Dairy Herd
National average test-day herd SCC has declined every year since 2005, and every year except one since 2001.
The House Ag panel is expected to begin drafting a Farm Bill next Wednesday.
Averages slipped from month-earlier levels but were higher than January 2012 numbers.
The mobile app features an easy to use heat stress calculator for inputting the current temperature and humidity readings.
Cooperatives Working Together has accepted six requests for export assistance from Bongards and Darigold to sell 860 metric tons of Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack cheese.
The acquisition will increase focus on quality of supplies amid safety concerns in China’s dairy industry.
Why do cows eat less when they’re hot? Try eating a bowl of Cheerios when you’re breathing 120 times/minute.
Demand from markets in Asia and developing countries is fueling the $100 million expansion.
Cross-vent barns offer more consistent performance, particularly during periods of summer heat stress.
More than 30 dairy foods manufacturers – including some of the largest food companies in the United States – have sent letters to members of the House and Senate opposing supply management.
Imports from key customers were mostly higher in early 2013, led by record purchases from China.
The onus is put back on dairy farmers and processors.
The rewards of brown midrib varieties are feed-cost savings and higher milk production.
‘A dairy producer should look for a forage testing lab that can provide solutions, not just numbers.’ -- Ralph Ward, Cumberland Valley Analytical Services
This is the eighth time since 1997 that the 400,000 cells/ml proposal has been rejected. NCIMS meets every other year.
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This is the third consecutive month dairy farmers will receive a MILC payment.
Scott Bentley is the new General Manager effective June 3, 2013.
Snowpack water content only 17% of normal.
Consumer Action, the Consumer Federation of America and the National Consumers League urged Senate and House Ag Committees) to reject supply management.
The cooperative’s Alma Center, Wis., plant will close permanently and its Waumandee, Wis., cheddar cheese plant will be idled indefinitely.
‘What processors claim is a compromise is nothing more than a costly ruse.’ --National Milk Producers Federation
It’s the first U.S. casein production in more than 50 years.
Closure of slaughter plant in Quebec, Canada last year could be distorting U.S. cow slaughter numbers.
Year-to-date, CWT sales are the equivalent of 1.599 billion pounds of milk--more than USDA’s projected increase in milk marketings for all of 2013.