Recently released dairy product consumption figures for 2009 are encouraging. Looking at consumption on a per-person or per-capita basis always is informative, because that accounts for changes in the...
In the rush of the end of summer, most of us find ourselves at some sort of fair or another. For Minnesotans, it usually means the State Fair - twelve days of fun that always end on labor day. During the...
Now when temperatures heat up in California, so will the responsibility of dairy and other farm owners to provide heat safety protection for their employees. On August 20, the State Occupational Safety...
Badger Pride team of Lorin and Linda Berge, left, farm with their son, Matthew, his wife, Jennifer, and their children, Otis and Caroline (not shown). A five-pen approach reduces social stress. Drover's...
Fortifying milk with zinc and iron has been linked to improved childhood development. A study done by scientists from Johns Hopkins University and Annamalai University in India suggests that m
There is a lot of concern about dry-down rates of the forage and grain in this year's corn silage crop, according to Joe Lauer, corn agronomist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Some people are concerned...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA- TWIN CITIES Saint Paul, Minnesota Key Dairy Activities: 1. Dairy showmanship competition during Minnesota Royal 2. Gopher dairy camp for Jr. high students 3. Gopher dairy bar during...
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND College Park, Maryland Key Dairy Activities: 1. Dairy showmanship contest 2. Dairy cattle fitting demonstrations 3. State 4-H Dairy Bowl Contest held on campus Student Statistics:...
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT Storrs, Connecticut Key Dairy Activities: 1. Dairy club show 2. Attend Toronto International Royal Show 3. UConn milk bottle fundraiser Student Statistics: Dairy Science major:...
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Key Dairy Activities: 1. UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre Open House 2. Summer full-time ad winter part-time jobs, summer research...
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Raleigh, North Carolina Key Dairy Activities: 1. Farm Animal Days 2. Animal Science "Club Day" Livestock Show 3. Food Animal Scholars Program Student Statistics: Dairy Science...
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY San Luis Obispo, California Key Dairy Activities: 1. State FFA Field Day 2. Jr. Holstein Association Cow Camp 3. Producer Symposium Student Statistics: Dairy Science...
A bill that would have set a national precedent by reducing the number of hours California farm employees must work in order to qualify for overtime pay has been vetoed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger....
Corn production is forecast at a record high 13.4 billion bushels, up 2 percent from the previous record set in 2009, according to USDA's Crop Production report issued yesterday. Based on conditions as...
Why some fresh cows have problems by Andres Contreras, Nial O'Boyle, and Lorraine Sordillo Mammals, including our dairy cows, have great energy demands around parturition . . . not only to support growth...
When there's producer and grower money at stake –quite a bit of it– there always are strong feelings about who should spend it and how it should be spent. That's why both the beef check-off...
The tally is between $304 and $354 per case. Incidence rates can run 20 percent or higher. Most of us have had the unpleasant experience of dealing with a case of metritis. The foul smell and watery uterine...
Dairy markets are beginning to improve according to the Dairy Market News for the week of July 26-30, 2010. Both class and component prices for July 2010 under the Federal Milk Order pricing system are...
