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Feeding waste milk to calves captures high-quality nutrients and adds value to a product that otherwise would be discarded. But recent research sheds light on concerns about the practice.
Increased fuel costs impedes movement of milk and milk components.
Excess copper can be too much of a good thing for preweaned dairy calves.
Constantly utilizing antibiotics to treat mastitis is not always a viable practice.
After three years of well-publicized drought, California has received near-normal precipitation this year.
Direct payment assistance to dairy farmers was announced at 20 cents per hundredweight, with total payments capped at $250,000 per farm operation or legal entity.
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board is soliciting comments from beef and dairy producers and industry organizations for possible improvements to the beef checkoff program.
New report shows the worldwide dairy industry’s contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is just 2.7%
Mark Wustenberg suggests simple places to check for a dairy’s source of bacteria problems in milk counts.
Dakota Country Cheese, Mandan, N.D., closes its doors June 28, 2010.
USDA reporting increasing numbers of crossbred dairy cattle.
Crisis management drill hones ability to respond to emergencies.
Employers, rather than employees, are the primary work-site targets of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The National Dairy Animal Well-Being Initiative unveiled its final principles and guidelines at World Dairy Expo in October.
2009 dairy exports may cool; long-term prospects hot
Regulatory obstacles curb digesters’’ future in California.
California dairies try to outlast the downturn
California dairies combine for manure-to-energy benefits
Clear expectations, firsthand knowledge breed success
Harry DeWit rose from immigrant herdsman to Texas dairy leader and innovator
Dairy Today has covered numerous U.S. dairy digester and cap-and-trade projects in recent years. These producers tell what they’ve learned since we first featured them.
High-quality forage allows less corn in diets.
“Uncertainty about the future is creating consternation among producers,” says Tony Mendes, who milks 1,400 cows near Riverdale, Calif. “We’re preoccupied with survival.”
Tail docking of dairy cows was already an uncommon and diminishing practice in California when a state legislator introduced a bill in February 2009 to ban the practice.
Large dairy operations, those with 50 or more employees, will now be required to provide health insurance for their employees and possibly for their families as well.