In our team’s experience the best dairy calf and cow managers share a similar trait – they have a knack for seeing what the animal sees and understanding what the animal experiences. This enables them [Read More …]
The cows on New York State farms must be happy, because they make really good milk. It’s tasty, nutritious and locally produced. In 2013 Martin Wiedmann had an idea to make milk even better. Now [Read More …]
Despite the tough dairy economy and some rough travel weather, over 1600 producers and industry personnel turned out for this important biennial conference held Feb. 26 – 28 at the Peppermill Resort in Reno, Nev. [Read More …]
This article contains information that the author presented at the Western Dairy Management Conference, Feb. 26 in Reno, Nevada We eat mutations every day. All the vegetables, grains, fruits and meat humans consume as part [Read More …]
Best-in-Class Education and Networking Opportunities, Mar. 13-14, 2019, in Madison, Wis. Attendees of the 2019 PDPW Business Conference, presented by Professional Dairy Producers®, will hear from the dairy industry’s leading experts in business management and [Read More …]
The Class IV milk price has been above Class III since November and the spread keeps getting wider. On top of that, the CME futures market is pointing toward the Class IV price staying above [Read More …]
Wow! If you watch the headlines in the dairy industry, you’ll note that there are a tremendous number of changes going on. Exports are up in some markets. Others are down. Block cheese prices are [Read More …]
The dairy industry is in transition as domestic consumption is shifting. Where is domestic dairy consumption going? Per capita consumption of fluid milk is declining and has been since 1975. Chart I shows the year-to-year [Read More …]
Screening breeding animals independently for individual traits will never deliver as much economic gain as if using a well-constructed composite index. Potential service sires should be ranked using an index appropriate for the economic situation [Read More …]
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy will host food safety workshops that are taught by industry professionals for the benefit of the entire industry. Established under the leadership of dairy farmers and led by dairy [Read More …]
The 2019 edition of World Ag Expo counted 102,878 attendees, representing 47 states and the District of Columbia and 65 countries. There were 1,452 companies and organizations displaying cutting edge ag equipment, technologies and services [Read More …]
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., releases a statement at the House Agriculture Committee Hearing on the State of the Rural Economy, as prepared for delivery. Good morning and welcome to our witness, Agriculture [Read More …]
The guidelines are posted (see link below) that the USDA and Health and Human Services Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee will follow in developing dietary guidelines for Americans for the next five years. These guidelines are [Read More …]
The California Dairy Research Foundation (CDRF) Board of Directors announced Mar. 1 the appointment of Denise Mullinax as executive director of CDRF, an independent nonprofit foundation with a mission to lead and deliver the best research and [Read More …]
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has mailed more than 19,000 ballots to state cattle producers, urging them to vote on a referendum asking whether or not to establish the California Cattle Council. [Read More …]
Amelicor (DHI Provo based out of Provo, Utah) introduces new software designed from the bottom up to work on a new tablet computer. This tablet, called the Mesa2 and designed by Juniper Systems in Logan, [Read More …]
In December 2018, the USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics granted approval for DUAL-FORCETM FIRST DEFENSE® which offers antibody driven immediate immunity against both bacterial and viral scours in newborn beef and dairy calves. DUAL-FORCE offers [Read More …]
New tools enable growers to see and respond to changing field conditions Veris Technologies introduces the world’s first real-time sensor suite that measures four critical soil features while planting or tilling. The iScan+ optimizes implement adjustments [Read More …]
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