Select Milk Producers, Inc. and Continental Dairy Products, Inc., cooperative milk marketing associations, announced their merger today, effective September 1, 2014. Select Milk Producers, Inc., will be...
The 2014-2015 Nasco Farm & Ranch catalog, mailed throughout the United States and worldwide, features the world's largest variety of agricultural equipment and supplies, offered by Nasco in Fort Atkinson,...
Across the Midwest, dairymen have noted that last year's crops are not feeding as well as anticipated. While this alone may cause a slight dip in the bulk tank's volume, those harvesting haylage in 2014...
If you thought that we could put the term Polar Vortex behind us for a while, think again. If the Old Farmer's Almanac prediction for the winter rings true, most of the nation will be experiencing another...
Tera Koebel has been named the TMR Tracker sales representative for Digi-Star, LLC, a Wisconsin based manufacturer of advanced measuring systems and software used in the precision agriculture sector. "Tera...
Public perception about the dairy industry has sadly melted down in Idaho again, and along with it comes a reminder to producers everywhere that if a news story doesn't "have blood," the non-ag media is...
Prestons Selected as MMPA's Outstanding Young Dairy Cooperators Brian and Carrie Preston of Quincy, Mich., were selected as the state winning 2014 Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) Outstanding...
The Pioneer of Drip Irrigation Expands Its Industry Leading Product Portfolio with Innovative Mobile Drip Solutions Designed for Center Pivots Adding to the industry's most extensive portfolio of drip...
2015 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards Program now accepting nominations The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy®, established under the leadership of dairy farmers, is now accepting nominations for the...
Growing up, I never had the most "stylish" animal in the show ring. When selecting bulls with my dad, I was always drawn to the production-focused columns before moving on to stature and type. The reason...
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today maintained its forecast Farmgate Milk Price for the 2014/15 season at $6.00 per kgMS. Along with a previously announced estimated dividend range of 20-25 cents...
With strong milk prices, farms may wish to bring more cows in to help fill the bulk tank. Outlets for purchasing dairy cattle are plentiful, but so are the disease risks new animals can bring to your herd
Millennials initiate more than 5 million online food-related searches each day. What a tremendous opportunity for the beef checkoff's consumer digital advertising campaign. And just 12 weeks into the new...
This year's ongoing national debate about minimum wage levels from state to state should remind everyone in the dairy industry that there is nothing minimum about how much workers on their farms typically...
The first-ever robotic rotary milking parlor in North America is coming to Wisconsin. An exciting groundbreaking ceremony was held last week at Mlsna East Town Dairy in Cashton, Wis. Excavation has already...
Iconic Milk Stand celebrating its 60th anniversary of quenching State Fair-goers' thirsts On Saturday, August 23, Governor Mark Dayton will raise a glass of milk with Minnesota farmers to toast the proclamation...
Another round of expansion at Hilmar Cheese Company's processing facility in Dalhart, Texas, has been announced by the dairy farmer-owned firm. Two major expansions of the plant have already been done...
Advanta US, a leading international supplier of proprietary agricultural crop genetics and seed, announces Tyson Meador has joined the company as eastern sales manager. Meador's territory will include...
Jeni Haler, a 19-year-old college student from Norwood Young America, Minn., representing Carver County, was crowned the 61st Princess Kay of the Milky Way in an evening ceremony at the Minnesota State...
