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Article
Jan. 29 2018
This is my first forecast in 40-plus years of writing about the dairy industry
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Blog
Jan. 23 2018
Robots helped us change the way we dairy, and we wouldn’t go back
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Blog
Jan. 11 2018
We have learned that having 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year goals keeps us motivated. This has helped us stay at the forefront of the always-evolving dairy industry.
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Article
Jan. 10 2018
Peter Vitaliano Much of the talk about the economic outlook for the nation’s dairy farmers in 2018 has been rather downbeat lately
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Blog
Jan. 9 2018
I’ve never been one to set a big New Year’s resolution. I guess with the farm always throwing curve balls at my life, it just feels too heavy of a thing to take on
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Article
Oct. 9 2017
In the world of dairy nutrition, there are so many contributing factors to well-made diets . . . especially when it comes to fiber
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Videos
Sept. 28 2017
Placings and notes for practice class Ayrshire 2 (A2)
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Videos
Sept. 28 2017
From Hoards Dairyman, the coach of the Virginia Tech dairy judging team and Avery Kotlarczyk, a student at Kaskaskia college, a class of Guernsey cows for you to practice on
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Videos
Sept. 28 2017
A class of Holstein cows for you to practice your dairy judging skills. Nicki Hardy, a Virginia Tech Dairy Judging team member delivers her reasons
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Blog
Aug. 28 2017
Two-year programs that offer agriculture or dairy related curriculum can be found on the Hoard’s Dairyman online youth page
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Article
Aug. 14 2017
George W. Bush was just elected as the 43rd U.S. President the last time milk protein prices were this low. At $1.2248 per pound, protein fell to the lowest levels, as calculated by the Federal Milk Marketing...
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Article
June 12 2017
Either way you slice it . . . on a per cow or per hundredweight basis . . . dairy farms lost money in all seven Western states
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Blog
April 5 2017
While the Hoard’s Dairyman Farm is well known for its Guernsey herd, the Hoard’s Jerseys have been working hard, too
HD-Jerseys
Blog
April 5 2017
While the Hoard’s Dairyman Farm is well known for its Guernsey herd, the Hoard’s Jerseys have been working hard, too
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Article
March 10 2017
Tight margins that ranged from $5.76 to $9.17 per hundredweight after feed costs were among the reasons that 1,725 dairy farmers exited the industry last year. Those business closings were only
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Article
Feb. 27 2017
Overall, 1,725 dairy farms across the United States called it quits last year. That total represented deeper exits from just one year earlier when 1,275 farms left the industry