DAIRY
In its September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, USDA also projected lower U.S. feed grain supplies for 2011-12.
Corn conception, and development, is poorly understood. So biology professor Virginia Walbot devotes her career to tackling one of botany’s big puzzles: the sex life of corn.
Family dairy farming-inspired calendars to be distributed at World Dairy Expo and across the country by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
The plant will be the only canola oil facility west of the Rocky Mountains.
Committee members hear concerns that current dairy programs don’t provide a meaningful farm-level safety net.
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that dairy farmers who were forced to dump milk, due to power outages and washed out roads and bridges preventing transportation, will receive payments at the market value for the milk that they had to dump.
The fat-free TruMoo milk that will be offered in schools contains just 130 calories per serving and only 10 grams of added sugar. That meets the industry target of good tasting flavored milks that contain no more than 150 calories and less than 25 grams of added sugar per 8 oz. serving.
National Milk Producers Federation says the plan’s Dairy Margin Protection Program helps farmers insure up to 90% of their milk production against low margins.
Dairy prices are up 27% over last year, and beef prices are up nearly 20%. But, 2012 might be a different story as feed costs increase.
LOL chairman Pete Kappelman: "[The proposal] has the potential to dramatically improve the traditional approach to dairy policy...”
There is a high demand for hay because of the drought that has forced many ranchers to stretch their limited supply or sell off their livestock.An even worse scenario is what lies ahead. With no rainfall of significance on the horizon, there’s no time to produce much hay across the Lone Star State to neither catch up with the demand nor restock the barns for winter.
Florida reported the highest milk price in the country, at $25.80. Idaho was the lowest, at $19.90.
Milk haulers still have not been able to reach at least four dairy farms in Vermont because of washed out roads and bridges due to Hurricane Irene.
With roads and bridges washed out, milk haulers have had to go to smaller sized trucks that can navigate seasonal roads and even farm and field lanes.
Wisconsin’s farm crops are flourishing, yet agribusinesses are worried about the outlook for ethanol, a corn-based biofuel, and the global economy.
The website, www.StopSupplyManagement.com, explains John Pagel’s opposition to the supply management portion of Foundation for the Future
The net effect in producer pay prices will be zero, claims the California Milk Producers Council.
That’s hampering not only milk pick-ups off farms but moving milk to processing facilities in the major metropolitan areas of New York City and New England.
ONE hundred UK dairyfarmers are testing a scheme that has reduced methane from cows in the US by an average of 12%. If the same results are repeated here, a 12% methane reduction from dairy cows would be equivalent to 660,000 fewer tonnes of CO entering the atmosphere each year - or taking nearly 200,000 cars off the road.
Year to date, however, cow culling is still running 70,000 head (or 4.4%) higher than 2010.
The Class III price is forecast at $16.10 to $17.10 per cwt. in 2012.
The New Zealand dairy giant says the global market for organics has changed, seeks to limit losses.
Hear about the advantages of a robotic milker that was showcased at the 2010 World Dairy Expo.
South Korea needs to craft additional measures to protect local farmers from the impact of a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States before parliamentary approval, the agriculture minister said.
U.S. dairy policy must reflect global economic reality if it is to be effective in fostering an economic climate in which our dairy farm families can grow and prosper, says this California dairy producer.
A report blasting Georgia’s environmental oversight of large livestock farms has raised concerns about potential contamination of Georgia waterways with chemicals from manure.
Western states, Florida and Texas led with increased input, while extreme heat curbed Midwest production.
House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson advocates discussion draft, rather than legislation, to achieve dairy reform.
Local governments have been stretched to the limit of their capabilities to check food for radiation just before harvesting the first rice crop since the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The farm ministry has attached extra importance to the safety of rice, the nation’s staple food,
Three major construction phases due to be completed by fall 2012 will allow FDA to enhance both efficiency and quality