Dairy Herd
Dollars and Sense columnists describe how technology has changed the way they manage their cows and businesses.
International meeting draws more than 420 experts to Fort Worth, Texas for milk quality discussion, research sharing and award presentations.
More than 37 million U.S. dairy cows have been supplemented with Posilac over its 20 years in the marketplace, reducing producers’ costs by about $6.3 billion over the two decades.
Cold weather and the dairy are working to mitigate the spill.
Lameness problems can arise for various reasons, but the limping cow will always be seen as a welfare concern.
Two critical aspects of milk handling have helped keep safety and quality concerns at a minimal: milk cooling and pasteurization.
Global dairy demand will absorb rising milk production.
Yogurt shipment was blocked by Russian import restrictions.
Four Wisconsin dairy farm workers have been charged with mistreating animals after an animal rights group released secretly recorded video.
In business and in life we often look for silver bullets to solve our problems rather than missing links.
Alltech is proud to announce the expansion of the New Mexico team with additions in marketing and office support who will provide support to beef and dairy customers in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas and Louisiana.
The Turlock facility will produce a variety of milk powders for global distribution.
House Speaker John Boehner’s refusal to allow a floor vote effectively killed the proposal.
(CWT) has accepted 26 requests for export assistance from seven co-ops and Bongards Creameries.
Hay market expert Seth Hoyt says dairies are back in the driver’s seat.
Wisconsin farmers pay an average of 25¢/cwt; North Dakota farmers, $1.26.
The funding will help dairy farmers convert farm waste to energy and develop individualized business and environmental plans to reduce operating costs and increase profitability.
National Dairy Genetics Workshop in Tempe, Ariz., Feb. 17 - 19.
The dairy barn that has lent its name to a southeastern Ohio arts center is marking its 100th year with a series of community displays.
USDA is preparing to implement an agriculture law not yet passed in Congress and isn’t planning to adjust for rules that may double milk prices in the absence of a law, Secretary Tom Vilsack said.
The FAO’s dairy price index rose to the highest level since November 2007, largely on Chinese demand for milk powder.
Danone, the world’s biggest yogurt maker, canceled its supply contract with New Zealand’s Fonterra and is seeking compensation for last year’s product recall over a contamination scare.
Corn stockpiles in the U.S. were 30% larger on Dec. 1 than a year earlier after farmers harvested a record crop. Analysts were expecting a 34% jump.
Meet our 2014 Dollars and Sense dairy farmer contributors.
The deal will help Lactalis reduce its reliance on Europe, where it gets 60 percent of its revenue.
Indiana’s Fair Oaks Farms is taking a $400,000-$500,000 loss each day for milk that doesn’t make it to the marketplace.
Understand the per-cwt. projected profit margin (or even limited loss) you are protecting with your risk-management plan.