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Culling was up across the country over the July numbers, with the largest jump in the Midwest, up 25%.
The new standards address animal welfare for dairy calves and heifers from birth to freshening across the U.S.
Governor Chris Christie today announced that United States Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack has granted a Natural Disaster Designation for 20 New Jersey counties following flooding and high winds from Hurricane Irene and several other weather disasters for farmers so far this year.
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has identified a list of the programs that are available to farm families recovering from flood damage.
Exports are flourishing amid drought and high feed prices domestically, USDA says.
More than 65,000 producers and industry professionals will converge from 90 countries for the five-day dairy celebration Oct. 4-8 in Madison, Wis.
The practical impact of the proposal is that all U.S. dairy farms will eventually have to meet the 400,000 SCC limit, regardless of where they ship their milk.
The Lely Astronaut A4 will undergo its first public showing in the U.S. in Madison, Wis., Oct. 4–8, 2011.
Western states, Texas and Florida show biggest year-over-year percentage gains.
To keep the cows comfortable and healthy, you need good people who are able to care for them. At our operation, we focus on the cows because without them, we are all redundant.
Motivation is important on the dairy because I want the most out of my employees every day, every shift. I show them respect and try and have them understand we are in this together.
We like to think we provide a nice atmosphere where they can excel in their jobs, which has made it easy to retain good workers.
Program represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make major improvements, says National Milk Producers Federation.
Food prices are expected to rise as the corn surplus shrinks due to a hot summer, which likely scorched this year’s corn crop.
The University of Minnesota School of Veterinary Medicine is offering three courses: Beginning, Advanced and Somatic Cell Count analysis.
Midwest Environmental Advocates and their clients have paid Rosendale Dairy for legal and expert witness fees to settle the dairy’s claim that MEA’s claims are frivolous.
California congressman says it’s “time for Congress to stop picking winners and losers, which is causing a shortage of feed in our country.”
Northwest Dairy Association (NDA), a dairyfarmer-owned cooperative, and Darigold, Inc., its wholly owned milk processing subsidiary, recently pledged support for the draft dairy reform legislation released by House Agriculture Committee ranking democratic member Collin Peterson (D-MN) earlier this summer. Peterson, who plans to introduce the legislation this fall, will be joined by Congressman Mike Simpson (R-ID) as a co-sponsor. The proposal is based on Foundation for the Future (FFTF), a comprehensive dairy reform proposal authored by dairy leaders across the country."Our decision to support the Peterson/Simpson proposal is not one taken lightly,” according to Jim Werkhoven, Chairman of the Northwest Dairy Association and Darigold boards of directors and a dairyfarmer in Monroe, Washington. “We began our evaluation of the proposal more than a year ago, by presenting it to the membership at our annual meeting. Since then, we have discussed the plan in many forums, including area producer meetings. There is an industry consensus building around Foundation for the Future that promises improved economic stability for dairyfarmers and ensures food security for the nation.”
BY SHERRI ACKERMANThe Tampa TribuneTAMPA It’s the latest public education controversy to sweep the nation, and it has nothing to do with high-stakes testing or graduation rates.This debate is about chocolate milk, and it’s coming soon to a cafeteria near you.This summer, the Los Angeles Public School District banned chocolate milk from its lunchrooms. It joined a growing list of states, including Florida, that link the sugary beverage to childhood obesity.One school nutrition manager in Coloradodubbed chocolate milk “soda in drag.”
By Josh Rhotenjrhoten@wyomingnews.comCHEYENNE - Drought conditions across the U.S. have created a unique situation for Wyoming ranchers.Demand for hay continues to grow, sparking an increase in prices.Monte Lerwick, a rancher and farmer in Albin, said he was seeing a rise in prices, even for low-quality hay, because of the high demand."Our hay prices have been really high this year, and we have started to bundle it up into larger bails to send to other places because of the demand,” he said. “It doesn’t even really matter if it’s high quality or not, people just need it because of that drought.”
In its September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, USDA also projected lower U.S. feed grain supplies for 2011-12.
Corn conception, and development, is poorly understood. So biology professor Virginia Walbot devotes her career to tackling one of botany’s big puzzles: the sex life of corn.
Family dairy farming-inspired calendars to be distributed at World Dairy Expo and across the country by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
The plant will be the only canola oil facility west of the Rocky Mountains.
More frequent meals means there is less feed slugging into the rumen, less chance of acidosis and a more stable rumen environment.
Committee members hear concerns that current dairy programs don’t provide a meaningful farm-level safety net.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 17 requests for export assistance from Darigold, Dairy Farmers of America, Foremost Farms and United Dairymen of Arizona.
This innovative program uses a team approach to improve dairy herd reproduction.