Americans are saying, "Pass the cheese, please" more than ever before. In data just released by USDA's Economic Research Service, cheese consumption nearly pushed past 34 pounds per person
With the dinner tent snuggled right up to the glass windows of the Hoard's Dairyman Farm's milking parlor, consumers who attended the "Wisconsin Farm to Table" culinary experience were constantly reminded...
Editorial: World Dairy Expo has been a "labor of love" Scores of people deserve credit for being the driving force that launched the World Food and Agricultural Foundation in 1967. Fort Atkinson, Wis.,...
Milk Check Outlook: It's worse than 2009 by Nate Donnay The author is director of dairy services at Informa Economics, Eagan, Minn. During the first five months of 2015, milk production across the major...
Handy Hint: September 10, 2015 A windbreak made of recycled tires Hunter Ridge Dairy in Ault, Colo., built a 3,800-head heifer yard last year to bring their young stock home to the dairy. While the outline...
Feed makes up the bulk of cattle rearing costs, but other expenses chip away at profits, too. Today's high price for beef may entice more dairy producers to raise some steers as a second enterprise. Mixed...
I have a comment for the article on raw milk consumption. One of the basic premises of the Great American Experiment (the birth of our nation) was that government should not interfere in the minute details...
Step aside, liquid margarine; butter is here to take your place. Fast-food chain McDonald's has announced that it will begin using real butter on its Egg McMuffin and other breakfast sandwiches served...
Autumn is the perfect time to promote farm health and safety. National Farm Safety & Health Week, September 20 to 26, is the perfect time to reiterate why safety matters. Whether it's your first or 51st...
The uterus plays an instrumental role in pregnancy; it is, of course, where the fetus lives. When it comes to dairy cattle, there are many reasons why some cows can't get pregnant, from hormonal and cyclicity...
"There continues to be considerable public debate on the possible benefits regarding the growing popularity of the consumption of raw milk," wrote John Lucey in the Journal Nutrition and Food Science....
Hilmar Cheese's first employee retires by Dennis Halladay, Western Editor Today is the last day at work for John Jeter, the candid and always passionate chief executive officer and president of Hilmar...
What is our role as a major dairy exporter? In some instances, U.S. cost structures can cause us to be the world's balancing plant by Mark Stephenson The author is the director of dairy policy analysis...
Editorial: North American's future in a fog Dubbed the largest all-breed, purebred livestock exposition in the world, the 42-year-old North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) now appears...
Regarding "Trees and green space ‘improve' our health," I agree completely that trees and green space enrich our souls. Although this was beyond the scope of the research you reported, it occurs...
