Dairy Herd
SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah dairy operation will close its doors at the end of the month, marking the end of a local institution that has changed hands several times during the past decade as it struggled to stay in business.
Dairy and beef producers can hear firsthand from other producers and veterinarians how they provide immediate immunity to their calves at birth.
Keep an eye on the crop – especially data from the August and September USDA reports--and consider that 2013 is poised to offer little reprieve.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 18 requests for export assistance from Bongards Creamery, Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold and Foremost Farms for customers in Asia, Central America, North Africa and the Middle East.
CDI is California’s largest member-owned milk marketing and processing cooperative.
Year-to-date, they have sent 1,523,000 cows to their demise, 65,000 more than last year (+4.5%).
New ration software does not require the excessive manual ‘tweaking’ so common with modeling software, thus eliminating hassles and saving time.
Harvesting drought-stressed corn silage will take extra testing for moisture and nitrates.
CWT has accepted seven requests for export assistance for 10.018 million pounds (4,544 metric tons) of butter and Cheddar cheese to customers in Asia, North Africa and the Middle East.
Nestle is the largest global dairy company; American brands Dean Foods and Kraft are seventh and ninth, respecitively.
USDA expects 95,000 fewer dairy cows by the end of the year.
Knowing the rumen degradable starch content might provide the opportunity to look at a cehaper byproduct ingredient that offers starch.
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.