Dairy Herd
Some 3,000 dairy farms are up for renewal in the coming months.
Inaction puts U.S. “behind the curve."--Jerry Kozak, National Milk Producers Federation.
The state’s dairy producer and processor sectors each say their very survival is at stake if AB31 doesn’t go their way.
Year-to-date, some 27,000 more cows have been slaughtered than in 2012.
The program recognizes dairy farms and businesses that advance the industry’s commitment to healthy products, healthy communities and a healthy planet.
University of Wisconsin dairy economists predict a recovery period for dairies.
CWT has accepted 9 requests for export assistance from Darigold, Foremost Farms, and United Dairymen of Arizona for customers in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
One objective is to explore innovative ways to use products previously considered waste streams from dairy production, processing and handling.
Milk powder prices have risen more than 50% since early March, and butterfat and whey prices have posted double-digit increases.
Bringing the dryer online is a milestone for the Seattle-based company after a fire destroyed the dryer in February 2012.
California production was down 3.3% in March from year earlier. Wisconsin, the No. 2 dairy state, was up 3%.
South Dakota alfalfa producers have two new varieties to consider this growing season.
Rain would help ease the most widespread drought in at least 30 years that curbed milk output.
Tool developed by Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.
No additional cases of the disease uncovered at the dairy since initial Jan. 17 discovery.
Improving transition cow health should focus on strategies for reinforcing the cow’s innate immune system, while also limiting environmental and management stressors.
‘We can make a lot more money drying milk and exporting it to China.’ -- CDI CEO Andre Mikhalevsky.
This year’s contest will award more than $22,000 in cash prizes to winning entries across seven forage categories.
The new rail link into New Zealand site is expected to carry 200,000 metric tons of milk powder in its first year.
When you have a $1 billion asset, you don’t give it up easily.
Violations include improperly applying manure to a field in the rain and operating a leaking waste water system that led to polluting salmon habitat.
A decline in livestock margins has been offset to a degree by rising animal protein prices and growing exports.
While the U.S. milk supply ranks among the top nations, it may not be the absolute best.
April typically a wetter time of the year on the North Island, scientist says.
The gas is produced on farm through simple, but expensive, methane scrubbing technology.
You can use your smart phone to calibrate herbicide applications.
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