News
A new study reports that low somatic cell counts and mastitis prevention are key to reducing new clinical cases after calving.
Kent Feeds, Inc. has a new beef and dairy pack to be mixed in cattle rations to increase the nutrient fortification for supporting health and performance.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) announced Monday that it accepted eight export assistance bids last week for the sale of butter, anhydrous milkfat and whole milk powder.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted bids for export sales of Cheddar cheese to the Middle East and Asia.
The National Milk Producers Federation’s board of directors overwhelmingly agreed today to move forward with a variety of changes in federal dairy policies.
Land O’Lakes, Inc. increased its sales for the first quarter of 2010 by some $120 million over year-earlier levels.
Key components of the National Dairy FARM (Farmers Assuring Responsible Management) Program are now available in Spanish.
Mastitis Management, Inc., of Burley, Idaho, has just introduced the newest addition to its patented line of Thrifty Dipper Teat Dip Applicators, the Thrifty 150.
UW-Dairy Repro$ is a decision support system that allows dairy producers to calculate and compare the economic value of dairy reproductive programs.
Select Sires Inc. has completed a new global production facility in Plain City, Ohio
California’s 1,700 dairies have cut their milk production for eight consecutive months, underscoring what some call the worst economic climate the state’s dairy producers have ever seen.
The pain felt by California’s financially strapped dairy producers was evident yesterday as they gathered to hear about a new growth management program proposed by Holstein USA Association.
Rabobank International has released its annual list of top 20 global dairy companies.
Nominations are now being accepted for the title of the Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year.
Harry DeWit of Friona, Texas, was named the 2009 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year this week at the International Dairy Foods Association’s Dairy Forum 2009.
Dairy producers sent 9,000 fewer cows to federally inspected slaughter plants in November compared to a year ago, a 4% decline, according to USDA’s Livestock Slaughter Report released this morning.
In 2003, as burdensome European regulations and limited expansion opportunities were squeezing the viability out of his small dairy in northern Ireland, Rodney Elliott read in his local newspaper of an agricultural investment tour of South Dakota.
Dairies are closing partly because of changing consumer tastes and trade tensions, but mainly because the industry is continuing a century-long consolidation.
Producers from Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin will benefit from informational conference.
Their complaint: Retail prices are the highest in the nation, yet smaller California dairymen canX_SQ_Xt make a profit
A family-run Pennsylvania dairy farm is sharing its operation with the world, thanks to its Cow Cam located in the barn.
Bonus content: Click here to access a paper on “Understanding TMR Particle Size and the Effects on the Lactating Dairy Cow” by P.J. Kononoff from the Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference held in June. For the Spanish version of this story, follow this link .
Bonus content: Click here to read “Dairy cows and the environment: Were we better off 83 years ago?” by Alvaro Garcia, dairy nutritionist with South Dakota State University, and Jim Linn, dairy nutritionist with the University of Minnesota.
Bonus content: Click here to read in Spanish. Click here for a manual on treatment and control of lameness in cattle.
Bonus content: Managing Alfalfa-Grass and Grass Silage for High Producing Dairy Cows