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Some would prefer to keep the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program over Foundation for the Future. But these statistics about MILC may be surprising.
A pulsión de poner más animales en ordeño trae aparejado un problema de sobrepoblación que, muchas veces, puede poner en riesgo las ganancias.
No exporting manufacturer will accept ingredients that come from milk that doesn’t meet the standard.
Global dairy leader Fonterra Co-operative Group says the company is moving ahead with plans to build dairies in China.
Leveraging dairy checkoff dollars with fast-food giants have resulted in billions of pounds of increased milk sales.
El cuidado de la vaca según los ojos de un auditor de bienestar animal
The U.S. has made the wrong products, used the wrong specifications, had weak or no customer relationships, and has been an inconsistent supplier.
Dean Foods won the award for implementing innovative products, initiating management programs and developing long-term sustainability technologies.
We’ll bring you exclusive coverage of the Oct. 4-8 show from Madison, Wis.
Melrose Dairy Proteins LLC, a cheese and whey protein concentrate plant in Melrose, Minn., uses 3.5 million pounds of milk each day.
Take a look around this family-owned Wisconsin dairy farm.
“Our family works together on our dairy farm. Here is a video about some of the things we do on a daily basis,” says Garrick Hall of Cove, Utah.
Dairy processor Gossner Foods celebrated its most recent contract to supply milk to the U.S. military in Afghanistan while also paying tribute to a former employee killed this summer in an Afghan fire fight.
Mid-sized freestall herds averaging 24,000 lb./cow/year were netting $3.17/cwt, based on a milk price of $22.92.
HUTCHINSON - Extreme heat and a severe water shortage have chopped this year’s corn crop drastically across Kansas, especially for dryland corn.This time of year usually is hectic across the state as grain trucks line up to dump harvested corn at grain elevators. But those trucks are only trickling in as farmers come to grips with a grim harvest they hope is only a one-year anomaly.
Winners also received an all-expenses-paid trip to the American Association of Bovine Practitioners annual conference in St. Louis last week.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requiring that 13 dairies in and near Chino take preventative measures to avoid manure runoff before the winter rains.
The suit alleges that cow culling unfairly allowed dairy farmers to earn more than $9 billion in additional revenue.
When Michele Bachmann is asked on the campaign trail about her ownership of a Wisconsin farm, she says federal payments to the family partnership have stopped and that she has never pocketed “a penny’’ of the government subsidies she denounces.
Canada’s federal government is funding a team of 16 scientists to try to figure out how farmers can use fewer antibiotics in the chickens, pigs and cows Canadians eat. Antibiotics are used in animal feed to prevent disease and promote growth.
On its 10th anniversary, the dairy giant reports that record financial performance and record milk production will result in $10.6 billion in milk payments and dividends.
The students received their financial support through the 2011 AABP Foundation-Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Fund.
In 2011, CWT has assisted members in exporting Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Gouda cheese totaling 32,785 metric tons to 20 countries on four continents.
It’s not your imagination: It costs more to fill your grocery cart this fall than it did at the beginning of spring.Staple food items sold at the three most popular groceries in the area have risen in price over the past six months, according to Dispatch research that began in March.Nationwide, grocery-store prices have increased 5.4 percent in the past 12 months, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Producers are expected to have the opportunity to sign up for the federal Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy program once again in late October.
Idaho congressman Mike Simpson is the lead Republican in support of the House Ag Committee’s Dairy Security Act.
The legislation will replace current, outdated dairy programs with new risk management tools.
Congressman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) believes sign-up for the program will be similar to the 70% sign-up for the Cooperatives Working Together program
The dairy reform package introduced last week will save a projected $167 million over the first five years and $131 million over 10 years.
In a world of increased feed costs, uncooperative weather and problems with forage quality, high milk prices and strong demand are helping some dairy producers make ends meet.