Dairy Farming

Articles and news about dairy farming and milk production, a leading industry in rural Upstate New York.

Corn Harvest – Silage vs. Grain

This time of the year, you see some corn being harvested for silage and others still drying out in the fields, waiting to be harvested as feed corn with the proper amount of moisture. A good explanation of the differences and challenges of waiting for the corn to dry enough to be harvested while the fields haven't turned to winter slop.

Learn To Score Body Conditioning (BCS) For Dairy Cows

One of my pass time activities I do usually when waiting on something is to look at show cattle on Facebook and try to score them in my head. There are some real super cattle out there thanks to modern genetics.