Dairy Herd
Four U.S. companies make the list in a year that saw most industry giants battle challenging conditions.
“With Muscle Milk, you get the leading share player in a significant growth category,” Hormel CEO says.
5 areas where technology can help achieve feeding success.
Using benchmarking data from similarly managed dairy herds can be helpful when developing herd goals for reproductive performance.
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has signed an agreement with eight other states to protect the dairy industry in the event of an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease.
The sweet greens, mango carrot and strawberry drinks will be sold in about 170 locations in San Jose, Calif., and St. Louis, Mo.
Greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced in Indiana, thanks to an effort to turn manure into electricity.
High milk prices bring relief, but feed prices, especially for forages, are escalating. Is there hope from El Nino?
Cheese manufacturer Schreiber Foods Inc. is set to open its new headquarters in Green Bay, Wis.
The index incorporates production efficiency, health, fertility and fitness, milking ability and calving ability.
Cheese, butter and milk powder headed to Middle East and Asia.
Improvements in corn and alfalfa varieties and crop management may result in very energy- dense dairy feeds, but lower fiber content can become a concern.
New leader will head one of the largest commodity boards in the U.S.
Virtus Nutrition provides dairy nutritionists and producers with a tool to better balance for the essential omega-6 and omega-3 nutrients in their dairy diets.
The average cost of raising a heifer sot up $600 between 2007 and 2013, to about $2,200 per head.
But farmers must call their legislators to urge passage of reform.
Conception rates decline by as much as two thirds.
The best tool against metritis is prevention. Prevention begins with an eye to observe factors that may reduce the immune response of animals or increase their exposure to bacteria and then doing something about it.
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Recent study finds nearly 30% of load cells out of whack or non-functioning.
New process converts 50% of manure slurry to drinkable, potable water.
Meagan Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y., and Olivia Pearson, Lincolton, N.C., have been selected as the 2014 recipients of the Fred Stout Experience Awards.
The fundraising campaign to establish a permanent scholarship honoring Morris B. Ewing will be formally kicked off at the 2014 Annual Meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association and National All-Jersey Inc. in Alexandria, Va.
A temp-humidity index as low as 73 can cause a two-thirds reduction in conception rate.
Dairy farms continue to disappear from the region’s rural landscape.
Nestle is developing a $400 million dairy training center in northeast China.
They jostle for the No. 3 position in U.S. milk production while dairying in sharply different environments. But dairy producers in the two states share similar concerns.
A Springfield farm has been named Vermont Dairy Farm of the Year.