Dairy Daily http://www.dairyherd.com/e-newsletters/dairy-daily RSS Feed for Dairy Daily en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 16:34:26 GMT Where’s the rain? Parched states can’t shake the drought http://www.dairyherd.com/e-newsletters/dairy-daily/Wheres-the-rain-Parched-states-cant-shake-the-drought-208665311.html Drought grows across the Southwest. More raw milk problems for Alaska cow-share farm http://www.dairyherd.com/e-newsletters/dairy-daily/More-raw-milk-problems-for-Alaska-cow-share-farm-208822091.html Alaskan health officials report another outbreak connected with raw milk from a Kenai Peninsula cow-share program. Wis. lawmakers question challenges to large wells http://www.dairyherd.com/e-newsletters/dairy-daily/-Wis-lawmakers-question-challenges-to-large-wells-208711611.html The Wisconsin state budget-writing committee voted in favor of a motion that could affect the outcome of a lawsuit filed against a proposed $35 million dairy. Nearly 1,000 emaciated cattle found on N.M. ranch http://www.dairyherd.com/e-newsletters/dairy-daily/Nearly-1000-emaciated-cattle-found-on-NM-ranch-208832651.html A cattle owner in New Mexico has been charged with 25 counts of cruelty to animals after New Mexico Livestock Board officials found about 1,000 emaciated cattle on his ranch. About that farmland bubble… http://www.dairyherd.com/e-newsletters/dairy-daily/About-that-farmland-bubble-208711341.html Farmland prices are beginning to plateau, and some economists are growing increasingly concerned that these prices may be setting up to fall dramatically when interest rates begin to rise. Ouch — I stuck myself! http://www.dairyherd.com/e-newsletters/dairy-daily/OUCH---I-stuck-myself-208139881.html Research has found that over 80 percent of livestock farm workers have at some time accidentally stuck themselves with a needle. Dairy Focus: Reducing shrink with feed yard management http://www.dairyherd.com/e-newsletters/dairy-daily/Dairy-Focus-Reducing-shrink-with-feed-yard-management-208651191.html What is shrinkage? It is the amount of feed delivered to or raised on the farm that is not consumed by the cattle for which it was intended. Dairy-quality alfalfa ready to harvest in southeast Michigan http://www.dairyherd.com/e-newsletters/dairy-daily/Dairy-quality-alfalfa-ready-to-harvest-in-southeast-Michigan-208812251.html According to PEAQ stick measurements and GDD, hay is ready in Southeast Michigan Immigration bill gets Senate boost; House effort teetering http://www.dairyherd.com/e-newsletters/dairy-daily/Immigration-bill-gets-Senate-boost-House-effort-teetering-208645371.html Supporters of U.S. immigration reform are hoping that the smooth and drama-free passage of their legislation through a Senate committee — a departure from almost everything that has happened in Congress over the past four years — will boost the likelihood of the bill winning full Senate approval. Ongoing wave of Calif. metal theft prompts further legislation http://www.dairyherd.com/e-newsletters/dairy-daily/Ongoing-wave-of-Calif-metal-theft-prompts-further-legislation-208523191.html With theft of metals from farms and ranches remaining a chronic problem, farm groups and law enforcement organizations support several bills intended to tighten regulations and make resale of metal more difficult for thieves.