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All-Season non-marking tires
California dairies combine for manure-to-energy benefits
Harry DeWit rose from immigrant herdsman to Texas dairy leader and innovator
Producer group offers a growth management plan, but many are wary
Wisconsin’s status as America’s Dairyland was built on the hard work and perseverance of generations of family farmers. This industry generates $26.5 billion in economic activity each year and is interconnected with nearly every industry sector in our state. Every dollar of dairy income delivers an additional $1.54 into local communities.
Finding workers has become the number one concern for many local farmers. Tougher immigration laws, local people gravitating to other work, and the lack of an effective guest worker program makes filling the fields with workers more difficult than it was in the past.
It’s about what the dairy needs, not what family members or employers want their responsibilities to be, Ohio professor says at Expo seminar.
Farm groups agreed on a rolling visa limit for immigrant farmworkers and minimum wages for laborers, resolving sticking points on the path toward revised U.S. immigration law.
Dairies struggle with U.S. immigration laws that were designed for seasonal farm laborers instead of the year-round, seven-days-a-week ones they need.
‘See It? Stop It!’ initiative to be a component of National Dairy FARM Program.
Bipartisan bill’s ‘blue card’ would allow farmers to keep their existing workforce.
New Zealand dairy will be milking 1,500 cows with 24 robots by year end.
Financing is available to qualified organizations in six states to develop housing for domestic farm laborers.
New program provides producers the opportunity to create premium beef while maximizing dairy profit.
In a 13-minute conversation today with Farm Journal Media’s Pam Fretwell, Vilsack says Senate/House farm bill conferees are still working out the details in the dairy program.
Once again bovines and films have come together, this time on Twitter with the hashtag #MOOvies.
Farmers in California’s Central Valley, the world’s most productive agricultural region, will get none of the water they requested this year from a federally controlled system because of the drought gripping the state.
The company still won’t use beef from animals that had been given antibiotics to prevent disease and promote weight gain.
Cattlemen express concerns as EPA Administrator nominee goes before Senate in confirmation hearing.
The agency says a waiver would do little to reduce corn prices.