Dairy Herd
That could represent a 20% reduction in planted acres.
California and Colorado show biggest gains while Midwest suffers through tough winter.
The higher prices come after paying farmers increases of almost 15% for milk deliveries in the past two months.
The animals appeared to have starved to death.
To build trust and have the social license to operate, dairies must convey shared values – rather than science -- to consumers.
One of the many goals in raising calves is to provide a stress-free environment, which takes proactive management of the calves’ basic needs.
Hawaii land officials have approved a nearly 1,400-acre dairy farm and cheesery on the Big Island.
“No one country has any right to own common food names for their exclusive use.” -- NMPF’s Jim Mulhern
As part of trade talks, the EU wants to ban the use of names like Parmesan, feta and Gorgonzola on cheese made in the U.S.
“This is the first market I’ve worked in where food safety is a more important consideration than price.” -- Rob Chester, chief compliance officer at Wal-Mart in China.
Despite a decline in dairy farms in Vermont, agriculture officials say milk production is constant and farmers are getting record-high prices for their milk.
The charges against the New Zealand dairy giant stemmed from last year’s botulism scare.
When it comes to managing rations for dairy cows, it is always better to be proactively making decisions versus reactively.
U.S. dairy companies have committed hundreds of millions of dollars to new plants, products, offices overseas and additional staff.
FSA Administrator Garcia: “We know these disasters have caused serious economic hardships for our livestock producers. We’ll do all we can to assist in their recovery.”
The High Plains Dairy Conference held recently in Lubbock, Texas, served as a one-stop update for many things important to the dairy industry, including the value of maintaining good employees.
Purina Animal Nutrition and Land O’ Lakes welcomed more than 475 dairy producers, family members and industry representatives to the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wis., earlier this year for the Leading Dairy Producer Conference.
The Department of Natural Resources in Iowa says sludge from a northwest Iowa cheese processing plant overflowed from a storage tank and flowed into a nearby stream.
Guidelines are intended to aid caretakers, animal owners, livestock market operators, animal transporters, and veterinarians.
Chobani says bill would ‘limit transparency” and subject activists to prosecution.
Convicted offenders face up to $5,000 in fines, a year in jail and 2X damages
The largest capital project undertaken since California Dairies Inc. built its Visalia plant in 2007, the new evaporator will increase the co-op’s ability to meet tight export specifications on value-added milk powders.
Deadline to apply for the Wisconsin-based position is March 25, 2014.
New app now available for download on smartphones and tablets.
‘Treatment protocols are lot more than what drug to use, how often it is used and at what volume.’ --Michigan State veterinarian Ron Erskine.
Vermont Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross is going to be speaking to some of the state’s dairy farmers at a South Burlington conference.
Year-to-date, CWT has assisted sales equivalent to almost 400 million pounds of milk on a milkfat basis.
The three biggest variables are labor savings, milk production increases and milk prices.
Lawmakers voted Thursday to send to full House debate a bill that would block activists from secretly filming agricultural operations in hopes of capturing abuse on camera.