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March 20 2023
I had an actual conversation with Microsoft Bing’s new A.I. . . . as in artificial intelligence . . . chatbot this morning. After so much press about this new A.I. tool’s usefulness to regular...
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March 20 2023
Someone must make the first move when it comes to farm transition planning. According to Liz Griffith, a human resource consultant for Encore Consultants, the process would ideally be initiated by the...
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March 17 2023
A strand of twine, an empty teat dip barrel, a lose piece of wire, a scrap of freestall neck rail, emptied mineral tubs, extra metal brackets, broken skid loader attachments, and so forth — these...
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March 16 2023
After hearing objections from county constituents and the Wisconsin Milk Haulers Association, the Chippewa County Highway Committee, Chippewa County Board of Supervisors, and the Chippewa County Highway...
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March 15 2023
Sometimes I am reminded that not everyone has the same values we carry; trust and strong character are a part of a farmer’s makeup. Our handshake is as good as a signed contract, and we don’t...
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March 13 2023
Strategies for boosting milk componentspresented by Mike Hutjens, University of Illinoissponsored by: QLFRaising milk components is a way to add value to milk checks, especially for farmers that face
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March 13 2023
According to enrollment reports issued by USDA’s Farm Service Agency, the percentage of established production history enrolled in the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program climbed to 78.5% for 2023
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March 9 2023
Ah, March: that one month that starts out cold, chilly, snowy, and mostly miserable, but typically turns sunny, windy, and bearable
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March 9 2023
Stewarding the health of their land, water, air, and animals is something dairy farmers have been doing for generations. Putting benchmarks and numbers on those efforts is a much more recent need
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March 6 2023
The 2001 emergence of foot and mouth disease rocked livestock producers in the United Kingdom and beyond with mass cullings and product movement bans
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March 6 2023
Increasingly, dairy herds are being built with beef in mind. While that changes supply chains, it doesn’t change the need for quality calf care
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March 2 2023
Vaccination is one tool dairy producers can use to keep calves healthy, helping the animals to meet their full potential for growth and production
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March 1 2023
March 2023 Classifieds
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March 1 2023
Last year saw a record-high All-Milk price, with Class III and Class IV averaging $24 and $22 per hundredweight (cwt.), respectively. Overall, that $24 Class IV price was the highest on record
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Feb. 27 2023
Wildfires are nature’s way of renewing the landscape. However, Mother Nature’s wildfires have grown larger and raged longer in recent years, driven by larger reserves of stored fuel across...
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Feb. 27 2023
During this school year, I have the pleasure of being an intern with Edge Dairy Cooperative, a group that is partnered with Minnesota Milk Producers Association
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Feb. 27 2023
Calves are born into a world filled with bacteria, viruses, and parasites that can cause illness or even death in these young animals. For protection, the body develops an immune system
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Feb. 27 2023
Although FDA established a standard of identity for milk in 1973, that standard of identity must only be followed by products that purport to be or are represented as milk
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Feb. 23 2023
Over the past few weeks, our Goeser household has had a fair amount of sluggish behavior following bacterial and viral-borne illnesses that ran through our family
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Feb. 23 2023
“There should be a law against that! It’s so buttery, flaky, and delicious!” exclaimed Luke Zahm during the February 16, 2023, episode of the Wisconsin Foodie