How do you answer the tough questions and explain GMO's to consumers and non-agriculture people? Kim Bremmer, owner of Ag Inspirations LLC, will be sharing techniques and GMO talking points for farmers....
California's dairy industry highlighted during annual event. It was the first time in the 127 year-history of the Rose Parade, the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) had a float entry. The organization...
DuPont Pioneer and Trimble Enable Wireless Data Transfer Between Encirca? Services and Connected Farm Automated Exchange Will Improve Growers' Access to Decision Services Information DuPont Pioneer and...
A Non-funded Cooperative Agreement (NFCA) was developed and signed on March 27th, 2013 between the Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory (AGIL), United States Department of Agriculture and the Council...
Several crucial items for dairy farmers were approved by Congress in a massive year-end spending bill adopted Friday, including permanent tax relief for agricultural equipment purchases and the prevention...
The Iowa State Dairy Association (ISDA) will hold its 2016 Annual Meeting on Friday, January 8, 2016. The meeting will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Prairie Links Golf & Event Center, 19 Eagle Ridge...
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has published a standard with guidelines for a bio-secure, environmentally acceptable and sustainable means of disposing animal carcasses...
"We are trying to be very vigilant about staying within the statutory direction of the department (USDA), which is to focus on nutrition and diet," USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack explained to those attending...
Independent report says the agency illegally tried to shape public opinion about its water rule proposal. The firestorm that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ignited last May with a proposal...
When used regularly, body condition scoring can help you recognize potential issues and act proactively instead of reactively. After a two-month vacation, our cows can calve in one of two ways: slow and...
Make a ride in the cattle trailer safer for your young bovine passengers by following these AABP guidelines.There are times we need to get our livestock from Point A to Point B, and that process often...
Consumers are continually demanding assurances in the humane treatment of farm animals and are mostly concerned with human and animal interactions. Responses to the demand for greater openness in livestock...
The old saying goes, "the first step to fixing a problem is knowing you have one." I would argue the second step is knowing what and how significant that problem is
New Take Off ST® seed treatment technology from Verdesian Life Sciences accelerates a crop's ability to utilize nitrogen leading to a faster start and high yield potential. Take Off ST® assures...
The math behind a plan to give a liter per day to 30 million schoolchildren doesn't work. by Dennis Halladay, Hoard's Dairyman Western Editor In the middle of a rising global flood of dairy products, the...
Handy Hint: December 2015 Make It Easy to Keep Tanks Clean To ensure that water tanks are cleaned out regularly at Duncan Acres Dairy in Franklinton, La., farm owner Brent Duncan placed several milk house...
In response to a World Trade Organization (WTO) decision today announcing that Canada and Mexico are authorized to apply a total of over $1 billion in retaliatory tariffs to U.S. exports, dairy producers...
1HO11636 CHINCHI is a hot new grad at +979 ICC$ and +2643 TPI. With the December sire summary, Genex Cooperative, Inc. graduated 16 new sires from 13 different sires and 13 different maternal grandsires....
Overnight, transition cows are required to shift from being a "couch potato" to a marathon runner. The cow's nutrient and energy demands rise dramatically at this time to support the metabolic marathon...
College students can't solve their own problems according to psychologists and professors, but farm kids are raised differently. by Maggie Seiler, Special Publications Editor I was 16 or 17 years old,...
