Read your December 23 Hoard's Dairyman Intel item "Doctors say no to raw milk when pregnant." The article indicates that in 11 years (1998-2009), a total of two (2) persons died from illnesses related...
For the past three years, dairy producers have enjoyed a higher plateau of prices for cull cows and other dairy beef. While those prices should continue for most of 2014, there are signs that payouts may...
Japan has feed costs you won't believe. Dairy feed costs in Japan have always been high because most of it is imported, but in the past year, currency exchange rates have made them unbelievable. On December...
When USDA reports the final month of milk production in late January, New York should retake third place among all states for total milk production. It was a position that the Empire State held firmly...
Through June, cash flow on milking cows ranged from minus 59 to positive 80 cents per hundredweight. Net farm incomes in the West have been varied, according to mid-year reports assembled by Frazer, LLP....
"People's lives are written on the fields of old farms." You know that moment when you bump into another farmer and he starts in on a story illustrating the love of what he does? The farmer says he could...
Reader Response: SCC matters are overstated In the Hoard's Dairyman Intel item "We should follow trailblazing SCC states," I would like to know why the dairy processors are so worried about the SCC over...
The country's milk cow population has dropped 20 percent this year. China, with the world's biggest population, is gradually developing a taste for dairy products, particularly because parents want to...
Heightened calf care can keep calves healthy and growing during winter weather. "This is the time of the year where we face the most challenges with raising calves," said Noah Litherland from the University...
In the Hoard's Dairyman Intel item "Genomic-only bulls dominate Hoard's List," I noticed the author fell into the trap when he said genomic evaluations provide twice the information provided by parent...
Global exporting giant ramps up its production capacity to serve huge nearby markets.The. U.S. is the hot new star in the global dairy exports game, but New Zealand, the all-time everything, hasn't slowed...
People have known for a long time that rough handling and stress is detrimental to dairy cattle. Over 100 years ago, W. D. Hoard, founder of Hoard's Dairyman, wrote that people working with dairy cows...
Regular performance reviews can be a daunting task. Feedback. Our society craves it, depends on it and thrives on it. Why then, is it so hard for farmers to provide regular feedback to employees? Knowing...
The latest Hoard's Dairyman Bull List is a sure sign that breeders and dairy producers across the U.S. are buying into the science of genomics. As you may recall, we can learn 60 to 70 percent of the genetic...
It's numbers like these that provide our industry two choices: 1) put some form of production control in place; or 2) Compete on world market more. (For more information, read the November 25 Hoard's Dairyman...
How does $10 per hundredweight income over feed cost sound? Even among other dairy market forecasters, predictions by marketing consultant Jerry Dryer are known for having a strong track record of accuracy....
When genomic testing became commercially available a few years ago, it was almost immediately incorporated into genetic evaluation systems for dairy cattle. Today, genomic data is used to select young
Greek yogurt is a relatively new addition to the U.S. dairy case. And, while it's a boon for sales as consumers add it to their diets, it comes at the expense of other dairy products, in particular, conventional...
U.S. dairy farmers are in shrinking company. The nation lost 62.5 percent of its dairy farms between 1992 and 2012. The part of the country hit hardest was the Southeast region, where the dairy industry...
In the December 2011 issue of Hoard's Dairyman, we first reported that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was going to move forward with enhanced testing of milk for antibiotic residues. While those...
