Select Sires Inc. is pleased to announce the hiring of Jacquelyn Sherry as a communications specialist. Sherry will be responsible for domestic and international visitor programs, the employee newsletter,...
The source of lysine in your ration, may or may not be something you've given serious consideration to. However, lysine is one of the first two limiting amino acids in a lactating cow's diet and plays...
Effective today, Dairy Analyzer, LLC® announces the release of Version 3.0 of MARGINSMART®. Version 3.0 expands MARGINSMART® Version 2.0 by adding significant upgrades and features to further...
Zinc key to increasing crop yields for agricultural use, as well as in automotive tire production, and paints, coatings, glass and construction materials Improving diets worldwide and the need to feed...
Net income totaled $131.1 million, and non-adverse loans stood at 99.8 percent Today St. Paul-based AgriBank announced financial results for the first quarter of 2014. Highlights: · Net income:...
Star Mission Partnerships are a proven support base for Wisconsin FFA members. To date, Wisconsin FFA entities have collectively benefitted from $80,000 in unrestricted funds and an additional $50,000...
The 2014 All-American Dairy Show will welcome nine judges to place classes in 14 youth and open shows, Sept. 13-18, at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg. The judges are:...
Hampel Animal Care, makers of Calf-Tel housing systems, introduces a new website, http://www.calftel.com/. The newly designed website incorporates a multitude of new features to enhance functionality and...
The International Agri-Center's Antique Farm Equipment Museum has received a generous donation from the Sybesma family of Tulare. The donation of antique dairy pharmaceutical supplies and walls of cattle...
As printed in our May 10, 2014 issue... NATIONALLY, MARCH MILK WAS UP 0.9 PERCENT with Colorado and Texas leading the pack by growing output over 6 percent. California and its 1.78 million cows made 3.7...
DuPont Pioneer researchers use sophisticated, state-of-the-art equipment to plant, manage, harvest and collect data from test plots. Doing so leads to improved hybrids and varieties for growers. "We're...
David Kammel, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and UW-Extension agricultural engineer, received the 2014 Pound Extension Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural...
Market Psychology The prices of all dairy products have been mixed in the last month. The CME block cheese price fell by 9% in April, after a short mid-month rally. It is now $2.07/lb. This lower cheese...
Manage Corn Plants' Nitrogen Needs Modern Hybrids Need Season-Long N from Soil New research by DuPont Pioneer and university scientists into nitrogen (N) use by corn plants may change the way growers think...
For two days in early July, life in Springfield, Missouri, is becoming all about manure management. July 8 and 9, 2014 the North American Manure Expo is being hosted at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, 3001...
A well-known expert on soil health headlines the opening keynote session at the 6th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (WCCA) on June 23. In his address titled, "A Case for Global Soil Restoration,"...
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 6 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America and Tillamook County Creamery Association to sell 3.166 million pounds (1,436 metric tons)...
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball today warned consumers in Orange County and the surrounding area not to consume "unpasteurized" raw farm milk from the Robert & Stacey Stap Farm...
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the New York State Senate unanimously confirmed Richard A. Ball as Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Markets. "Over the last few months, Richard...
YouTube Sensation Greg Petersen of "I'm Farming and I Grow It" Among Speakers St. Cloud will host the annual gathering of Minnesota's county dairy princesses this month, a weekend of workshops ending with...