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March 4 2024
The national numbers are in from USDA, and last year’s milk production remained nearly level with production totals from 2022
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Feb. 28 2024
Focused on educating consumers on the importance of agriculture, Pagel does so through children’s books
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Feb. 26 2024
There is a lot of pessimism about U.S. milk production in 2024. Even USDA, in their monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, has been continuously cutting the 2024 milk production...
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Feb. 22 2024
It takes both mental and physical strength to be a part of a farming family
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Feb. 22 2024
The common saying “There’s more than meets the eye” certainly rings true when it comes to identifying disease in dairy calves
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Feb. 19 2024
With USDA’s Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearing concluding after a record 49 hearing days, NMPF is now going through about 12,000 pages of hearing testimony transcript, reviewing our own...
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Feb. 15 2024
When Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) launched the Wisconsin Dairy Athlete of the Month program in 2023, we knew there was an important connection between the hard work happening on family farms and the...
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Feb. 15 2024
Surely, our grandparents could not have envisioned a day when cow burps are regarded as culprits in global warming and nut-based beverages are viewed as sustainable alternatives to milk
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Feb. 15 2024
Lamenes is a major issue in the dairy industry, significantly affecting the health, well-being, and productivity of cows
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Feb. 9 2024
No matter if your team wins or loses, cheese is a winning addition to any social event
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Feb. 9 2024
A local tragedy involving farm equipment provided the spark for an event in Canada to help farm women feel more confident about operating farm machinery, especially in emergency situations
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Feb. 8 2024
In addition to providing effective training, leading your team members so that they can do their jobs well requires setting clear expectations and providing feedback
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Feb. 8 2024
Last year was one that will stick out in dairy producers’ minds, but not in a positive way in terms of milk prices and income over feed costs
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Feb. 8 2024
Dairy heifers weighing over 500 pounds — a proxy for the number of dairy replacements expected to enter the U.S. milking herd over the next year — have fallen almost 15% during the past six...
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Feb. 5 2024
June 12, 2023: a day of glory. Or, if you’re like me — an educator trying to make numbers and literature somehow more appealing than a mysterious purple ice cream treat — a day of horror
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Feb. 1 2024
I have found that promoting dairy products in schools is fun for students and rewarding for farmers
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Feb. 1 2024
The author is a freelance writer based in Rockford, Ill.Health resolutions for the new year encompass more than simply losing weight
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Feb. 1 2024
People and businesses around the world have goals about becoming more sustainable, but what sustainability means to each entity can be very different
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Feb. 1 2024
Great forages are the foundation for precision feed management, said Joe Lawrence during a Cornell Cooperative Extension webinar
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Jan. 29 2024
In a few weeks, winter annual grasses or small grain grasses will accelerate their growth, and the harvest of small grain grasses for silage will begin