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Farmers, state officials and dairy industry experts are gathering at Cornell University for the 2014 Yogurt and Dairy Summit.
Help keep parasites from eating into profits with these simple steps.
Most producers were unaware their herd was at risk.
How long will it take for imports of cheese and butter to start to dampen U.S. dairy product prices?
As an independent consultant who works lockstep with cattle producers, I am impressed with the resilience and resourcefulness that stretches across cattle country.
The state Board of Animal Health has voted to adopt standards that align Indiana with a federal livestock identification program.
Grassland Dairy Products Inc. has been ordered to pay a $300,000 penalty to Wisconsin for violating state water pollution laws.
With an expanded portfolio that includes ELISA and PCR tests, IDEXX now offers BDVD testing solutions to fit every need.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the American Association of Extension Veterinarians are co-hosting the Extension session of the 2014 U.S. Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Symposium Aug. 3 at Texas A&M University.
Bob-White Systems recently added Milk ELISA testing for Pregnancy, Johne’s Disease and Leukosis to its offering of tests available from its Private Dairy and Food Lab.
University of Missouri student named 2014 National Winner of the Bayer Excellence in Communication Award.
A south-central Idaho milk processing company has agreed to pay a $170,000 fine for dumping wastewater with acidity levels high enough to damage Jerome’s wastewater treatment plant.
Just one supershedder in a feedlot pen can spread the bacteria to the hides of most of the other animals in the pen.
The New York Senate’s debate about declaring yogurt the state’s official snack was intended to teach a fourth-grade class about government. But it became a lesson on legislative silliness from David Lettermen and Jon Stewart.
Land O’ Lakes is planning to close one east-central Wisconsin cheese plant and expand another.
An Ohio-based cheese processor is investing nearly $20 million in a plant its purchased in central Wisconsin.
There are several variables in the vaccination equation: the people, the animals, and the vaccine.
French food manufacturer Danone says its profits slumped 15 percent last year as markets in Europe weakened, and warned that a return to growth won’t come before late in the year.
When temperatures and resulting wind chills fall lower than normal, cattle producers need to pay special attention to newborn calves.
Prominent role for milk, other dairy products maintained in new rules.
“Most [drug residue] violations are caused by treated cows that had no identifying information at the time of milking to indicate that their milk was to be withheld from the bulk tank.” –Norbert Nigon, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
High milk production plus even moderate temperatures (think 70°s) equal the beginning of heat stress.
The key to finding sick calves is to observe calves several times each day.
A medida que más productores manejan a las becerras en forma grupal, se torna mas difícil identificar a las becerras que están enfermas.
Peter Kleiman who owns and operates a 100-cow, 800-acre operation in Wilson, Mich., was elected as president of the FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative board of directors.
Pasteurizing waste milk and vaccination help control Johne’s disease.
By Alfred Wanner Jr.It’s hard to overstate how important dairy cows are to Lancaster County’s economy. According to one authoritative estimate, dairyfarming here generates more than $400 million in revenue annually. Eighty-five percent of that stays in the community, changing hands 2½ times and generating $1.5 billion in total economic activity. Put another way, Lancaster’s economic fortunes rise and fall largely with those of its dairyfarmers.And right now dairyfarmers are worried that 2012 could be another 2009, when milk prices plummeted just as feed costs soared, wiping out profit margins virtually overnight. Many of us lost money on every gallon of milk we produced for a year. Others simply didn’t survive.
The first TB-infected beef cattle herd was detected in July 2005 in northwestern Minnesota. Since that time, more than 800,000 TB tests have been done around the state.