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A Portland couple has donated $860,000 to Oregon State University, part of which will endow a dairy professorship in the food science and technology department.
The new company will be part of the firms’ existing Dairy Partners of America (DPA) joint venture and is to be called DPA Chile.
Cooperatives Working Together accepted eight requests for export assistance to sell Cheddar cheese to customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
A total of 2,629 cheeses competed this year, coming from more than 29 countries. 29 U.S. companies received 79 medals.
Dairy interests prepare for new congressional line-up.
Bravo Farms widens its recall to all cheeses.
Grain prices moved higher this year and the costs of growing them are likely to do the same in the year ahead.
Company’s popular self-grooming swinging cow brush ranks best in German test.
The revised 2011 LGM-Dairy insurance plan will be available for sale on Dec. 17, 2010.
Up to $18,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The office of Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., issued the following news release:U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) today made the following statement on becoming the next Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry."I am ready to lead the Senate Agriculture Committee in the 112th Congress. Agriculture is critical to Michigan’s economy, employing a quarter of our workforce. Not only does agriculture create jobs and feed our families across America, but it is also helping us develop new fuels and energy sources.
The grain prices Thursday hiked in Chicago as U.S. dollar tumbled against euro, boosting the appeal of agricultural products on the global market. Corn and soybean futures rebounded from five-week lows while wheat registered the biggest gain in almost two weeks.
Continued buying from China is key to how the 2011 markets unfold.
A panel of global dairy insiders says that the first half of 2011 could be troublesome for producers, but things will improve markedly by the second half—maybe.
Byline: Benzinga StaffMANHEIM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kreider Farms, one of Pennsylvania’s largest dairyfarms, announces the groundbreaking of a multi-million dollar livestock waste treatment system as part of a joint venture with Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. Located at Kreider’s Farm in Manheim, Pa., the Cleantech facility is the first of its kind in the state and is designed to treat and recycle manure from the Farms’ 2,000 dairy cows in an eco-friendly manner. Bion’s patented technology provides a solution to the pollution associated with livestock operations, eliminating most of theenvironmental impacts of animal waste, including excess nutrients, ammonia, phosphorus, and greenhouse gases.
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An ambitious planning application for Britain’s largest dairy farm, resubmitted Nov. 18, reveals significant changes.
Western United Dairymen is seeking a few dairies for a project to demonstrate a water balance approach to perform lagoon sealing measurements for dairy manure storage ponds.
The checkoff group says The New York Times and numerous media outlets have reports wrong .
Cooperatives Working Together accepted 11 requests for export assistance from Foremost Farms, Darigold, and Dairy Farmers of America to sell 1.8 million pounds of Cheddar cheese and Monterey Jack cheese.
In its latest Global Dairy Outlook, the international bank says developments over the last 12 months have changed its view on the likely role of these two giants in the world marketplace.
Smarter technologies, added system integration possibilities and further upgradability options are just some of the new benefits DeLaval’s VMS 2011 will offer dairy farmers.
LAS CRUCES ? The New Mexico Department of Health’s Scientific Laboratory Division has confirmed the outbreak strain of E. coli in an intact sample of Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda Cheese from Costco.