Dairy - General
With more producers growing their own feed this year, it’s important to ensure corn silage is harvested correctly to maximize quality and quantity.
The Illinois-based dairy cooperative, Prairie Farms, has announced that they will be closing their plants in Alabama at the end of the month.
While it’s likely producers will still see a drop in milk production during the summer months, feeding a well-balanced ration with proper amino acid concentrations can be a valuable tool in your heat abatement toolbox.
The logistics of tracking over 25 wholesale primals per carcass side (excluding trim) through a modern processing facility into a box and through distribution channels is a monumental task.
Emerging technologies have to overcome several barriers for successful product adoption. Not only work better than the current option but also cost effective and simple to implement.
Would you celebrate National Ice Cream Month tasting the first written recipe for ice cream?
Weyauwega Star Dairy has unofficially broke its own record for the world’s longest piece of string cheese at 3,832 feet.
You spend time implementing best management practices on your farm – shouldn’t you do the same for your succession plan?
California dairy producer, Ray Prock, says the quote often attributed to Mark Twain, “Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting,” captures the ongoing California water crisis.
As dairy caregivers, we see “Poor Doer Syndrome.” These are cows that struggle for unknown reasons until they subsequently develop an infectious disease, a surgically correctable condition or are culled.
A highly fatal intestinal disease of adult cows, Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome (HBS), draws concerns from dairy producers, veterinarians and nutritionists, as it is also known as the sudden death disease of dairy cattle.
China has come to crave milk. Demand that had been steadily growing has spiked further after doctors touted its health benefits amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Combined restaurant and retail food spending hits all-time high.
Initiative Petition 13 (IP13), a draft ballot titled the Abuse, Neglect and Assault Exemption Modification and Improvement, was filed in November by David Michelson, a Portland animal rights activist.
Both milk parlors and feed centers are key focus areas where efficiency has a profound impact on the net income and profitability of a given farm. Yet we often don’t see them managed to the same level of rigor.
If you watch carefully, you can tell a lot about a cow by reading her face. Know the telltale facial expressions of cows in the early stages of pain and sickness.
Like many dairy farms, La Luna Dairy struggles to find enough workers to keep their 1,400-cow dairy humming. Not too long ago it did not matter how many help-wanted ads they put out, they still had vacancies.
Earlier this month, Stensland Family Farm, located outside of Larchwood, Iowa, opened its barn doors to host fourth-year medical students, allowing them to learn more about dairy’s farm-to-table story
Wisconsin dairy farmer, Renee Clark says being a woman in agriculture means being able to work just as hard as everyone else. Clark heads to the barn every morning to mix feed for her farms’ milking herd.
As thriving business owners, what can you do to hire the right people in a labor market where competition is fierce?
As the dairy industry continues to embrace new technologies, the 2021 Precision Dairy Conference promises to be an engaging source of new information and collaboration.
Earlier this month, Julia Nunes began her second term as Alice in Dairyland, which makes her the first Alice to serve two consecutive terms in the program’s history.
While the road to becoming a better manager isn’t any easy one, there are a few steps you can take to not only improve your work performance, but your team’s performance as well.
Bovine tuberculosis is beginning to pop up again, and its effects could be devastating to dairy herds and the workers who care for them.
Dairy is becoming very popular in China, but keeping up with demand is an issue.
John Schouten’s dairy upbringing not only further generated his interest in the dairy industry, but also propelled the CEO to travel the globe and be remembered for his vital role in U.S. dairy semen exports.
Reproduction clicks along like a well-oiled machine at Schanbacher Acres near Atkins, Iowa, thanks in part to the farm’s routine use of blood pregnancy tests for the past 17 years.
As the thermometer climbs, farmers are eager to make sure their fans and sprinklers are running to keep lactating and dry cows cool. But just like adult cows, calves are also challenged by hot weather.
Shortages reduce efficiency and ultimately reduce revenue.