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Article
April 30 2020
While the world changes, dairy cattle diets are also evolving for many. Several dairies have considered, or are actively, feeding unpasteurized milk back to the herd to avoid wasting a nutritious product
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Blog
April 29 2020
What’s greater, a positive or a negative? A plus one or a minus one? Mathematically, positive numbers always progress in a positive trajectory
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Blog
April 27 2020
When trying to formulate an idea for this week’s blog, I honestly couldn’t decide if I needed to stay away from anything to do with COVID-19 or not. Maybe I should have written
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Article
April 27 2020
There’s a big spread in cheese prices. The world’s largest dairy product exporter, New Zealand, has Cheddar selling for roughly $2 per pound at the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction held within...
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Article
April 27 2020
In many parts of the country, to say last fall’s harvest season was challenging is a major understatement. Attempts to finish cropping and apply manure through wet soil conditions left many fields...
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Article
April 23 2020
A farm’s “balance sheet” is a financial statement that is a snapshot in time
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Article
April 23 2020
As we take to the fields, we have an incredible opportunity to share our sustainability story through social media, such as Facebook, since sustainability plays a significant role in how consumers shop...
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Article
April 20 2020
For dairy producers incorporating beef semen into their breeding programs, there are a lot of benefits
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Article
April 20 2020
In many parts of the U.S., small grain forages will soon be harvested or may already be fermenting in storage structures for feeding
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Article
April 17 2020
2020 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest Brown Swiss Class
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Blog
April 16 2020
My mom penned an open letter in response to the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on retail dairy, and her thoughtful perspective is touching and reassuring
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Article
April 16 2020
“Demand destruction” is how Andy Novakovic describes the impact of the current global COVID-19 pandemic on the dairy supply chain
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Article
April 13 2020
Small grain silages should be put up below 66% moisture
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Article
April 10 2020
Data collection, integration, and analysis are unavoidable factors when it comes to advancing the development of decision support tools in livestock operations
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Article
April 10 2020
Soils are the lifeblood of crop production, and healthy soils are critical to maximize forage and grain yields on the dairy farm
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Article
April 8 2020
Not lost among the stress of 2020’s coronavirus response has been the country’s 30 million students. Many of them rely on at least one meal per day supplied by the school cafeterias
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Article
April 8 2020
For those processors and cooperatives requiring milk dumping due to canceled dairy product sales, land application is likely the only or best option for removal of excess milk