Tom Quaife http://www.dairyherd.com/editorial/tom-quaife RSS Feed for Tom Quaife en-us Fri, 03 May 2013 15:07:35 GMT Another missed opportunity to improve milk quality http://www.dairyherd.com/editorial/tom-quaife/Another-missed-opportunity-to-improve-milk-quality-204860731.html For the seventh time in 16 years, the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments has turned down a request to upgrade the standard for somatic cell count. Commentary: Are activists really in it for clean air? http://www.dairyherd.com/editorial/tom-quaife/Commentary-Are-activists-really-in-it-for-clean-air-204505631.html Rather than seeing the farms work proactively with regulators, the activists would prefer to see “us have our names splashed in the newspaper saying we are guilty of something,” says one Washington State dairy producer. USDA renews sustainability efforts with dairy industry http://www.dairyherd.com/editorial/tom-quaife/USDA-renews-energy-efficiency-efforts-with-dairy-industry----204555761.html "No producers have been more out-front on these issues than the dairy producers," U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said at a press briefing on Wednesday. . Air-quality solutions ― despite the activists http://www.dairyherd.com/editorial/tom-quaife/Air-quality-solutions--despite-the-activists-203489821.html A voluntary monitoring program and software simulation models were among the solutions discussed Wednesday at the Western Dairy Air Quality Symposium in Boise, Idaho. Over 30,000 comments on artificial sweeteners in chocolate milk http://www.dairyherd.com/editorial/tom-quaife/Artificial-sweetener-proposal-for-chocolate-milk-generates-contro-203234301.html A proposal to put artificial sweeteners in flavored milk has generated a fair amount of controversy -- and misunderstanding. Name game: Dairy faces challenges on several fronts http://www.dairyherd.com/editorial/tom-quaife/Name-game-Dairy-faces-challenges-on-several-fronts-202220111.html The European Union is challenging U.S. exports of mozzarella, parmesan, Romano and other types of cheese. Meanwhile, imitation dairy products are causing a rift here at home. Meteorologists: Don’t say ‘goodbye’ to drought just yet http://www.dairyherd.com/editorial/tom-quaife/Meteorologists--Dont-say-goodbye-to-the-drought-just-yet-201267851.html According to the meteorologists at Planalytics, the drought may hang on in many of the areas already significantly impacted. Bad publicity for the dairy industry http://www.dairyherd.com/editorial/tom-quaife/Bad-publicity-for-the-dairy-industry-194087121.html Thursday evening, one of the featured stories on the Yahoo! home page showed a picture of milk jugs with the headline, “Controversial ingredient may be added to milk.” In trying to lure dairies, only one state brought a governor http://www.dairyherd.com/editorial/tom-quaife/When-it-comes-to-dairy-South-Dakota-is-open-for-business-191326541.html “We’ve got lower feed costs than California, higher milk prices — on average, about $3 a hundredweight, sometimes as much as $4 a hundredweight better,” that particular governor told Dairy Herd Management. ObamaCare decisions loom for some farms http://www.dairyherd.com/editorial/tom-quaife/ObamaCare-decisions-loom-for-some-farms-191135951.html Although the Act doesn’t go into effect until next Jan. 1, management decisions that farms make in 2013 will have an impact on what they need to do in 2014.