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Fair Oaks milk trucks no longer use diesel. Instead, they head to dairy manufacturing plants to fill up.
Judging will be done August 10 - 12.
The U.S. lost 6% of its dairy farms in 2021 and now has fewer than 30,000 farms. According to Oregon Dairy Farmers Association, as of January 1, the Beaver State has 171 Grade A licensed dairy farms.
Dairying in Israel is unique in that both large and small farms embrace technology and innovation.
The nightmare for any dairy producer is to receive notification that they are losing their milk market. Securing a new milk market at the last minute certainly is easier said than done and often turns into crisis mode.
As much of the U.S. struggles with drought this year, China is doing the same
Ag technology startups get a boost from one another and Dairy Farmers of America.
As more farms adopt automatic feeders and group housing to raise their preweaned calves, more, too, is being understood about the factors that impact calf health in such rearing systems.
One of the steps that can often be overlooked is the feed scale and the error that can occur during mixing.
Keeping milk equipment clean is one of the most important factors to producing quality milk. However, taking the time to make sure the wash system is working correctly is a chore producers often skip.
What’s one piece of technology that has drastically improved your operation in the past five to 10 years?
2020 was a year like no other. Following a year dominated by Covid-19 what can dairy farming expect moving forwards?
Data from a recent Pulse Poll shows that dairy farmers are most interested in automated milking technology.
Organic Valley is launching a pilot program that uses satellite photography to measure pasture health on its dairy farms.
Give your milking parlor the tools it needs to take your operation to the next level.
Three dairy producers openly talked about technology must-haves and how ROI comes into play when making technology investments.
Only about 5% of U.S. dairy herd managers regularly assess body condition scores (BCS) in their herds, even though the value of routine body condition scoring has been well-documented.
With so many different technologies available, the decision to invest comes down to matching the technology to the issues you want to address. This starts with managing expectations and asking the right questions.
The world’s top 10 largest dairy groups now collectively milk 1 million cows, with the U.S., China, Russia and Saudi Arabia emerging as the dominant players on the global dairy stage.
For young, technological, and progressive dairy farmers these three areas represent an exciting future.
Monitoring what’s happening at the pen level, rather than for individual dairy cows, is proving to be the best approach for producers with more than 1,000 cows.
Just as oil flows from wells and milk from cows, it seems that data has the potential to inform or overwhelm the producers with more information than they can comprehend.
Although dairy producers have made leaps and bounds in the efficiency and productivity of the cow in the last five years, the facilities haven’t kept up to the high-performance athlete that today’s cow is.
After more than 20 years on the market in the U.S., robotic milking systems continue to gain popularity as farms battle the ongoing challenges of labor expense and shortages.
From repro to health, activity monitors ramps up efficiency.
Similar to human fingerprints, cow noses are detailed, nearly unique, difficult to change, and remain the same over the life of an individual, making them ideal long-term markers of identity.
Lely recently announced it will immediately cease commercial activities throughout Russia and Belarus.