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Three years ago, Tillamook Cooperative Creamery switched to using the Foss Bactoscan for determining bacterial counts of milk samples. We also decided to test every load of milk received rather than testing weekly.

From June 2005 through November 2009, Osterkamp Dairy achieved a milk quality bonus for 52 out of 53 months—a 98% success rate. Those results, says owner Mark Osterkamp, don’t happen without teamwork. In fact, getting milkers to buy in to the team concept is key to making everything work, he says.

As dairy price support levels become less and less relevant to cost-of-production levels, milk price volatility has brought cash flows from booming highs to crushing lows.

Producer group offers a growth management plan, but many are wary

Arizona dairy introduces Saudi barns to Texas.

One strategy used by Midwest dairy managers in 2009 when feed prices were high and milk prices were at record lows was feeding more forages.

Balancing dairy rations for rumen-protected amino acids is often an exercise in confusion. There are few hard and fast rules.

You can reduce the risk of a hay fire on your farm with these tips

As more details emerge on the National Milk Producers Federation’s 2012 dairy policy proposal, there’s a lot to like

Through social media like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and his own Web site, Dino Giacomazzi communicates regularly with friends, family and business colleagues. Giacomazzi uses social networking sites to advocate on issues he believes are critical to dairy’s survival.