The author is a past managing editor. His degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison combined dairy science and agricultural economics.
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March 15 2021
When it comes to dairy leaders, Tom Lyon was a lion
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March 8 2021
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the March 2021 issue of Hoard's Dairyman
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March 8 2021
The Lone Star State continued its meteoric flight path on milk production as its 360 dairy farms collectively produced nearly 1 billion pounds of new milk in back-to-back years
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Feb. 25 2021
“We had 100,000 more cows year-over-year in December. That was the biggest year-over-year advance in some time,” shared Phil Plourd during USDA’s 97th Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum
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Feb. 18 2021
Antibiotic usage and antibiotic resistance are two topics that continue to generate concern throughout the world’s food and medical communities
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Feb. 8 2021
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the February 2021 issue of Hoard's Dairyman
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Feb. 8 2021
Dairy product sales, both at home and abroad, have changed more in the past 12 months than in any previous five- or 10-year time frame
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Feb. 8 2021
“To maintain healthy teat ends, we monitor vacuum levels at 11.9 to 12.2 inches at the teat end,” said Andy Fisher of Reedsville, Wis
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Feb. 4 2021
“Senator (John) Boozman (R-Ark.) and I both feel very strongly that we move forward the child nutrition bill that is supposed to be reauthorized every five years,” said Senator Debbie Stabenow...
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Feb. 1 2021
“We want to move forward aggressively,” said Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), who is the incoming chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Jan. 28 2021
“Dry cows are kept in freestall barns and put into separate groups, far-off and close-up,” said Brent Wilson of Wilson Centennial Farms near Carson City, Mich
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Jan. 14 2021
“Eating healthier even during a pandemic” received major focus in a seven-page article spread of the February 2021 edition of Consumer Reports
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Jan. 13 2021
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the January 25, 2021 issue of Hoard's Dairyman
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Dec. 29 2020
In your January 10, 2021 issue . . .MILK MARKET PROJECTIONS REMAIN IN FLUX as USDA economists adjusted the 2021 All-Milk price forecast, down by $1.10 to a $16.60 per hundredweight (cwt.) average. Thi
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Dec. 28 2020
In what is still a growing category, organic farm products accounted for $9.93 billion in sales across the United States in 2019
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Dec. 14 2020
In late November, hundreds of dairy farmers received letters from a Minnesota law firm representing the Dean Foods Estate
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Dec. 8 2020
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the December 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman
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Dec. 4 2020
The December 2020 Hoard’s Dairyman Bull List can be downloaded. The list includes the top bulls for Holsteins, Jerseys, Brown Swiss, Red and Whites, Guernsey, Ayrshire, and Milking Shorthorns
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Nov. 30 2020
“We utilize Dairy Comp 305 for our record keeping and record health events weekly,” said Andy Fisher of the importance of herd health records
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Nov. 23 2020
“We have made several improvements over the past few years to help our cows and heifers that are safe in calf,” said Travis Holmes, the lone repeat winner in the 13th Annual Dairy Cattle Reproduction...