Dairy Herd
State ag director Katy Coba looks forward to the challenges and opportunities ahead.
If you’re trying to grow corn silage on drought-prone soils or where irrigation is an issue, forage sorghum types are worth consideration.
Can the U.S. afford to continue to be reactive on somatic cell counts, animal identification and disease tracking, and chronic bovine diseases?
Summary highlights dairy industry’s efforts to increase economic, environmental and social sustainability.
FDA will begin on-farm drug testing of milk on 900 dairy farms that previously had drug residues found in meat.
“Bottom line, if milk quality is not important to you, you’re probably in the wrong business,” says dairy producer Dave Sumrall.
USDA’s Dairy Industry Advisory Committee votes. Of the 22 recommendations proposed, 18 passed, two failed and two were tabled.
Oklahoma congressman wants to prevent EPA “from imposing standards which would cripple American agriculture.”
The highest stocking rate is producing 26% more milk for the SAME net income as compared to the lowest stocking rate!
(RTTNews) - Global food prices rose to a record high in December 2010, according to a monthly report released by UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) on Wednesday.
Strong export growth experienced across the nation in 2010 was capped by record numbers at many larger ports in November and the momentum is likely to continue in 2011, reports The Journal of Commerce.
Only vaccine labeled to reduce prevalence and shedding of E. coli O157 at the source.
NMPF and USDEC hope the move will lead to the end of Mexican tariffs on U.S. goods, including many cheeses.
Maker of robotic milking systems to build new North American headquarters and production site in Pella, Iowa.
Maintaining active composting in a compost-bedded pack barn is a real challenge during the winter months. Here’s advice on how to handle it.
French dairy group Sodiaal has reached an agreement to acquire struggling domestic rival Entremont Alliance. The move creates a dairy giant with over 7,000 employees and sufficient scale to participate in the ongoing consolidation in the European dairy sector.
It’s cleanup and rebuilding time for the Arkansas farming community after a New Year’s Eve tornado. A dairy farmer was among the dead.
The official Jersey lactation average increased to 18,567 lb. milk, 876 lb. fat, and 671 lb. protein.
Lely introduces an enhanced robotic milking system, the Lely Astronaut A3 Next.
A new draft report backs use of whey protein concentrate in certain food aid products.
Rod and Kaysi Hubsmith were awarded the cheese manufacturer’s highest honor and two all-expense-paid tickets to Ireland.
The issue of market access for US agricultural products in India seems to have taken an ugly turn with US Secretary of agriculture Thomas Vilsack sending a strongly-worded letter to his Indian counterpart Sharad Pawar, stating that the bilateral agricultural relationship will be “jeopardised” if India does not change its approach.
Rock Creek Dairy project is the fourth digester in Idaho’s Magic Valley and the first to take effluent from multiple sites.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted seven requests for export assistance to sell a total of 1.702 million pounds of cheese to customers in North Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
The program is open to students planning a career in dairy, either as a producer or in numerous related fields, such as veterinary medicine or dairy nutrition.
Cooperatives Working Together has successfully reached an out-of-court settlement in its herd retirement program lawsuit.
Producer leaders of Dairy Management Inc., the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board and the United Dairy Industry Association announced.
Of the 22 recommendations proposed, 18 passed, two failed and two were tabled. Sixteen of the 18 recommendations that passed garnered at least two-thirds “yes” votes.
But higher feed prices will narrow producer profits.