Dairy Herd
The new Chinese dairy will house around 3,000 milking cows, imported from New Zealand.
Through September, dairy cows slaughtered through federally inspected plants were running 79,000 head fewer than last year.
U.S. milk production is expected to continue rising in 2011, but anticipated higher feed prices will likely curb producer income.
USDA is issuing $17 million in economic loss assistance payments to eligible dairy producers.
California Dairy Producer Group Endorses State Measure to Suspend Program to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
“California will lose over a million jobs if AB32 is fully implemented.”
The retailer will buy more from small and mid-sized farmers around the world, reduce food waste, and sustainably source key agricultural products.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the corn harvest was 68 percent complete and had increased its pace judging by its historic average.
USDA forecasts higher U.S. production in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.
Next week, 170 cows will board a plane and leave the familiar pastures of North Dakota for a country halfway around the world."They get put in crates, about five head per crate,” said Bill Price, president of Global Beef Consultants. “Eighteen hours later, they’re in Astana.”
The DCAD calculator allows users to input the levels of four macrominerals — sodium, potassium, chloride and sulfur — to help identify current ration DCAD levels and provide a better understanding of why certain levels are critical during each stage of lactation.
European Union farm ministers failed on Monday to agree what steps should be taken to avoid a repeat of last year’s dairy sector crisis, when farmers staged demonstrations and supply boycotts in protest at record low milk prices.
Dairy analyst Robin Schmahl urges the U.S. to address its dairy trade issues with Russia and China.
You won’t find many dairyfarmers or agribusiness people in Wisconsin complaining about free trade.They’re hustling to sell more products - cheese, whey, crops, embryos and computer technology - overseas.
Legislation ends decade-long effort to improve the transparency of dairy pricing.
As neighbors drive past your dairy, does your farm sign convey that you are trustworthy, caring and responsible?
New project will add 100 jobs to Wisconsin; Will break ground November 2010
Instead of selling CWT cattle for slaughter, an Illinois auction market apparently resold some to a different farmer.
Bovine tuberculosis is a contagious chronic bacterial disease that often doesn’t show signs until it has reached an advanced stage, according to USDA-APHIS Veterinary Services.
June’s news that four cows at a Colorado dairy tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (TB) indicates that the disease is still a threat to U.S. cattle herds, despite the nation’s efforts to eradicate it.
It’s fall harvesttime—an appro-priate point at which to assess the bulls and bears in the marketplace in an effort to get properly positioned for the year ahead. At this writing (just ahead of Labor Day), projections are for above-average prices next year, but can we get there?
Cheese stocks, milk production continue to build.
Cooperatives Working Together accepted four requests from Darigold to assist in selling American cheeses to Asian customers.
The farmer-owned organic milk company will keep processing milk after all.
Klobuchar’s bill would exempt dairies from regulations requiring prevention plans for milk spills.
The link between the ration on paper and the ration delivered to the cows is the person mixing the feed. So it makes sense to involve your nutrition consultant in the training and education of that person.