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The finger pointing and blame for antimicrobial resistance need to end. The time has come to work together, say these scientists.
The controversial whey factor pricing request galvanizes producer groups but is opposed by processors. State ag department will decide.
House Ag Committee’s ranking member is “opposed to an extension of any kind for any time.”
With White House status quo, other leadership shifts will shape direction of farm and dairy legislation.
Acquisition will bring 33 additional dairies into state’s largest milk processing cooperative.
Two California dairy co-ops will carry on the work of the Alliance, which represented 60% of California’s milk in legislative, environmental and other issues.
Forecasting your cash-flow requirements and ensuring you have access to adequate cash are essential because volatility is here to stay.
Six proposals with individual fluid milk processors will help accelerate product innovation, extend milk’s availability in new channels, and secure additional resources to market fluid milk.
Three Wisconsin-based milk cooperatives propose to merge.
California Dairies, Land O’Lakes and Dairy Farmers of America will participate in the five-month study.
The nutrient value of both sunflower and cottonseed meal is comparable to soybean meal.
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Dairy cooperative’s sales and earnings for both third quarter and year-to-date surpass prior year.
Since enrollment began in September 2010, the FARM Animal Care Program has been implemented on dairy farms accounting for 41% of the nation’s milk supply.
Results of UC-Davis study indicate that the cow’s conformation, particularly for hoof health, should be considered.
Group addresses immediate and long-term challenges facing the state’s dairy industry. State ag secretary is “impressed by the progress made.”
Revamped website to be followed with new product descriptors.
Washington State dairy will install an anaerobic digester and sell the resulting electricity to a utility.
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The 2012 Elite Producer Business Conference will be held Nov. 5 – 7 in Las Vegas.
Harrisvaccines will use the contract over the next 34 months to develop an RNA Particle vaccine against FMDV.
Animals eligible for the 2015 WDE Futurity must be born between September 1, 2011-August 31, 2012.
With no price relief from the California Department of Agriculture, WUD seeks help from state legislature.
With milk prices low and feed costs high, the folks at Greenbacker DairyFarm in Durham have found themselves receiving some financial assistance over the past several months, along with dairies across the country, in the form of a federal farm subsidy.It’s not all that much, “but it helps,” said Joe Greenbacker, who, with his family, runs the expansive farm on Route 68 - and whose ancestors have farmed in the region for centuries.
Mike Hartmann, a Sibley County, Minn. dairy farmer, has pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of illegally selling raw milk.
La sequia, con los resultantes altos precios del alimento, tiene a los productores de leche y a los nutricionistas a mal traer en la búsqueda de alimentos y de bajos costos para alimentar a las vacas.
It doesn’t matter how well we think we’re doing with cow comfort; there’s always room to improve. One main focus is to provide a dry, clean place that cows want to lay in.
$1 million in losses expected, but no people or cows hurt.