer Today is a sponsor of the award.
WOODWARD, Iowa — Twenty Iowa dairies across 12 counties were awarded Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation Grants this spring to increase on-farm dairy processing, incorporate labor-saving technology and expand the availability of Iowa dairy products.
DES MOINES (Lee Enterprises) — State officials have detected bird flu in another Iowa dairy herd.
- Jeff DeYoung
While it appears the fundamentals are there for expansion in the U.S. dairy industry, any expansion will likely be on the smaller side.