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Blog
Sept. 30 2014
It was a battle between the Badgers and Big Red for the blue. 2014 University of Wisconsin-Madison Tie was the word of the day at the National Collegiate Dairy Judging Contest. This year marked the third-ever...
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Sept. 17 2014
Cole Leonard from Virginia FFA topped the Junior Dairy Management Contest, taking home the $1000 scholarship. The contest encompasses judging, linear scoring, feed identification, business and finance...
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Sept. 15 2014
In the past several years, farm costs have continued to rise while producer shares of the final product have failed to follow suit, holding relatively steady during the last 15 years, according to USDA's...
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Article
Sept. 15 2014
by Amanda Smith, Associate Editor Whether they're feeding coffee grounds to Japanese cows or under non-GMO pressure, Starbucks has continued to make headlines this year. Regarded, by far, as the largest...
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Sept. 2 2014
Across the Midwest, dairymen have noted that last year's crops are not feeding as well as anticipated. While this alone may cause a slight dip in the bulk tank's volume, those harvesting haylage in 2014...
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Sept. 2 2014
If you thought that we could put the term Polar Vortex behind us for a while, think again. If the Old Farmer's Almanac prediction for the winter rings true, most of the nation will be experiencing another...
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Aug. 25 2014
This year's ongoing national debate about minimum wage levels from state to state should remind everyone in the dairy industry that there is nothing minimum about how much workers on their farms typically...
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Aug. 25 2014
The first-ever robotic rotary milking parlor in North America is coming to Wisconsin. An exciting groundbreaking ceremony was held last week at Mlsna East Town Dairy in Cashton, Wis. Excavation has already...
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Aug. 25 2014
As we quickly approach harvest season, cornstalk nitrate testing may be something you want to consider adding to your regular fall routine
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Aug. 20 2014
A television show traces actor's ancestry. On a spring day in late May, the phone rang at my family's dairy. A television show wanted to film at our location, as someone famous had relatives that previously...
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Aug. 18 2014
The data is mixed when it comes to antimicrobial resistance. While some livestock and retail meat sectors have gained ground compared to their previous five-year average, others have slid backward, as...
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Aug. 12 2014
Of North Dakota's 18,000 dairy cows, one stands head and shoulders above the rest. That's because she is 38 feet tall, 50 feet long and weighs in at 12,000 pounds. Her name is Salem Sue, and she has the...
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Aug. 4 2014
It's sadly ironic to say that public frustration with California's epic drought is a fluid situation. Mandatory water use cutbacks, brown lawns, "water cops" who fine violators, rapidly drying reservoirs...
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July 21 2014
Vermont is embroiled in a food industry lawsuit after passing a GMO (genetically modified organism) labeling requirement earlier this year. Yet, this move by the Green Mountain State set the stage for...
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July 15 2014
We recently heard a presentation from a nutritionist in one of America's largest school districts who was struggling to comply with USDA's school cafeteria requirements. After listening to her discuss...
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July 14 2014
In Japan, not only are people enjoying a treat from Starbucks, some cows are, too. Starbucks purchases somewhere around 400 million pounds of coffee globally each year, according to Bloomberg Businessweek
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July 8 2014
In an ideal world, every calving would happen unassisted and result in a perfectly healthy, active calf. However, as all dairy producers know, that sometimes is not the case. "We can have a critical impact...
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July 7 2014
If robots are the next evolution of milking cows on a large scale, then the future is here already. Except it is happening slowly and not at all in the U.S. . . . yet
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July 3 2014
For the U.S. dairy industry, mastitis carries a $1.7 billion to $2 billion price tag. Reducing the infection risk takes a multi-pronged approach, but keeping cows on their feet a bit longer postmilking...
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June 30 2014
"There is no doubt the California drought is adding cost to buying feed," Robert Chesler told those attending the 11th annual INTL FCStone Dairy Outlook Conference. "However, first-cutting alfalfa had...