Dairy - General
Develop a plan for using homegrown forages and determine whether you need to purchase other forages.
Higher Class I prices in Boston triggered the lower MILC payment.
An important way to control feed costs is managing the loss of feed that was delivered but never consumed.
Processors claim dairy farm margins are improving; producer groups say dairies still struggling with red ink.
Dean Foods is providing $50,000 to fund Dairyland Initiative access for all dairy farmers.
U.S. dairy products have been locked out of the Indian market.
Report recommends dairy-specific training for regulatory staff.
System creates a 10-day behavior history measuring feeding behavior including visits to and total amount of time spent at the feed bunk.
Make sure all responsibilities, costs and expectations are laid out in writing.
SDLG North America’s two new models offer grain, feedlot and dairy operations easy operation, reliable performance and simplified maintenance.
The website facilitates the local marketing of feed commodities where livestock producers in need of high moisture corn, corn silage, hay, or straw can easily make contact with sellers.
The additional $1 generated, if approved by producer referendum, would remain in the state.
Feed price relief on the horizon for dairy producers, but high stocks dampen milk and product prices.
The state is opening selected lands for haying and grazing and encouraging farmers with excess feed and forage to offer it on the UW Extension’s Farmer-to-Farmer website.
The kit includes all the necessary hardware and load cells to place under an existing group weighing platform.
Returns to management, when all costs such as labor and fixed costs are included, quickly bleed red ink.
The case was remanded back to the local court to more accurately calculate the estimated $700,000 loss.
May exports of U.S. milk solids reached an astounding 16.9% of the nation’s total.
A third, in-person lab will be held on a farm near Madison, Wis. during World Dairy Expo week.
It will be part of House/Senate Conference Committee negotiations, says Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairperson of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
The unique milking liner is also designed to operate at high speed for fast milkout.
Shipments of non-compliant milk dropped from just under 10% in January 2012 to 6% in June.
Year-to-date, CWT sales are equivalent to 1.9 billion lb. of milk.
Feeding additional sugar to lactating cows may result in improved feed efficiency and animal performance.
The bill contains dairy margin insurance but no market stabilization program.
Measuring, recording and posting performance data can enable the whole team to achieve improvements on the farm.
GEN-3 has been tested in 21 university state trials in seven states, showing a 12.3% yield advantage.
Year-to-date sales are the equivalent of 1.790 billion pounds of milk on a milkfat basis.
The overall checklist used to evaluate farms has been streamlined from 77 questions to 48.
Shade lowers the temperature inside calf hutches, as well as calf body temperature and respiration rates.