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Oct. 3 2024
Stoney Point Joel Bailey, the winning Six-Year-Old and Older cow owned by Vierra Dairy Farms of Hilmar, Calif., hit the winning jackpot this year as she won Grand Champion of the International Jersey Show...
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Aug. 29 2024
Last month, I wrote about how the U.S. dairy market is in a Goldilocks period: production is weak and demand is not great, but it is good enough to keep milk prices at profitable levels given the poor...
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Feb. 15 2024
From start to finish, building rations for dairy cows is accomplished with a range of precision
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Nov. 13 2023
For seven consecutive quarters ending in the fourth quarter of last year, the export value of U.S. dairy products beat year-ago levels by 20% or more
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April 6 2023
Breeding heifers to calve in around 2 years old puts them on a productive track to begin paying off the costs of their rearing and avoid mounting up additional expenses while they remain open
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March 27 2023
“At our founding 25 years ago, DFA had $7 billion in sales. Today that number is $24 billion with $13 billion being value-added products for customers,” shared Randy Mooney, chairman of the...
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Dec. 12 2022
Back to the basics: Semen handling and tank management Presented by Joe Dalton, University of Idaho sponsored by Select Sires After semen purchase, sire fertility is in the hands of the produ
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Nov. 10 2022
the last few years have created some of the most unpredictable financial situations we’ve seen. As we prepare for 2023, here are five considerations to make in your business planning. 1. Milk p
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Sept. 16 2022
Milking in both our parlor and with the robots provided some benefits, but certain costs recently led us back to milking exclusively with one system
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Aug. 22 2022
If a dairy farm is a car running on the gasoline that is money, a growing heifer is a racecar driver with its foot to the pedal, using that gas up fast and furiously
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June 29 2022
The standards we know best can sometimes be just what’s needed to solve a problem
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May 17 2022
Be ready with these facts to share agriculture’s sustainable story whenever you get the chance to talk to people in the general public
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May 9 2022
Ongoing port congestion has delayed hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. dairy exports, and that situation continues to be closely monitored throughout the industry. For exporters, the current news...
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March 3 2022
January 2022 was the third straight month that U.S. milk production declined — milk pounds down 1.6% compared to last year represented the largest year-over-year loss in nearly 18 years
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Dec. 30 2021
As another year comes to a close, we reflect on the events that shaped the dairy industry in 2021. Challenges remained, with high production costs, proposed regulations, and continued struggles
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Nov. 19 2021
We like to exhibit our cattle at a variety of local, state, and national shows. What can we do to keep them healthy during the show season? - Wisconsin, M.E.Thank you for asking this question
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Oct. 14 2021
Perusing my grandparents’ 1960s farm journals tells the story of farming in a different time and details our family’s history
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Sept. 23 2021
Summer is officially in the rearview mirror, and teachers and kids are back in school. For some, the feeling of being back in the classroom is nearly electric