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“The Holy Grail” of the agricultural calendar each month is the USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Report.

Dairy producers sent 265,000 cows to slaughter in Federally inspected plants in December, 34,000 more (15%) than in December 2009

Year-over-year milk production increases slowly adjusting supply to demand, holding the all-milk price near 2010 level.

Rain that caused billions of dollars of destruction in Australia could propel wheat output in the fourth-largest exporter to a record next harvest and boost irrigated crops after floods swept parched land.

El periodo de transición, un momento critico

Many factors contribute to rising feed costs: diet formulation, feed wastage, ingredient selection and purchasing. One frequently mentioned cost-cutting measure, because it is a direct cash cost, is to eliminate minerals and particularly trace mineral supplementation. However, all dairy diets need some supplementation as natural, home-raised feeds are usually low in most required trace minerals. Not supplementing will result in a moderate deficiency.

USDA is reminding livestock producers that Federal assistance may be available to compensate for weather-related death and other losses.

A flush-flume sand settling system simplifies sand removal at 3-D Dairy.

JerseyBid.com, a new real-time online auction service, will be highlighted at the winter US Jersey seminar in Columbus, Ohio.

The Midwest dairy processor paid out $6 million in cash patronage and equity revolvements in 2009 and the rest in 2010.