Milk - General
Implementing a new technology can be both exciting and scary.
From bovines to BMWs, the vision of Bar 20 Dairy is to simply do more with less.
Always looking for the next opportunity, Kutz Dairy is positioned for growth. With the technologies currently in place on the Wisconsin dairy, Allan Kutz believes the next steps of growth will be easier.
While Lung Ultrasound is the cornerstone of any good Calf Herd Health Program, there are many other benefits to getting your herd vet in your calf barn on a regular basis.
If it’s possible to have a global milk production recession, that is, back-to-back quarterly year-over-year decreases in milk production in the key export regions – then we’ve been in one since Q1 2022.
Rain was not the main headline when a powerful storm blew through Rutland County. The intense wind certainly was. The severe thunderstorm brought down powerlines and forced an old dairy barn to collapse, trapping cows.
As a business owner, running a dairy farm is nonstop and it is difficult to draw a dividing line that separates work life and personal life. Our lives are simply not an 8-5 job.
The creators of the iconic got milk? brand, the CMPB wants everyone to get real and is launching the Get Real campaign to promote the benefits of being real in all aspects of life, including drinking real milk.
Oregon dairy farmers are being a target once again. This time a group of environmental, public health and animal welfare petitioned Oregon regulators to approve new rules targeting air pollution from large-scale dairies.
Over the weekend, monsoon storms came through Arizona. A huge concern facing farmers in the western part of the U.S. is water scarcity, so it’s easy to understand why Arizona dairy farmer Casey Dugan welcomed the rain.
California dairy farmer, Steve Maddox found a newfound love for Amazon Prime, who hauled premium alfalfa dairy hay from his Logan, Utah hay ranch to his Riverdale, Calif. dairy farm.
The On-Farm Milk Storage & Handling Grant provides grants for dairy farmers to access funds that support the purchase of equipment and other related costs that will improve milk storage, handling and energy efficiencies.
With the drive to become carbon neutral by 2050, America’s dairy farms bring more than milk to the market. They are looking to exchange carbon credits for dollars. Caballero Dairy will soon be in this market space.
Reclaimed sand and recycled manure solids help farmers lower bedding costs. When bedding meets quality thresholds, farms that use recycled bedding produce the same quality of milk as those that use fresh bedding.
Making a big investment on a farm takes a lot of consideration. Often, owners meet with outside team members to help brainstorm and think through this process. The same holds true when producers look to purchase robots.
Angered at New Zealand for its comments on Taiwan, Beijing looks elsewhere to fill whole milk powder needs.
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.
The workplace trend, quiet quitting, has gotten a lot of attention lately. Instead of going above and beyond, employees are wanting more from their work-life balance. The question is how do you keep employees motivated?
Wearing the crown and title of Princess Kay of the Milky Way has been a dream for Anna Euerle ever since she was little. Euerle followed around her two older sisters to county dairy princesses’ events.
More than 100 school districts throughout Alabama are scrambling to find a new milk supplier for school lunch programs after Borden Dairy Co. announced its plans to close two of its southern plants.
While dishing up meals in Styrofoam to-go containers happens simultaneously with the roar of a diesel tractor, signing its harvest season, some farm families go with plan B.
The Schlangens employ more than 30 conservation practices over time, including cover cropping, establishing buffer strips and variable rate fertilization. They are also a recipient of the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award.
A big opportunity for forward-thinking, elite businesses is to attend the 20th Anniversary of the Milk Business Conference at the Paris Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas December 13-15, 2022.
A headache for most managers is putting together an employee work schedule. Trying to be considerate, but also properly putting a schedule together that aids in the farm’s mission statement is easier said than done.
In Iowa’s capitol, the 69th Iowa Dairy Princess was crowned. The 2022-23 Iowa goodwill ambassador is Naomi Scott from Westgate, who will connect with consumers all year long, promoting dairy.
Pizza Hut and its parent company Yum! Brands are partnering with DFA and dairy suppliers to provide participating farmers with the technology and data needed to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
An often-over-looked expense is having excess corn silage inventory. The decision has to be made soon, when you are chopping—to sell it or use it on the farm.
It’s not too late to double-crop a cool-season forage seeding onto available land to capture some more feed tonnage and/or establish a winter cover crop.
Dairy farmers pray that roads stay open and power stays on as winds from thunderstorms aggravated the McKinney fire in Northern California, burning more than 60,000 acres as of Sunday evening, according to InciWeb.
Managing heifer inventories on a dairy farm is not always easy. Deciding which heifers to keep and which to sell, as well as breeding decisions, can be a challenge. Experts offer seven tips on selling surplus heifers.