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Sixty percent of our cows’ diets is forage, so it’s imperative that we put up quality forages on our farm.
Continuing increases in feed costs are really stirring up discussions on how to capitalize on higher-percentage, forage-based rations and doing more on our dairy to maximize feed efficiency.
Selling lots of milk means sourcing lots of high-quality feed. It can be daunting during these times of high feed prices, but a good mix of purchased and self-raised feed and the flexibility to shift between different feedstuffs allows us options to lower overall feed costs.
The International Dairy Foods Association proposal calls for the elimination of minimum class prices and end product price formulas, and the phaseout of Class I differentials over six years. Only Federal Orders auditing functions would remain.
The National Milk Producers Federation and the National Mastitis Council have both submitted proposals to lower the current federal SCC limit to 400,000 cells/ml.
Proposed bill would remove Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit and fully repeal the import tariff on foreign ethanol.
Delegates to the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) voted 25 for, 26 against a proposal to lower the U.S. Grade A standard to 400,000 cells/ml.
A Washington dairy producer explains the options that allow him to put the best feed where it will have the greatest return.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted five requests for export assistance from Bongards Creamery, Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold, and Foremost Farms
The National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) is moving forward with a National Milk Producer Federation proposal
Third-party verification of animal welfare, other on-farm practices to begin this summer.
Queen-Acres Barber Booper moved into first place with lifetime totals on December 31, 2010 of 306,145 lbs. milk, 14,664 lbs. fat and 10,520 lbs. protein.
WARREN, Weber County -- Clint Wade is a fourth-generation dairyman who is milking cows much differently than his great-grandpa. Despite his impressive state-of-the-art milking parlor on a carousel and computer-monitored ankle bracelets on every cow, one thing hasn-t changed --when it rains, it pours.
Tips on assessing alfalfa stands and the extent of damage to the crop.
About half a dozen smaller dairyfarms in the Shenandoah Valley will be subject to inspection by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the first half of May, valley dairy operators learned at an April 19 meeting with EPA officials.
AUSTIN - Undercover footage that an animal advocacy group says reveals abuse, neglect and torture of calves at a dairy operation in a small Panhandle town has sparked a sheriff’s office inquiry.
The price and supply of corn remains Beijing’s top food security concern as the country’s demand for feed grain and corn-related industrial products continues to rise, analysts say.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. cattle futures slumped Wednesday [April 20] after an animal-welfare group released a grisly video depicting dairy calves on a Texas ranch being killed with a hammer and pickaxe.
AUSTIN - As legislators consider expanding raw milk sales, state health officials confirmed Wednesday that they’ve traced four recent cases of salmonella in the Dallas area to drinking the unpasteurized product.Three children and one adult who consumed raw milk from Lavon Farms in Plano became sick, and three of them were hospitalized, said Chris Van Deusen, spokesman for the Department of State Health Services.The gastrointestinal illnesses occurred between December and March, Van Deusen said.
A dairy calf facility in Texas is being investigated after an animal rights group released video footage showing animal cruelty.
Cow numbers are also up an estimated 76,000 (0.8%) over a year ago and 17,000 head over February.
Negotiating is a skill producers must learn for consistent business success.
• Fever tick inspections move to Texas By Julian AguilarThe Texas TribuneLAREDO - An unexpected casualty of the drug-cartelfueled lawlessness in Mexico: the cattle industry.At a temporary inspection site in the industrial sector of Laredo, home to the country’s largest inland port, the lowing of cows has been heard not far from the purring of the tractortrailers that haul millions of dollars worth of goods from Mexico each day.
U.S. dairy producers sent 268,000 dairy cows to slaughter through Federally inspected plants in March
Rabobank expects a slow rebalancing of the U.S. dairy market, with limited significant upside for suppliers in coming months.
Mandatory dairy programs, such as the Dairy Price Support Program, MILC and DEIP, are not affected by the budget cuts
Dairy demand improves as economy recovers.
The divestiture is part of the recent Department of Justice settlement.
A freestall herd rolling along at 24,000 lb/cow had a breakeven of $17.44.