When it comes to milk production and meeting the needs of its citizens, 27 states fall short of even producing enough milk to fill beverage demand. Those states each produce less than 300 pounds of milk...
During the past decade, milk flow grew by 29.2 billion pounds or 3.4 billion gallons in the United States. That represented a growth rate of 16.5 percent over the previous 10 years, according to USDA data...
If you have good prep and good milkers, the use of an automatic teat scrubber or more conventional prep routine should have little impact on production. Forestripping serves two purposes in the parlor:...
While forage procurement and feeding play a huge role in the success of high-producing herds, they aren't the only factors. Reproduction and milk quality are critical elements, too. Each winter, 24 of...
Milk prices less than last year, but better than 2009. Last year was an extraordinary year for U.S. dairy farmers. A combination of very strong demand for dairy products by the major dairy importing countries,...
"We face a period of darkness before the dawn," Rabobank's global dairy strategist Tim Hunt told attendees at the 2015 Dairy Forum. "The U.S. is still one of the best dairy bases in the world. However,...
You're hot, sweaty and tired. You gave your workout your all, and now your body is in need of rehydration. So, what do you reach for to recover from your time logged at the gym? Recent work from Griffith...
Dairy price discovery mechanisms have come a long way in recent decades. Not only do domestic futures markets offer an enhanced opportunity to both farmers and processors to lock-in milk prices, the resulting...
A startup company wants to put you out of business by creating a genetically modified, animal-free milk beverage. MILK IS MILK . . . isn't it? The name "milk" has been somewhat marginalized
While a few sign-ups could still be trickling in from FSA offices, 59.4 percent of the nation's milk supply will be covered by the new Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) in 2015
by Amanda Smith, Associate Editor In 1899, plant-scale pasteurization was proven to kill tuberculosis bacteria. These findings convinced dairy plants to install pasteurization equipment. This advent led...
The Spaghetti Western film - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - had a complex plot where three cowboys form an uneasy alliance to find hidden gold. Of course, good triumphs over bad . . . and good eventually...
High milk prices in late 2013 and early 2014 fueled a boom in cow numbers and production in New Zealand that now has Kiwi dairy owners pushed to the edge of a financial cliff in 2015. Falling currency...
Hoard's Dairyman Webinar Archives December 8, 2014: "Winter strategies to enhance teat health and milk quality" presented by Leo Timms, Iowa State University Brought to you by: Kuhn North America "Winter...
Slowly but surely, the average quality of U.S. milk is becoming amazingly good. In 2013, for the 12th year in a row, the nationwide average somatic cell count (SCC) for all cows on Dairy Herd Information...
Don't let the current decline in producer milk prices get you too far down. A major outlook report says that within 10 years, anyone who has milk to sell will find an eager and hungry global market
Milk alternatives are still giving cow's milk a run for its money, but they may not be all they're cracked up to be. There's a resurgence in the debate between cow's milk and milk alternatives for children....
Most developed nations have established recommendations for their citizens' daily intakes across a variety of food groups; milk and dairy products are often included for their contribution to a balanced...
With a $30 million investment of dairy farm checkoff dollars into fluid milk, seven beverage partners have committed another $500 million of their own capital to potentially reinvigorate the long-slumping...
