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Sept. 24 2012
Cintas launches second annual online contest honoring North America's toughest cold weather workers Following the success of last year's Cintas & Carhartt Cold Crew Contest, Cintas Corporation has launched...
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Sept. 24 2012
Field-by-field analysis to maximize productivity for profitable, informed management decisions With harvest underway, Pioneer sales professionals are providing Pioneer FIT® mapping services to growers...
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Sept. 24 2012
Even when the current farm bill expires on September 30, food stamps and crop insurance are all funded for the remainder of the fiscal year
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Sept. 20 2012
NUTRIQUEST is pleased to introduce its ILLUMINATE Services to the dairy industry. ILLUMINATE offers a database of DDGS nutrient loadings from over 140 ethanol plants in the United States to accurately...
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Sept. 20 2012
For the second year, the Minnesota FFA team took first place honors in the FFA division. Pictured left to right are Travis Troendle, Kayla Leiding, Haeley Leiding, Jared Torendle and coach Stacy Leiding....
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Sept. 20 2012
Saturday night, our industry endured yet another tragic loss with the passing of a Northern Ireland dairy farmer and his two sons. The three died from effects of exposure to poisonous manure gases as sons...
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Sept. 19 2012
The combination of scorching heat and drought conditions heightens the potential for silo gas during harvest. Late-season rainfall on drought-stressed corn in manured fields could produce higher-than-average...
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Sept. 18 2012
Ohio 4-H was the top team in their divisions at the 44th Annual Invitational Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, held Monday, Sept. 17, during the 2012 All-American Dairy Show in Harrisburg. From as far...
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Sept. 18 2012
University of Minnesota Marks History for the Collegiate Division The University of Minnesota was the top team at the 44th Annual Invitational Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, held Monday, Sept. 17,...
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Sept. 17 2012
The 19th Annual Accelerated Genetics Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest was held September 16, 2012 in Viroqua, Wis., with the University of Minnesota taking top honors in both reasons and overall....
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Sept. 17 2012
RFD-TV Breaks Guinness World's Record for Largest Parade of Classic Tractors at the Nebraska State Fair The Guinness world's record for a parade of classic tractors is now 964 tractors/drivers thanks to...
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Sept. 13 2012
WMMB Supports Outstanding Award Winners at Statewide Wisconsin Association of Agricultural Educators Conference For the second straight year, the dairy farm families of Wisconsin helped underscore the...
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Sept. 13 2012
In 2009, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy set a goal to reduce enteric methane emissions per pound of fluid milk by 25 percent by 2020. At this point, our industry has seven years left to meet or exceed...
Sept. 12 2012
If you're not F.A.R.M.ing, you may want to look into it. The National F.A.R.M. program (Farmers Assuring Responsible Management) is operating as a partnership of the National Milk Producers Federation
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Sept. 11 2012
For the first time in history, bypass soybean meal has been successfully fortified with a rumen-protected amino acid (lysine). This historic formulation can improve a dairy producer's income over feed...
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Sept. 11 2012
The ninth Hoard's Dairyman webinar of 2012 featured Gordie Jones, a veterinarian and partner at Central Sands Dairy in central Wisconsin. The operation milks 4,000 head in a 72-cow rotary where cows are...
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Sept. 10 2012
Hoard's Dairyman Webinar Archives September 10, 2012: "Take your management to a higher level" presented by Gordie Jones, D.V.M. Jones shared strategies to identify and remove bottlenecks from your dairy
Sept. 10 2012
This summer, I had the honor and privilege of working as the 24th Hoard's Dairyman Editorial Intern. This opportunity not only gave me a chance to improve my writing and editing skills
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Sept. 7 2012
Diamond V hosted a delegation of 19 individuals from top dairy and swine operations in China, the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, and the president, CEO and corporate treasurer of the American...