With expected temperatures of high 90s the next few days, the WVMA reminds livestock owners to take extra precautions during the extreme heat. According to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade...
Over the years, nothing has repeatedly brought out the spirit of cooperation between dairy cooperatives like low milk prices and tough times. Adversarial attitudes arrive when times are good, but working...
On a decent number of dairy operations, migrant workers comprise a portion or the majority of the labor force. These are people we have come to depend on day to day to successfully run our dairies
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced 11 appointments to the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board. Four of the appointees will serve out the remainingterms for four vacancies, and the...
Sustainability was the topic of the 6th Dairy Solutions Symposium "Optimizing production efficiencies, lowering environmental impact," co-hosted by University College Dublin (UCD) and Alltech. With discussions...
Marissa Leier, daughter of Larry and Rosalind Leier, was crowned North Dakota's 66th State Dairy Princess today (June 21) in Bismarck. Leier is 19 years old and comes from Hague. She was one of four young...
May milk production refused to buck the trend set by the preceding months. When compared to May 2011, 2012's production was up 2.1 percent in the 23 major states. The milk production estimates are provided...
Vermeer's 605 Super M Cornstalk Special Baler makes baling cornstalks as easy as baling hay – and now enhanced with the optional Inline™ Ramp, picking up cornstalk bales is even easier. The...
New Brand Incorporates Syngenta & NK Alfalfa Offerings; Growers to Purchase from Regular Resellers Forage Genetics International (FGI), one of the world's leading alfalfa seed providers, and Syngenta announce...
The cost of raising children increased again last year. That is no surprise with the cost of food and gasoline rising for everyone. According to Expenditures on Children by Families, a child born in 2011...
Safety Professionals Urge Workers to Take Precautions During Hot Weather Preventing heat-related work illness important notes American Society of Safety Engineers offer safety tips As temperatures rise,...
By Irina Grigorian, PhD Department of Life Sciences, Hydromer Inc. Branchburg, NJ Dairy cow lameness is a major concern for many farms, leading not only to animal suffering but also to financial loss in...
On Friday June 15, the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding released its road map for operational and financial aspects of how U.S. genetic evaluations might be carried out once USDA takes a step back from...
McCarty Family Farms and The Dannon Company today announced the initial accomplishments from the first stage of their new and unique collaboration. Milk from the McCarty Family Farms' dairy cows is now...
North Dakota's 66th Dairy Princess will be crowned Thursday, June 21, in Bismarck. Four candidates are vying for the honor to replace Rachael Rott, Anamoose, who served as the North Dakota Dairy Princess...
Southern States Wins IT Innovation Award; Ridley Named Runner-Up Southern States Cooperative Inc. has been named the winner of the 2012 Information Technology Innovation Award for integrating the use of...
Polls indicate that consumers want foods labeled if they contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). But with no health issues, is it germane? Nutrition labels have been mandatory in their current...
We posted a photo yesterday on our Hoard's Dairyman Facebook page of a well-dressed young man standing at the end of his dairy barn with rose petals sprinkled down the alley. We thought it was a unique...
