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Oct. 6 2022
For 103 years, Dairy Council of California has focused on advancing people’s understanding of the important role that milk and dairy foods play in healthy, sustainable eating patterns
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Oct. 4 2022
Youth contests, cattle shows, and awards banquets have already brought hundreds of dairy enthusiasts together at this year’s World Dairy Expo
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Oct. 3 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic changed many consumer behaviors, and perhaps one of the most striking is the turn toward online grocery shopping
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Oct. 3 2022
Recently, the Federal Reserve, simply known to many as the Fed, once again raised interest rates with the purpose of bringing down the inflation rate
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Oct. 3 2022
With this year’s USDA report on per-capita U.S. dairy consumption, the industry has finally moved past the 1960s. In terms of favor with the American public, dairy has returned to 1959
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Oct. 2 2022
The 100th National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest culminates tonight with the announcement of the results
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Sept. 29 2022
When considering that a growing world population will need nourishment in the decades to come and that U.S. milk production has the ability to continue to grow, the question is not if our domestic industry...
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Sept. 29 2022
Many of today’s dairy cows are housed in facilities with concrete floors. While several environmental and management factors can contribute to dairy cow lameness, the housing environment and surface
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Sept. 26 2022
At times this fall, wholesale natural gas prices in Europe have spiked nearly 3,000% higher than they were in the fall of 2020
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Sept. 25 2022
Milk and dairy product prices soared to unprecedented heights this summer as the global milk production deficit worsened
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Sept. 16 2022
While we love working with dairy cows, we can’t forget that the role of dairy farmers and those that support them is to provide nutritious milk and dairy products to the population. Expanding the...
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Sept. 15 2022
One way that the dairy checkoff works to move volume and drive sales of dairy products is to partner with major food companies, such as Domino’s and McDonald’s
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Sept. 14 2022
Despite the many advances in dairy cattle nutrition, we are still faced with some challenges. One of those challenges is to ensure adequate dry matter intake (DMI) in transition cows to optimize health
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Sept. 14 2022
Energy is the single most important component of the U.S. economy. It drives all aspects of our nation’s economic well-being
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Sept. 13 2022
American Dairy Association (ADA) North East is one of the state and regional dairy checkoff organizations that has a fully developed retail program designed to keep dairy cases clean, cold, and well-s
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Sept. 12 2022
The fall back-to-school season means much more than school buildings for youth in agriculture
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Sept. 8 2022
Conducting farmer-funded research through National Dairy Council (NDC) is just part of the equation
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Sept. 5 2022
Net Zero by 2050. It’s a lofty and, at times, overwhelming concept to consider that dairy could achieve carbon neutrality, optimize water usage, and improve water quality by 2050
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Sept. 5 2022
News thrives on conflict -- it always has and always will. But that tendency to emphasize the negative -- or in the case of agriculture, every criticism of farmers and U.S. food production imaginable
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Aug. 30 2022
Caring for our cows is the top responsibility of dairy farmers, and that leads to a few special animals.dairy, Animal Care