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May 18 2015
If you are a dairy farmer, Domino's should matter to you. As one of the top-performing company stocks in the Fortune 100, Domino's is also among the biggest users of cheese . . . as 25 percent of all...
May 18 2015
Twenty-one billion dollars in gross domestic product (GDP), $65 billion in total sales "ripple effects," and a driver of 189,000 jobs are just three of the staggering impacts that dairying has on the economic...
May 18 2015
Where do you believe the world's most modern fluid milk plant would be situated? The U.S., Canada, New Zealand, Australia or in one of the nation's of Europe would all be fair answers to the question posed...
May 18 2015
The U.S. dairy industry continues to grow and change in many ways, but the actual number of dairy farms has been declining at a fairly steady clip. In fact, the only state to gain herds in 2014 was Pennsylvania....
May 18 2015
"We've had a big decline to normalcy," stated Mark Stephenson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison when comparing milk prices from 2014 to 2015. "If you are concerned about milk prices this year, you...
May 11 2015
This would be an excellent idea, as outlined in "Number of digesters to triple by 2025." However, to make it work, those who want to reach the digester goal would be well served to talk with the 244 people...
May 11 2015
"When I first started out, I thought I could change the world if I had the right equipment. Later, I realized that a big part of everything is the people." Those words could ring true for almost any industry,...
May 11 2015
A product dubbed "Pocket Milk" is one South Korean company's solution to providing children with the essential nutrients found in milk in lieu of them drinking enough fluid milk to meet the equivalent...
May 11 2015
The recently released Food and Drug Administration (FDA) milk residue study found that only 0.78 percent of the samples tested were positive for antibiotic residues. The in-depth investigation looked at...
May 11 2015
Nothing remotely close to decisions were made at the three-stop series of public outreach meetings held across California last week by USDA to review proposals submitted for a Federal Milk Marketing Order...
May 11 2015
It's not easy to stem the spigot's flow when milk production starts rolling. Producers in the New York milk market, which is operating at full capacity, are currently feeling the heat. Elevated milk production...
May 4 2015
Few topics have been debated as long or as passionately or as divisively as estate taxes. Or, as headline writers like to call them, "death taxes." U.S. estate taxes date back to 1797. For more than a...
May 4 2015
For those who market the products we produce on our dairy farms to global consumers, any region that is importing or buying two-thirds of its dairy products should grab their attention. That is the case...
May 4 2015
As part of a grander plan to reduce greenhouse emissions by 2025, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack laid out his strategy to partner with agricultural producers and tackle the threat of climate change....
May 4 2015
Immediately after weaning, calves are kept on a starter-based diet. The jury is still out, though, on when calves should begin to receive forage and how much should be offered
May 4 2015
If a picture is truly worth 1,000 words, the opening photo depicting a powdered milk can equipped with electronic article surveillance (EAS) says everything about the value store managers in Southeast...
April 27 2015
New York Senator Charles Schumer announced last week that Greek yogurt will be offered as a meat alternative in school lunches across the nation this fall. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack shared the...
April 27 2015
Cheese is an integral part of pizza's appeal. And no restaurant chain has done more to revive its slumping pizza sales than Domino's. Additional cheese, which bolstered the product's taste, was key to...
April 27 2015
With $265 million in U.S. dairy product imports last year, Vietnam has quickly become one of the United States best dairy trading partners now ranking 12th among all ag importers. We caught up with Renae...
April 27 2015
While many point to China as the world's largest dairy buyer, other countries in Southeast Asia have an equal appetite for dairy. While the world's most populous nation (China) currently imports 74 pounds...
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