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For 30 months, dairy groups negotiated this agreement that addresses the future of dairy cattle genetic evaluations and management benchmarks.

ANFO is phosphate-free and has been shown to be effective at removing residue from teat sealants.

New Zealand powder for June delivery gained 12.8%; Fonterra increases prices for farmers.

April typically a wetter time of the year on the North Island, scientist says.

The gas is produced on farm through simple, but expensive, methane scrubbing technology.

You can use your smart phone to calibrate herbicide applications.

Breeding your low-end cows to beef bulls now might make sense.

When I saw the title for this month’s discussion on risk management, my mind jumped to milk futures and feed prices. But the more I thought about it, there is more at risk than one year’s profit-and-loss statement.

Follow the links to read extended versions of Dollars and Sense.

‘For the 20,000 lb./cow budget, income rose by about $340 and variable expenses rose by about $40.'--Robert Tigner, University of Nebraska Extension