Are you a grower, 40 years or younger, who demonstrates sustainability on your farm? If so, Bayer CropScience is looking for you! Now through Jan. 24, 2013, you can apply for the crop science company's...
The biggest news of the week for "milk" is that prices might double due to the farm bill, or the lack of farm bill passage. Of course, we first heard about this a few months ago from places like CBS news
There are no magic bullets when it comes to profitable dairy herd management, but AgSource's Profit Opportunity Analyzer® (POA) provides AgSource members and dairy consultants with powerful ammunition...
The Precision Dairy 2013 Planning Committee invites researchers and industry representatives to submit papers for consideration for presentation at the Precision Dairy 2013 Conference and Expo. We also...
Gregory M. Lavan, Gambier, Ohio, has been named an Area Representative for the American Jersey Cattle Association and National All-Jersey Inc., effective December 1, 2012. Lavan will provide on-farm service...
Technological advancements have streamlined many day-to-day tasks on farms. They enable us to keep better records, more accurately identify cattle and track production through a lactation
Alltech's Global 500 Establishes the Next Steps for Dairy and Beef Industries Alltech's Global 500 closed Thursday after welcoming dairy and beef producers from 40 countries to Alltech's home in Lexington,...
Compared with the most recent August genetic evaluations, and even last December for that matter, the dizzying pace of escalating breeding values has seemed to slow to a more traditional pace as the top...
17 Fuel Up to Play 60 Student Leaders to Participate in Pre-Game Activities Sunday, December 9, at Mall of America Field Midwest Dairy Council and the Minnesota Vikings are teaming up to reward 17 Fuel...
It's about pounds, not percentages One nutritionist shares insights on how to better manage rations.It's not uncommon, when discussing rations to talk in terms of percentages. While these terms work well...
Following the release of the December 2012 genetic evaluations, bulls from New Generation Genetics ranked at or near the top for Milk, Components, Type, Udder Composite, Mobility, Fertility, DPR, Productive...
What are children in schools being taught about agriculture? The number of teachers with agriculture backgrounds continues to decline. And, teaching about a topic that is not familiar to an instructor...
It's that time of year again: winter is approaching, the harvest has ended and old calf pullers are meeting their end. For a cash prize, of course. Neogen's Trash My Puller program is back for a third...
The Red and White Dairy Cattle Association has hired Anna Troester as their full-time Assistant Manager. Anna will be located at the office in Clinton, Wisconsin. With this role, she will be assisting...
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) announced today that Jim Mulhern, a veteran public affairs professional with three decades of government policy and communications experience in Washington,...
"Land values are currently like a well-stoked, blazing Friday night camp fire," explained Brent Gloy, director for Purdue's Center for Commercial Agriculture
Filament Marketing, LLC, is pleased to announce the promotion of Amanda Veum, Jean Retallick and Kelly Sime. Amanda Veum will be joining Filament Marketing full-time as a marketing associate after graduating...
Dairy producers now have an improved tool to capture accurate fertility data, as ABS Global, Inc. announces the use of Real World Data® (RWD™) Bull Fertility in place of SCR data analysis, starting...
When push comes to shove, U.S. consumers are more willing to give up milk as prices rise than any other beverage on the market, noted Mike North a senior hedge consultant with First Capitol Ag, at the...
