Dairy Herd
Standards Include low-fat milk, other low-fat dairy products
Weigh the potential crop yield versus your need for forage.
Animals vaccinated with the new vaccine can be differentiated from naturally infected animals.
The deadline for nominations is Sept.17, 2012.
Feed prices are expected to pressure dairy producer returns and encourage a more rapid decline in the cow herd.
Processors say the amendment offers 80% protection of a dairy farm’s milk production and costs taxpayers less than current House dairy bill.
The amendment was defeated 29-17; would have offered margin insurance but no market stabilization.
Chobani chooses Twin Falls for its abundant milk supply, skilled labor force and tight knit local community.
If it’s harvested, ensiled and fed correctly, drought-stressed corn silage can have up to 70% of the feed value of normal.
Environmental Quality Incentives Program provided assistance to farmers who delayed silage harvest to help the rare birds.
“The members of our associations ask you to support a margin insurance program that will help dairy producers without including a government controlled supply management program,” states letter to Congress.
Can be used on or around livestock to kill and repel a broad spectrum of insects.
Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and David Scott (D-Ga.), would make dramatic changes to the farm bill’s dairy title by eliminating its market stabilization program.
Coalition wants farm bill to continue cost-share program to help upgrade equipment, decrease emissions and address federal air quality regulations.
Elanco, which markets rBST both in the United States and globally where it is registered for use, welcomed the news in a statement released this week.
The dairy provisions are similar to those in the Senate bill, but the MILC program would be immediately ended.
The House farm bill draft contains the major elements of the Dairy Security Act, which evolved from Foundation for the Future.
Temperatures have exceeded 100°F several days this week, dew points have been above 70°F, and worst of all, nighttime lows rarely fell below 80°F.
The following information was released by the office of the governor of Wisconsin: Governor Scott Walker announced today the first recipients of the Grow Wisconsin Dairy Producer Grants. Grants totaling $200,000 have been awarded to 41 dairyfarmers around the state to help them become more profitable and thereby contribute to the Grow Wisconsin Dairy 30x20 Initiative goal of producing 30-billion pounds of milk by 2020.
Political dairy expert Charlie Garrison explains the details of the proposed provisions.
The venture marks the first entry by either PepsiCo or Muller into U.S. dairy aisles.
INDIANAPOLIS - A battle over the sale of raw milk is brewing in Indiana. The state Board of Animal Health has seen hundreds of people weigh in on the subject as part of the agency’s virtual public hearing about whether Indiana should allow the sale of raw milk.
Joe Trumm took over his family farm years ago, despite a warning from his father that there was no future in farming.
Consumers urged to dispose of product due to insufficient pasteurization.
THE Scottish dairy sector is reeling after the announcement that milk processor Robert Wiseman Dairies is to slash the price paid to its farmer suppliers for the second time in three months.
Board says current plans for the high-speed rail system represent an imminent threat to productive farmland.
Do not feed corn silage as green chop if drought stressed. Crop may be high in nitrates and cause abortions and death in cattle.
Much of Ohio has slipped officially into drought, creating economic and wildfire concerns for emergency-management officials, as well as for agriculture and farmers statewide. A drought-assessment committee led by the Ohio Emergency Management Agency will meet Friday to begin to plan for the state’s response to the drought. Potential agricultural responses include mandatory water conservation, emergency livestock-feed distribution, and emergency payments and loans to producers who lose property or production.
18-point checklist to keep cows eating during bouts of hot weather.