Dairy Herd
Transformative changes in markets, policy and science, rather than just incremental changes in farming practices and technology, will be critical if the United States is to achieve long-term sustainability in agriculture, according to a nationwide team of agriculturists that includes a University of California, Davis, animal scientist.
A group of dairy reproductive experts—including academicians and industry leaders—have come together to create a dairy synchronization protocol sheet.
CWT accepted seven requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold, and Foremost Farms to sell a total of 1,362 metric tons (3.0 million pounds) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses
If you have Staph. aureus infections on your dairy, you are faced with limited treatment options.
Raising the DCAD of lactating diets to between +35 and +45 milliequivalents/100 grams of dry matter has a positive effect on milk and fat.
If 400,000 SCC limit would be implemented today, some 8% to 14% of U.S. herds would not be in compliance.
Pre-conditioning first-calf heifers with parlor walk-throughs reduces anxiety and the failure of milk let down.
Eight free seminars will be offered Oct. 4-8 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis.
Legislation would reduce the current blender’s credit, also known as VEETC, for a two-year period.
Rules to prevent potentially unsafe food from reaching consumers.
Almond hulls should be in good supply for dairies next year.
Sixty percent of our cows’ diets is forage, so it’s imperative that we put up quality forages on our farm.
Continuing increases in feed costs are really stirring up discussions on how to capitalize on higher-percentage, forage-based rations and doing more on our dairy to maximize feed efficiency.
Selling lots of milk means sourcing lots of high-quality feed. It can be daunting during these times of high feed prices, but a good mix of purchased and self-raised feed and the flexibility to shift between different feedstuffs allows us options to lower overall feed costs.
The International Dairy Foods Association proposal calls for the elimination of minimum class prices and end product price formulas, and the phaseout of Class I differentials over six years. Only Federal Orders auditing functions would remain.
The National Milk Producers Federation and the National Mastitis Council have both submitted proposals to lower the current federal SCC limit to 400,000 cells/ml.
Proposed bill would remove Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit and fully repeal the import tariff on foreign ethanol.
Delegates to the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) voted 25 for, 26 against a proposal to lower the U.S. Grade A standard to 400,000 cells/ml.
A Washington dairy producer explains the options that allow him to put the best feed where it will have the greatest return.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted five requests for export assistance from Bongards Creamery, Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold, and Foremost Farms
The National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) is moving forward with a National Milk Producer Federation proposal
Third-party verification of animal welfare, other on-farm practices to begin this summer.
Queen-Acres Barber Booper moved into first place with lifetime totals on December 31, 2010 of 306,145 lbs. milk, 14,664 lbs. fat and 10,520 lbs. protein.
WARREN, Weber County -- Clint Wade is a fourth-generation dairyman who is milking cows much differently than his great-grandpa. Despite his impressive state-of-the-art milking parlor on a carousel and computer-monitored ankle bracelets on every cow, one thing hasn-t changed --when it rains, it pours.
Tips on assessing alfalfa stands and the extent of damage to the crop.
About half a dozen smaller dairyfarms in the Shenandoah Valley will be subject to inspection by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the first half of May, valley dairy operators learned at an April 19 meeting with EPA officials.
AUSTIN - Undercover footage that an animal advocacy group says reveals abuse, neglect and torture of calves at a dairy operation in a small Panhandle town has sparked a sheriff’s office inquiry.
The price and supply of corn remains Beijing’s top food security concern as the country’s demand for feed grain and corn-related industrial products continues to rise, analysts say.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. cattle futures slumped Wednesday [April 20] after an animal-welfare group released a grisly video depicting dairy calves on a Texas ranch being killed with a hammer and pickaxe.