Dairy - General
Land O’Lakes, Inc. increased its sales for the first quarter of 2010 by some $120 million over year-earlier levels.
Key components of the National Dairy FARM (Farmers Assuring Responsible Management) Program are now available in Spanish.
Mastitis Management, Inc., of Burley, Idaho, has just introduced the newest addition to its patented line of Thrifty Dipper Teat Dip Applicators, the Thrifty 150.
UW-Dairy Repro$ is a decision support system that allows dairy producers to calculate and compare the economic value of dairy reproductive programs.
Select Sires Inc. has completed a new global production facility in Plain City, Ohio
California’s 1,700 dairies have cut their milk production for eight consecutive months, underscoring what some call the worst economic climate the state’s dairy producers have ever seen.
The pain felt by California’s financially strapped dairy producers was evident yesterday as they gathered to hear about a new growth management program proposed by Holstein USA Association.
Rabobank International has released its annual list of top 20 global dairy companies.
Nominations are now being accepted for the title of the Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year.
Harry DeWit of Friona, Texas, was named the 2009 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year this week at the International Dairy Foods Association’s Dairy Forum 2009.
Dairy producers sent 9,000 fewer cows to federally inspected slaughter plants in November compared to a year ago, a 4% decline, according to USDA’s Livestock Slaughter Report released this morning.
In 2003, as burdensome European regulations and limited expansion opportunities were squeezing the viability out of his small dairy in northern Ireland, Rodney Elliott read in his local newspaper of an agricultural investment tour of South Dakota.
Dairies are closing partly because of changing consumer tastes and trade tensions, but mainly because the industry is continuing a century-long consolidation.
Producers from Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin will benefit from informational conference.
Their complaint: Retail prices are the highest in the nation, yet smaller California dairymen canX_SQ_Xt make a profit
A family-run Pennsylvania dairy farm is sharing its operation with the world, thanks to its Cow Cam located in the barn.
Bonus content: Click here to access a paper on “Understanding TMR Particle Size and the Effects on the Lactating Dairy Cow” by P.J. Kononoff from the Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference held in June. For the Spanish version of this story, follow this link .
Bonus content: Click here to read “Dairy cows and the environment: Were we better off 83 years ago?” by Alvaro Garcia, dairy nutritionist with South Dakota State University, and Jim Linn, dairy nutritionist with the University of Minnesota.
Bonus content: Click here to read in Spanish. Click here for a manual on treatment and control of lameness in cattle.
Bonus content: Managing Alfalfa-Grass and Grass Silage for High Producing Dairy Cows
Billy Jo Gregg of Delaware County, Ohio, was arrested yesterday on 12 counts of animal cruelty.
Jewel-Osco, a chain of 187 grocery stores in the Chicago area announced Wednesday it was removing all fairlife products from because of an undercover animal activist video released Tuesday.
There are a variety of calcium supplements available to help cows transition smoothly from calving to peak milk.
Is your farm up to meeting the demands on production and labor of a value-added operation while conveying a consumer-friendly farm image? Here are some points to consider when evaluating your farm.
Mars Wrigley and Land O’Lakes, Inc. are coming together in a pilot project that aims to move forward on-farm dairy sustainability with the hopes of reducing dairy greenhouse gas emissions.