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Wardin-hay-crop_web4
Oct. 8 2020
“The 2019 harvest season was hard on equipment and it was hard on people,” said Kevin Jarek, a University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension agent
Gilles-fight-GIs_web3
Oct. 8 2020
Geographical indicators (GIs) have been a hot topic in the last several years as countries make trade agreements across the globe
Allen-sell-cheese_web2
Oct. 8 2020
What’s in a name? That’s the battle U.S. and European cheesemakers have been fighting for the last three decades
Stephenson-High-Protein_web1
Oct. 8 2020
Negative PPDs, or Producer Price Differentials, have been a story this summer and likely will continue well into the fall
Wardin-rye_web5
Oct. 5 2020
When preparing for planting after corn silage harvest, farmers need to consider forage inventory, cereal grain management, economics, and trying new forages
Geiger-mozzarella_web4
Oct. 5 2020
U.S. cheese consumption posted another new record. In 2019, every American, on average, consumed 38.3 pounds of cheese
Allen-women_web3
Oct. 5 2020
Ensuring the safety of farm workers takes multiple forms, and it’s helpful to remember the unique circumstances that may affect women on the farm
Bauer-his mentors _web2
Oct. 5 2020
Matt Bomgardner of Blue Mountain View Farm in Annville, Pa., returned home to the family farm full time in 2005
Brown-alfalfa_web1
Oct. 5 2020
With the effects of COVID-19 dominating the news in the dairy industry, there has been little time to analyze how the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program passed in the 2018 farm bill has supported dairy...
Brown-Dairy-products_web4
Oct. 1 2020
The best times for many agricultural sectors occur during periods of strong demand. The ethanol industry boomed when ethanol use grew during a period of record crude oil prices
Allen-measuring_web
Oct. 1 2020
When dairy farmers contribute 15 cents per hundredweight of milk shipped to the dairy checkoff, they want to know that money is making a difference
Wardin-fall-forage_web2
Oct. 1 2020
As farmers head from September to October, there are still decisions they can make on perennial forages
Gilles-restocking_web1
Oct. 1 2020
When COVID-19 first disrupted dairy supply chains, we all saw the grocery store signs
Ferreira-hidden-costs_web5
Sept. 28 2020
It was mid-January when a dairy manager and I scouted for inefficiencies within the herd. One tool I like is plotting milk production by days in milk to have an idea of the existence of cows with very...
Wardin-Effective-communication_web4
Sept. 28 2020
“People notoriously don’t listen to each other,” said Lisa Holden, associate professor of dairy science with Penn State Extension, during the webinar “Dairy Workforce Focus: Communication...
Allen-dairy-snacks_web
Sept. 28 2020
Similar to when a natural disaster hits, the onslaught of COVID-19 onto dairy sales this spring required immediate efforts to stem the bleeding
Gilles-online-sales_web
Sept. 28 2020
Dairy products have an important and well-recognized role in retail locations. That’s been true for many years, and it’s not a market that the industry hopes to cede in any way
Geiger-crops_web1
Sept. 28 2020
After logging 3,400 miles of windshield time through the heart of America’s cropland from September 14 to 18, I came away with this finding — this could be a banner crop year
capital_graphic
Sept. 25 2020
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the October 10, 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman
Hershey_Marilyn
Sept. 25 2020
When our cows need something, they tell us. Although it is not with words, their verbal communication is easy to understand