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Separation of church and farmer. When Nik Niessen, 25, and his parents laid plans for County Line Dairy on farmland in rural Indiana, a church camp facility a half mile downwind took the Niessens to court, citing a host of regulatory infractions, including a sacrosanct claim: The dairy impinged on freedom of worship.
If you’re looking to improve the accuracy and efficiency of your vaccination program and record keeping, you may want to check out an up-and-coming robotic injection system called SureShot.
When it is cold, cows can divert their energy into maintaining body temperature instead of producing milk. What can you do to avoid that?
The ag provisions of the bill include $13 billion allocated to ag programs.
Researchers at the Ohio State recently completed a study evaluating how dietary protein and amino acid supplementation influenced milk production during the first three to four weeks of lactation.
The world of warm season annuals is a new one for many farmers and so is the terminology associated with them.
Milk prices made a health leap in December, but for the most part, dairy heifer prices did not follow suit.
A few times in your life – if you’re lucky – you cross paths with a person whose infectious persona makes you wiser, kinder and inspired to do better. Sam Leadley was one of those treasured people.
As greenhouse gas emissions have continued to grow over the years, one commonly suggested solution to reduce greenhouse gas output has been to reduce or eliminate the dairy industry in favor of plant production.
Whether or not to feed hay to preweaned dairy calves is a longstanding debate, without an absolute answer.
Here is a bit of information for those producers that are considering planting alfalfa this year.
Throughout the country, overtime laws continue to threaten the dairy labor force.
While understanding your cost of production is an important metric, it’s also a valuable tool to help you make decisions on a day-to-day basis in order to make your farm more profitable.
The stresses of farming can leave individuals feeling bitter, anxious and overwhelmed. Challenges piled on top of one another can lead to chronic stress that interferes with good decision-making and family relationships.
What could this year bring for the dairy industry? One analyst says he expects to see the size of the U.S. dairy herd to be about the same as it was last year.
10-year, 7-herd study also shows lower health costs.
On Dec. 29, 2020, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 edition was released and reaffirmed dairy’s critical role in a healthy diet.
There are several key takeaways for dairy in the latest COVID-19 aid bill just signed by President Trump.
If you were not able to forward contract protein commodities early this fall, there are still a few affordable protein options.
It’s crucial that the environment of the parlor itself is an inviting, yet efficient one.
“In my heart, it honestly feels like they were trying to bully or scare people into just paying it.”
Attend this webinar to listen to dairies across the U.S share the experiences they have had with technology, the challenges and opportunities they have found and how they have increased profit.
It doesn’t matter if your employees present clinical signs or if they feel “fine,” if they test positive for COVID-19, they need to leave the farm and self-isolate. Here are 4 steps to prevent future transmission.
Following a public announcement that President-elect Joe Biden tapped former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to return to USDA, dairy industry leaders expressed their confidence in his ability to do the job well.
Does increasing the volume of the liquid diet change other feeding behaviors in young calves? Canadian researchers recently examined whether feeding higher volumes of milk or milk replacer would suppress intake of start
The frequency of feed delivery influences a dairy cow’s eating behavior.
The U.S. Trade Representative on Wednesday announced they will initiate official consultations with Canada to examine the country’s Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) obligations.
One way to help forecast the amount of milk produced from first lactation animals is to record their age at first calving (AFC).
Helping older heifers grow, while at the same time not becoming too fat, is a delicate dance that challenges nutritionists and producers alike.
Should I change my silage feeding rate during winter?