Dairy farmer Tim Haynes of Garrett will present the winner of the Indianapolis 500 with a bottle of ice cold milk this year.

Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana launched its third annual “No One Runs on Empty” campaign to raise awareness of food insecurity in May and June.

Dairy farms across the United States are more efficient than ever thanks to advances in technology. Over the last 60 years dairy farmers have perfected producing more milk with fewer resources.

The intestinal tract in cattle is important for digesting and absorbing nutrients, as well as serving as a vital barrier.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced that it will continue to enforce emergency rules prohibiting the sale or exhibiting of poultry and poultry products at swap meets, exhibitions, flea markets and auction markets in Illinois to prevent the spread of avian influenza.

The Illinois Milk Promotion Board is seeking Illinois dairy farmers to serve as directors on the IMPB Board of Directors. Interested persons must be active dairy farmers from either District 1 or District 3.

Enthusiastic fifth-grade students from the Whitehead Elementary School learned about dairy cows, the feed the cows eat and spent time petting calves during a tour of a farm.

With the last five or so days of July-type weather most all the crops got planted in a hurry and much has emerged looking great. Here, though, our organic corn and soybean seed is still in the bag.

Well, the grass and forage has really taken off. Last Monday, May 9, I clipped forage samples from the current lot and the field I would be going into. Everyone talks about the “spring flush” and its washy grass.