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Video can be far more effective than offering training with written materials because most adults are visual learners.
Farm meetings should have both a tactical and strategic purpose.
The Minnesota minimum wage jumps to $9.50 by 2016. Maryland’s jumps to $10.10 by 2018.
Dairy group unhappy that “elected officials could not set aside partisan politics to address the dysfunctional policy” of the U.S. immigration system.
How one California dairy transformed its workforce, its SCC levels and its bottom line.
Financing is available to qualified organizations in six states to develop housing for domestic farm laborers.
New Zealand dairy will be milking 1,500 cows with 24 robots by year end.
Western United Dairymen joins the Agriculture Workforce Coalition in urging legislators to fix agriculture’s workforce problems before mandating e-Verify.
Urge your employees to take these precautions to avoid injuries.
Dairy producers in Germany are impressed with the results they’ve seen changing to automatic milking in a rotary.
Judging will be done August 10 - 12.
The world’s top 10 largest dairy groups now collectively milk 1 million cows, with the U.S., China, Russia and Saudi Arabia emerging as the dominant players on the global dairy stage.
The timing of unit removal is important in harvesting the most milk possible while managing teat health.
Cows are creatures of habit, so keep it consistent inside the parlor.
Here’s a comparison on a number of varieties and models
Dairy farms are a hustling and bustling place. Last year, the Berning family in Illinois opened their dairy farm barn doors and offer Farm Camp for kids of all ages. Camp includes farm chores, scavenger hunts and more.
Without proper cleaning and sanitation of feeding equipment, disease and illness can quickly spread among calves.
It was a mixed bag in the CME dairy product trade. Block cheese and barrel cheese fell, while butter gained. Class III milk futures tumbled lower on the day.
High stocking density and restricted feed access increase the risk of sub-acute rumen acidosis with greater time spent below rumen pH of 5.8.
If feed isn’t mixed and fed properly, balancing rations to the nth decimal point doesn’t really matter.
The cause traces back to basic cow physiology, milk production and feed intake.
How you prepare cows for heat stress and the adjustments made to management and feeding practices can help your herd successfully navigate this challenging time period.
“Dairy” farms are seeing a shift from the traditional business of selling milk and meat. Instead, farmers are leaning towards enterprises with a multitude of revenue streams.
Use on-farm culturing to determine proper care.
While the cows seem less fazed with a big-name country star holding a concert in their backyard, Gar-Line Dairy Farm is thrilled. The Minnesota dairy farm is a 2022 Farm Tour stop for the Sept. 24 Luke Bryan concert.
Most early lactation high producing cows are in negative energy balance because the demand for energy exceeds the energy the cow is able to consume.
Just because a heifer can get pregnant to calve at 21 months doesn’t necessarily mean she should be bred that early.
More than 5% of U.S. dairy herds closed their doors in 2021, but that was the slowest rate of decline in four years.
Providing anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin, can be beneficial during the early lactation period. Here’s why.