Hoard's Dairyman

3 weeks ago | hoards.com | Nate Donnay

April 21 2025 08:01 AMDespite all the noise and headlines surrounding tariffs, the only countries with retaliatory tariffs on U.S. dairy products as of April 16th are Canada and China. The volume of product going into Canada that is being hit with additional tariffs is small, but more than 30% of U.S. dry whey, WPC, WPI, and permeate exports go to China, and those are all being hit with retaliatory tariffs of at least 100%.

1 month ago | hoards.com | Jenna Byrne

April 14 2025 08:03 AMOur surrounding environment helps build our immune system; what we are exposed to can impact what our immune system can handle. Emily Bourdeau, a graduate student of the Miner Institute, explained why farm kids are often healthier in a recent Farm Report article. Studies have shown that children who grow up on farms are at a lower risk of developing health conditions such as allergies.

1 month ago | hoards.com | Jenna Byrne

Underfeeding and overfeeding heifers can result in poor or over-conditioned animals. With the heifer inventory currently being very limited, doing what we can to produce good quality heifers will go a long way. Mature body weight (MBW) is the weight that an animal reaches once it has stopped growing. Farmers use this as a tool to balance rations specifically tailored to their herd.

1 month ago | hoards.com | Emily Ellis

March 24 2025 08:02 AMHave you been shocked by the price of eggs in the grocery store this year? While there are many factors at play, including the ongoing avian influenza outbreak, it has lawmakers considering the role of animal housing requirements, specifically cage-free egg mandates. The current issue may be specific to eggs, but we could see this trickle into other areas of animal agriculture, too.

2 months ago | hoards.com | Joseph Dalton

Many factors play a role in successful reproduction. In this column, we’ll focus on the relationship between genomics, milk yield, characteristics and detection of estrus, and fertility. A few years ago, I was a member of a research team investigating cow conception rate at first A.I. service and repeated A.I. services required for pregnancy. We collected blood from primiparous (first lactation) Holstein cows and extracted DNA for genomic analysis.