China. It's a population powerhouse on the tip of every dairyman's tongue. Enter into a conversation regarding milk prices or dairy demand, and China will inevitably come up. The nation's expanding middle...
Construction on the New Holland Pavilions at the Alliant Energy Center is slated for completion by mid-September, approximately 100 days from today. What began as a mere idea three years ago has swiftly...
Dairy-wise, nothing even remotely as big as the just-opened Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) processing plant has ever happened in Fallon, Nev., before. And for the 19 milk producers in the area, it means...
by Corey Geiger, Managing Editor There is a remarkable rebound beginning to take shape. Dairy fats are making a comeback, as butter production reached its highest point since 1941 last year. That was due...
June is an exciting time for the dairy industry . . . amiable weather, bustling activity and overall enthusiasm for milk and dairy products. The most obvious signs of dairy promotion are Breakfast on...
June. It's National Dairy Month. With dairy products and our nation's food under scrutiny, it would be easy to just sit out June Dairy Month altogether this year
America wasted 31 percent of its available food supply in 2010. That's right . . .of the 430 billion pounds of food produced by American farms that eventually reached the supply chain, 133 billion pounds...
When Colorado State University professors Greg Perry and James Pritchett set out to create the first-ever Agribusiness Friendliness Index, they didn't know how each of the nation's 50 states would eventually...
Dairy farms in the U.S. can't be clumped into one cookie cutter mold, as new Census of Agriculture data shows that the dairy industry is still comprised of farms of varying shapes and sizes
This time it's okay to play on your computer at work. "Dairy Land" is a new interactive online game unveiled May 5 by the Washington Dairy Products Commission (WDPC). It's a fun and very educational take...
Hoard's Dairyman Webinar Archives May 12, 2014: "Update on mineral nutrition of dairy cows" presented by Bill Weiss, Ohio State University Sponsored by Zinpro Performance Minerals (www.zinpro.com/dairy)...
An island nation half the size of Wisconsin with nearly as many cows, Ireland's milk production, along with that of the European Union, has been on lockdown for the past 30 years. Hosted by Enterprise-Ireland,...
Since the first of the year, it appears dairy producers have been combing the countryside looking for dairy replacements in order to capitalize on record milk prices. As a result, the average price of...
by Corey Geiger, Managing Editor Even though the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding now calculates all U.S. genetic evaluations, it is clear USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) laboratory in Beltsville,...
I placed this lovely class of Holstein aged cows C D B A. I started the class with C as I feel she is the cow showing the fewest faults. She is a beautifully balanced dairy cow with great feet and legs...
Spring is a very popular time for banquets, including dairy princess contests, FFA award programs and fair royalty competitions. These contests and events display the speaking and presentation skills of...
Record milk prices give milk producers a financial opportunity that is simply too good to ignore – dry pen and hospital pen cooling. They're no-brainer investments whose benefits touch every area...
Thirty years ago, dairy representatives wanted a way to promote the positive image of the industry. Their ideas brought forth the Northeast Dairy Farm Beautification Program. At that time it included the...
