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Article
Oct. 5 2020
U.S. cheese consumption posted another new record. In 2019, every American, on average, consumed 38.3 pounds of cheese
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Article
Oct. 1 2020
As farmers head from September to October, there are still decisions they can make on perennial forages
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Blog
Sept. 29 2020
Nothing puts into perspective what is truly important like the possibility of losing it all
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Article
Sept. 25 2020
As calls for federal order revisions continue to mount, it’s important for all of us to recognize that these provisions perform a critical role in pricing milk across the country
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Article
Sept. 25 2020
For nearly every dairy farmer, corn silage harvest season is one of the most important periods of the entire year. As more and more farms transition toward rations high in corn silage, it becomes even
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Article
Sept. 25 2020
The world looks dramatically different for South America’s dairy producers today than it did just one year ago
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Article
Sept. 24 2020
The Wisconsin Farm Related Fatalities report showed 41 farm fatalities in 2017 and 34 in 2018
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Article
Sept. 21 2020
“Dairy perishability will be as important as portability in the months and years ahead,” said Phil Plourd, president of Blimling and Associates Inc. and president of the services division of...
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Article
Sept. 21 2020
When Paul Fouts built a second freestall barn on his Cortland, N.Y., dairy, he chose to build another three-row barn
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Article
Sept. 17 2020
Like other forms of automation on the farm, automatic calf feeders can collect and provide a wealth of information to the dairy producer
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Article
Sept. 10 2020
we are all missing our people. Our tribe. Our community. As I write this column, we now are approaching five months of this new normal, and quite honestly, it feels anything but normal
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Article
Aug. 27 2020
The dairy industry was in turmoil this spring with dumped milk and bottomed-out prices. Dairy farmers’ second source of revenue — the beef market — wasn’t doing much better
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Blog
Aug. 24 2020
Each spring, Lakeshore Technical College holds a graduation banquet in northeast Wisconsin for its dairy students
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Article
Aug. 17 2020
Extending the time a cow spends resting can be a valuable strategy to bump up herd milk production
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Article
Aug. 17 2020
Getting Wisconsin Cheese and dairy products featured on television is a big initiative for Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW)
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Article
Aug. 17 2020
Since June 2019, 580 American farms filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy according to the American Farm Bureau Federation
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Article
Aug. 13 2020
After five difficult years, dairy farmers are once again facing uncertainty in the marketplace
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Article
Aug. 10 2020
i recently traveled home from American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) board meetings in Columbus, Ohio
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Article
Aug. 10 2020
There are two methods that could help generate genetic evaluations for lifetime economic merit. We could directly determine economic merit by tracking income and expenses for all cows. Keeping track of...