Alta Seeds, the premium seed brand of Advanta US, announces the hiring of Kelley Schlabs as customer service and technical lead. Schlabs will manage all incoming customer communications, including technical...
Feeding calves the correct amount of grain can be a challenge. Many calf raisers work with hundreds of calves that may vary in age from 1 day to 12 weeks old; all of which have different nutritional needs....
PortaScience, Inc., a New Jersey company, was recently awarded a grant from Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation to commercialize a milk quality test for small farms in Africa. Feed the Future Partnering...
The Mack and Behnke families come together to form Sunnyslope Dairy. A desire to continue dairying brought the Mack and Behnke families together. When both Keith Mack and Corey Behnke's fathers decided...
The nearly nationwide drought in 2012 alone cost the U.S. economy $30 billion, according to recent estimates from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Dairy producers bore the drought's...
Analyzing harvest data with Pioneer® Field360™ Select software will help prepare for next season's decisions Understanding what worked this past growing season and what didn't is vital in planning...
For many years the standard recommendation among nutritionists, including DuPont Pioneer forage specialists, has been to wait until after Christmas to feed new-crop silage. Recently, researchers discovered...
Top O' The Morn Farms Takes First Place For Milk at National Dairy Competition Reduced Fat White Milk Wins Top Honors at World Dairy Expo Dairy Product Championship Contest Top O' The Morn Farms, Inc.,...
Processor group leader takes another swipe at milk producers. For decades, the relationship between milk producer groups and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), which represents milk processors,...
As Hoard's Dairyman dives deeper into the digital world, farms continue to head in that direction as well. As reported by the USDA, 70 percent of farms now have access to a computer and 68 percent own...
Financial data from 1,500 agriculture students gives you a better feel for that number. It's that time of year. Across the country, millions of students have returned to their chosen institution of higher...
Wisconsin is rich in manure resources produced by nearly 3.5 million cattle, so the state's livestock producers need to be savvy manure managers. University of Wisconsin-Madison soil and water conservation...
U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance shares what messages we should be relaying to consumers. Communicating with influential consumers is among the many responsibilities of agriculturists. It is better for...
Cheese curds, cow-naming rights, or a plate at an on-farm harvest meal are all available through the just-launched Kickstarter campaign by Redhead Creamery, Minnesota's newest cheese producer. Alise Sjostrom,...
Your one stop shop for dairy planning! From the planning and development process to various housing options, this book contains tables, charts, figures and measurements to customize your dairy housing...
Corey Geiger recently spent time interviewing Robert Walton for our 2013 World Dairy Expo Supplement on his long and distinguished career with ABS and the greater dairy community. The video below includes...
A smart - and attainable - goal is 200,000. The list of reasons why dairies should constantly work to lower their herd somatic cell count (SCC) is both long and old. Reasons that were good decades ago...
74th Annual Minnesota Nutrition Conference (September 17-18) Announces Finalized Program & Complete List of Sponsors The 74th Annual Minnesota Nutrition Conference announced today the finalized program...
MarJenna McWilliam, a 20-year-old college student from Winger, Minn., representing Polk County, was crowned the 60th Princess Kay of the Milky Way in an evening ceremony at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds...
Pioneer Invests in Corn Research to Meet Customer Needs DuPont Pioneer celebrated the opening of its new $2.5 million corn research center with a ribbon cutting ceremony here today. "This expansion is...
