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EPA’s proposal could discourage water conservation by changing the long-standing relationship between farmers and USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Four U.S. companies make the list in a year that saw most industry giants battle challenging conditions.
“With Muscle Milk, you get the leading share player in a significant growth category,” Hormel CEO says.
5 areas where technology can help achieve feeding success.
Using benchmarking data from similarly managed dairy herds can be helpful when developing herd goals for reproductive performance.
The sweet greens, mango carrot and strawberry drinks will be sold in about 170 locations in San Jose, Calif., and St. Louis, Mo.
Greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced in Indiana, thanks to an effort to turn manure into electricity.
High milk prices bring relief, but feed prices, especially for forages, are escalating. Is there hope from El Nino?
Cheese, butter and milk powder headed to Middle East and Asia.
New leader will head one of the largest commodity boards in the U.S.
Virtus Nutrition provides dairy nutritionists and producers with a tool to better balance for the essential omega-6 and omega-3 nutrients in their dairy diets.
The average cost of raising a heifer sot up $600 between 2007 and 2013, to about $2,200 per head.
Conception rates decline by as much as two thirds.
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Recent study finds nearly 30% of load cells out of whack or non-functioning.
New process converts 50% of manure slurry to drinkable, potable water.
A temp-humidity index as low as 73 can cause a two-thirds reduction in conception rate.
Dairy farms continue to disappear from the region’s rural landscape.
Nestle is developing a $400 million dairy training center in northeast China.
They jostle for the No. 3 position in U.S. milk production while dairying in sharply different environments. But dairy producers in the two states share similar concerns.
May milk price down 60 cents from April, but up $5 from a year ago.
Canada, Japan must allow access to dairy markets, say U.S. groups.
How drought-gripped dairymen responsibly use water while producing the milk and dairy products that feed a growing population.
For every $1 spent by Dairy Management, Inc., almost six more pizzas were sold in the quick-serve restaurant category.
“Disservice to farmers to rush this proposal through the review process without sufficient scientific support.” --NMPF’s Jim Mulhern
Universities and state cooperative extension programs set to help educate farmers.
The Genetic Summary Report was developed to monitor and manage breeding programs.
Year to date, CWT sales are the equivalent of 1.610 billion pounds of milk on a milkfat basis.
New York claims title for second consecutive year as U.S. yogurt production continues to increase.