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Bipartisan legislation would enable U.S. companies to expand exports to Russia when it joins the World Trade Organization this year.
Robert Switzer tells the story of his family’s dairy farm and captures the experience of millions of other family farmers over the course of the 20th century.
Regular, candid contact makes a big difference in how your lender can help you.
Dairies encouraged to apply for the $10,000 award.
Forty-six million Americans rely on food stamps to meet their nutritional needs. Most of the recipients are the unemployed, the elderly and children.
As governing Council opens, member countries briefed on world food situation.
The Senate is expected to begin debating this and other amendments to the Farm Bill this week.
The new $3 million facility will manufacture the company’s encapsulated lysine, marketed under the name LysiPEARLTM.
“We are on track to create a standalone Animal Health company by our previously stated target of July 2013.” --Ian Read, Pfizer Chairman and CEO
One identified offspring of a BSE cow has tested negative for the disease; calf ranch is also under investigation.
If you protect your margin between nine and 12 months to contract maturity, you will likely obtain a [milk-feed price] margin between $8 and $10/cwt.
Milk is long. Demand for cheese and butter is strong. Where does the market go from here?
Total U.S. dairy export value was $460 million, up 17% from year-earlier levels.
Influx of younger dairy farmers bodes well for the economy and environment.
Product is an extender for cottonseed in dairy feed.
Sarah Leonard joins several young farmers in Washington, D.C., to discuss the importance of the farm bill for the next generation of ag producers.
‘We created programs that can be customized by each dairy.’
We’ve done a little freshening of our own.
Co-op officials don’t expect many, if any, farms to go out of business as a result of non-compliance since they expect USDA will readily grant derogations.
CWT has accepted eight requests for export assistance from Bongards, Darigold, Foremost Farms and United Dairymen of Arizona.
The new dairy supply management program in the farm bill will hurt exports, encourage imports and limit job growth, say dairy processors.
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) A dramatic increase in the price of hay and corn and low milk prices are putting some New Mexico dairies out of business.Dairy Producers of New Mexico President Luke Woelber tells the Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/L7ZCIv ) that he knows of five dairies in the eastern and southern part of the state that have closed in the face of feed costs that have doubled in the past few years.
The Seattle-based Darigold, Inc. is closing its Salt Lake City milk processing plant by the end of July, laying off 96 employees.
Recent research indicates that the lysine availability of AminoShure-L is lower than originally projected.
The Novartis Cattle Vaccine Literature Library app provides fast and convenient access tomore than 50 product brochures, technical bulletins, journal articles and other reference tools.
The agreement combines the technical expertise of DeLaval representatives and dealers with the reproductive expertise of Genex staff.
Grazing can be a viable system for new dairy operations.
Cornell University’s David Galton receives top award. Several others honored.
With European partner, the New Zealand company will establish a new cheese plant and a dairy ingredients factory in the Netherlands to supply its European and Asian customers.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 14 requests for export assistance from Darigold, Foremost Farms, Land O’Lakes, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative and United Dairymen of Arizona.
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