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About half a dozen smaller dairyfarms in the Shenandoah Valley will be subject to inspection by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the first half of May, valley dairy operators learned at an April 19 meeting with EPA officials.
AUSTIN - Undercover footage that an animal advocacy group says reveals abuse, neglect and torture of calves at a dairy operation in a small Panhandle town has sparked a sheriff’s office inquiry.
The price and supply of corn remains Beijing’s top food security concern as the country’s demand for feed grain and corn-related industrial products continues to rise, analysts say.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. cattle futures slumped Wednesday [April 20] after an animal-welfare group released a grisly video depicting dairy calves on a Texas ranch being killed with a hammer and pickaxe.
AUSTIN - As legislators consider expanding raw milk sales, state health officials confirmed Wednesday that they’ve traced four recent cases of salmonella in the Dallas area to drinking the unpasteurized product.Three children and one adult who consumed raw milk from Lavon Farms in Plano became sick, and three of them were hospitalized, said Chris Van Deusen, spokesman for the Department of State Health Services.The gastrointestinal illnesses occurred between December and March, Van Deusen said.
Negotiating is a skill producers must learn for consistent business success.
• Fever tick inspections move to Texas By Julian AguilarThe Texas TribuneLAREDO - An unexpected casualty of the drug-cartelfueled lawlessness in Mexico: the cattle industry.At a temporary inspection site in the industrial sector of Laredo, home to the country’s largest inland port, the lowing of cows has been heard not far from the purring of the tractortrailers that haul millions of dollars worth of goods from Mexico each day.
Dairy demand improves as economy recovers.
The divestiture is part of the recent Department of Justice settlement.
A freestall herd rolling along at 24,000 lb/cow had a breakeven of $17.44.
Drops in milk production, increases in mastitis cases expected.
State ag commissioner touts program that offers up to $25,000 to convert hot water from electric to solar.
Group refutes ‘bogus claims’ against the ethanol industry.
Health issues, sustainability, social networking, demographic changes will impact dairy industry.
The Golden State retained its No. 1 dairy ranking despite ongoing struggles.
USDA report says high feed costs offsetting high milk prices, only slight herd growth expected.
America’s huge trade deficit with China has raised concerns about U.S. competitiveness and about jobs’ moving overseas. But a new study offers a glimmer of hope to Americans: Last year, U.S. exports to China soared 32 percent, to a record level of $91.9 billion.
The leading national trade organizations representing dairy producers and processors oppose legislation that would allow the direct sale of raw milk to the public.
State agencies say no health risk from radiation levels from Japan.
Should food made from the offspring of cloned animals be banned? And if not should it be clearly labelled?
Idaho Dairymen’s Association says the bills will make it easier for producers to succeed.
Funding will go directly to state’s dairy producers for water quality and manure management.
Australia should not take its domestic food supply, and food security, for granted. That’s the view of a report published to coincide with the National Sustainable Food Summit in Melbourne. It says the industry needs to focus on local business models and take a more sophisticated view of food production.
Cloned cows that produce ‘humanised’ milk might be an interesting scientific achievement, but have been met with limited enthusiasm. Chinese researchers announced in the journal PLoS ONE this week that they had engineered cows to secrete milk containing lysozyme, a protein found in human breastmilk that boosts the immunity of breastfed babies.
Supply management panel draws large crowd at World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif.
Jim Lochner, chief operating officer of Tyson Foods, Inc., said a new paradigm exists in the supply/demand fundamentals in U.S. protein production. “Producer profitability will determine the amount of protein available to be consumed in the future,” he said. “That concept hasn’t changed; however, the drivers of profitability and production have changed.
The milk marketing and processing co-op reports “great financial health.”
Led by California producer Doug Maddox, panel members Gary Genske, Syp Vander Dussen and Marv Hoekema discussed the viability of a growth management plan to bring U.S. milk production into balance with demand.
Talk Jersey marks the sixth national Jersey youth presentation competition.
Tight supply situation expected to continue into 2011 and 2012