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One of the many goals in raising calves is to provide a stress-free environment, which takes proactive management of the calves’ basic needs.

Hawaii land officials have approved a nearly 1,400-acre dairy farm and cheesery on the Big Island.

Supershot is the first bull to be marketed with a net merit index of more than $1,000.

That could represent a 20% reduction in planted acres.

California and Colorado show biggest gains while Midwest suffers through tough winter.

Year-to-date culling is down 49,000 head, or 8.8%.

‘Treatment protocols are lot more than what drug to use, how often it is used and at what volume.’ --Michigan State veterinarian Ron Erskine.

Wisconsin farmers pay an average of 25¢/cwt; North Dakota farmers, $1.26.

The funding will help dairy farmers convert farm waste to energy and develop individualized business and environmental plans to reduce operating costs and increase profitability.

National Dairy Genetics Workshop in Tempe, Ariz., Feb. 17 - 19.