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Across livestock production, we’ve seen growing acceptance of the relationships between stress, disease and lost performance. We’re also operating in a time when consumer perceptions are evolving rapidly.
A device about the size of an electronic key fob, paired with a smart phone, will allow livestock producers and consultants to conduct real-time on-farm feed analysis
Dairies will change more in the next five years than they have in the previous 1,000 years.
Security experts share four tips to educate consumers and protect your farm from activists.
Use this advice to handle emergencies, from undercover filming and tornadoes to barn fires and animal health issues.
A recent dairyherd.com poll revealed 64% of respondents say they would not recommend their children join the dairy industry.
Check out the results of the 2019 dairyherd.com poll.
What’s Jim Dickrell’s take? “In the end, it is safe to say there is no one villain who is culpable for the dairy crisis. It’s also safe to say there is no one solution.”
Young farmer diversifies by producing energy from food scraps
Photographer Patricia Temples captured these stunning images and audio interviews as part of a project for the Blue Ridge Foothills Nature Conservancy.
Read AgWeb’s full coverage from this year’s conference.
But feed prices are expected to decline as new-crop corn and soybeans are harvested later this year.
By ERIN KELLY, Gannett Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- The Vermont congressional delegation is pushing for a last-minute deal to pass a farm bill that protects dairyfarmers from plunging milk prices, but they are running out of time as the 112th Congress draws to an end."We’re going to do everything we can, but nobody can predict whether we’ll succeed or not,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
Thirsty for milk, and the money that comes with it, South Dakota has ramped up efforts to recruit dairyfarmers from other states and countries, including England, Ireland and The Netherlands.South Dakota isn’t alone in the recruitment game, as North Dakota, Kansas, Iowa, Texas and other states attempt to prove they are the dairy industry’s next frontier.
The proposal announced in November 2012 would end an operation planned in JoDaviess County, Ill., the Illinois Pollution Control Board announced.