Dairy Herd
The SAMMY winners each receive a $7,500 scholarship and an awards weekend at Walt Disney World Resort.
Corn up 5% over last year; Soybean acreage is third largest on record.
The tags offered under this program can be used to satisfy traceability needs for marketing, state and national animal health programs and on-farm management.
Hundreds of cartons of milk were contaminated with detergent on plant’s production line.
The Senate on Thursday passed a farm bill that, while cutting subsidies for farmers nationwide, includes some good news for specialty crop producers and dairyfarmers in New York.The five-year bill, which passed by a 64-35 vote, expands the federal crop insurance program to cover fruit and vegetable growers, who in the past have experienced huge financial losses following devastating storms and freezes.
By ERIN KELLY, Gannett Washington BureauWASHINGTON - Vermont dairyfarmers would get new insurance protections against falling milk prices in a sweeping $500 billion farm bill approved Thursday by the Senate.Programs to conserve Vermont forests and encourage organic farming and environmentally friendly practices also would get a boost in the bipartisan bill.The legislation, which passed the Senate by a vote of 64-35, faces an uncertain future in the House. The House is expected to take it up after the July Fourth recess.
Martha Hall Findlay, the former Liberal member of Parliament, has done the cause of clear thinking a favour by challenging one of the sacred cows of Canadian politics: the protectionist system that keeps the price of milk, eggs and poultry in this country much higher than it needs to be.
Supreme Court ruling on controversial Arizona law underscores need for uniform federal solution to resolve immigration troubles.
Slowdown in milk output, strong cheese market boost dairy price outlook.
Year-to-date, nearly 1.3 million cows have been sent to slaughter in Federally inspected plants in 2012.
The Alpena County farm is quarantined, and no cattle may enter or leave the premises until testing clears the cattle and farm of the disease.
The beverage giant will lend its distribution and marketing expertise to help deliver new Core Power from Fair Oaks Farms.
The suit began in late 2004, when a Louisia farmer alleged that Cargill had switched feed ingredients in a customized dairy feed.
The brand will be managed by FGI and sold through existing Garst®, Golden Harvest® or NK® brand alfalfa resellers.
The number of Michigan dairy farmers using risk management to protect milk prices has risen nearly threefold since 1999.
New study says short-term impact will cause rise in prices and drop in competitiveness.
$1.8 million effort will work to eliminate hunger and promote healthy food choices.
June’s milk output estimate shows the largest year-over-year increase since 1999.
The three-dairy family operation will ship all its milk to Texas plant.
Surplus milk, high feed costs push 2012 Pennsylvania average milk price $2.14 per cwt. below 2011.
Total costs, excluding labor and management, are running about $17.63/cwt for tie stall herds and right at $16 for midsized freestall operations.
“No consistent evidence that checkoff funded projects were more likely to support an obesity prevention benefit from dairy consumption.”
As part of a revitalization campaign, Double S Liquid Feed Services is excited to introduce its new website: www.dbl-s.com.
Editor:As a dairyfarmer in Pennsylvania for the past 30 years, I’ve lived through the ups and downs of this extremely volatile industry. In the past decade, dairyfarmers have experienced the highs of 2008 and 2010 and the extreme lows of 2003, 2006 and 2009, which was the worst year in the lifetime of most dairyfarmers, because the price we received for milk plummeted while production costs reached all-time high levels.
Bipartisan legislation would enable U.S. companies to expand exports to Russia when it joins the World Trade Organization this year.
Robert Switzer tells the story of his family’s dairy farm and captures the experience of millions of other family farmers over the course of the 20th century.
Regular, candid contact makes a big difference in how your lender can help you.
Dairies encouraged to apply for the $10,000 award.
As governing Council opens, member countries briefed on world food situation.