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Oct. 31 2017
Most Halloween stories are told to a tune of scary music that leave you feeling frightened and weary. When given the choice of trick or treat, we will all typically choose treat
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Oct. 30 2017
When it comes to organic food sales, dairy is big business. That’s based on looking directly at organic sales from farms — before products reach processors
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Oct. 25 2017
I have a handy hint every person is going to love. It involves keeping your vehicle clean when transporting animals, feed, or other supplies
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Oct. 25 2017
The bills were pouring in. From the hospital, I received a bill for over $92,000, the anesthesiologist charged $7,000, radiology came next and was almost that high
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Oct. 25 2017
Change appears to come slow or seems not even to exist in the business of milking cows at times
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Oct. 16 2017
Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s signed an agreement earlier this month with a farmworkers’ group that established labor standards for its supplying farms.
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Oct. 16 2017
Body condition scoring is an inexpensive tool that can benefit your herd in the long run
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Oct. 10 2017
Starch leads a storied life on the modern dairy farm. It begins in the cornfields where sunlight converts water and carbon dioxide to sugars, and these sugars are stored as starch in the grain
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Oct. 10 2017
“What are your goals?” That question came up during my visit to World Dairy Expo last week. It was one of the questions I was asked as a panelist in Dairy Girl Network’s
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Oct. 9 2017
Even with whole milk sales climbing 5.4 percent in 2016, the entire fluid milk category fell for the sixth straight year, reported USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service
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Oct. 9 2017
World Dairy Expo featured so many opportunities to capture the minds and imaginations of dairy enthusiasts from across the country.
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Oct. 7 2017
Hoard's Dairyman Art Director Ryan Ebert captures the sights and sounds of World Dairy Expo on Saturday, October 7, 2017
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Oct. 7 2017
World Dairy Expo selected its Supreme Champion from the seven breed champions
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Oct. 7 2017
Aspen Silva's Jersey, Miss Nastias Y Not Me, took home the Supreme Champion banner of the junior show at the 2017 World Dairy Expo
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Oct. 7 2017
It was the 6-year-old, Rosiers Blexy Goldwyn-ET, that claimed the Grand Champion Holstein title
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Oct. 7 2017
Hoard's Dairyman Art Director Ryan Ebert captures the sights and sounds of World Dairy Expo on Friday, October 6, 2017
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Oct. 7 2017
Mr Frazzled Aristocrat-ET was not on the Expo grounds, but his presence was made as he became the highest selling animal at any World Dairy Expo sale
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Oct. 6 2017
Judge Chris Lahmers tapped Springhill Mentor Jazzy-ET as Grand Champion of the 2017 International Guernsey Show
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Oct. 6 2017
The majority of the champions of the International Red & White Show hail from animals descending from KHW Regiment Apple-Red-ET, a previous Grand Champion at the International Red & White Show and successful...
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Oct. 6 2017
The International Brown Swiss Show was held on Wednesday and Thursday of World Dairy Expo