Dairy Herd
China is importing more dairy cows to try and beef up its transition to larger scale farms, as the industry attempts to boost production and quality following a deadly scandal.
Remodeled facilities will enable better animal care—with better cooling and ventilation and bigger, more comfortable stalls—and enhanced learning opportunities than are possible in the existing 56-year-old setup.
Tigner estimates feed costs alone per hundredweight of milk sold is $13.63 for 24K herds compared to $15.20 for 20K herds.
Siemers Holsteins is a 2,700-cow family corporation located in Newton/Cleveland, Wis., a rural area between Green Bay and Milwaukee.
My wife, Pam, and I started Prairie View Dairy with a partner in 1978. Bailey County, Texas, had only two dairies at that time, so we were pioneers in our area, starting with 350 Holsteins on 80 acres.
I am a manager/stockholder for Larson Dairy Inc. Okeechobee is the southernmost point at which milk is produced in Florida. My grandfather started our dairy business in 1947.
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The spreadsheet allows the user to plug annual milk production and estimated annual increases along with program participation level.
NMPF says now is the time to move forward, even if that requires dairy-specific provisions that not necessarily align with “any requirements for the beef industry.”
360,149 Holsteins were registered in 2011, exceeding 2010 by more than 20,000 animals, an increase of 6%.
The official Jersey lactation average increased to 18,633 lb. milk, 889 lb. fat, and 676 lb. protein.
Cooperatives Working Together has accepted 18 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold and United Dairymen of Arizona.
Jersey cows required 20% less total feedstuffs by weight and 32% less water to produce the same amount of milkfat and protein as Holstein cows.
Dairy Council of California is helping turn back a tide that threatens to sweep flavored milk out of California school meal programs.
Glanbia Foods of Idaho sees increased sales of the cheese to Mexico, which buys 20% of U.S. cheese.
Funding is available right now to help producers address on-farm energy use and increase efficiency.
Open interest in dairy futures and options is up nearly 70%, with Class III options leading the way with more than 84,000 positions.
A Greek yogurt maker that’s erecting a new facility in Twin Falls is winning locals’ loyalty, though it’s yet to roll a single container of its dairy products off Idaho production lines.
November 2011 budgets show that tiestall barns producing 20,000 lb. of milk per cow were losing $1.81/cwt. when all costs were included.
Doug and his family built a 1957 14-cow herd into RuAnn Dairy, Maddox Dairy, and Golden Genes, all world-recognized Holstein entities.
The site offers updated information and decision-making tools for farmers to manage herd health and milking systems.
In November, $6.5 million of members’ capital retain investment was distributed. This month’s payment of $3.5 million is a result of previously allocated earnings.
Year-to-date, 2.652 million dairy cows have been culled, which is 110,000 more cows (4.3%) than 2010.
These efforts helped lead to an increase of 4.2 billion pounds of dairy sold through the fiscal year that ended in July 2011 (compared to the same period of 2010).
Another milk food safety scare has emerged in China, this one due to aflatoxin M1 contamination.
The majority of Salmonella infections in herds are sneaky and often can go undetected for long periods of time in the form of subclinical salmonellosis.
Only colostrum from Fresno County raw-milk dairy remains under quarantine.
The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release:RICHARD S. HARTUNIAN, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge James C. Spero, announce that JOHN BARNEY (47, of Adams, New York), entered a guilty plea to a one-count Information charging him with Unlawful Employment of Illegal Aliens, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Sections 1324a(a)(2) and (f)(1). On December 15, 2011, JOHN BARNEY entered his guilty plea before United States Magistrate Judge Andrew T. Baxter and was sentenced to 6 months unsupervised release, a $3,000.00 fine payable to the benefit of Porferio Lopez’s family, and a $10.00 special assessment.
A nationwide project led by Colorado State University researchers’ aims to help livestock producers reduce airborne emissions that could degrade environmental health.
Cow numbers are up 91,000 head from a year ago (1%) but down 1,000 head from October.