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March 11 2025
Social media provides us with the opportunity to share our dairy story with people who may be removed from agriculture
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March 10 2025
Adding sorghum to your crop rotation is an economic and sustainable addition to your farm
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Jan. 30 2025
Staying on top of the many tactics of animal rights activist groups allows us to better position ourselves to help educate the public on animal agriculture
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Jan. 7 2025
As time rolls on, I want to be intentional about how I spend mine this year
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Aug. 29 2014
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...
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Feb. 28 2014
Animal rights group is doing massive spin doctoring and distortion to oppose it. A bill that would make it illegal to trespass or use fraudulent misrepresentation to gain entry onto a farm for the purpose...
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Jan. 24 2014
daho dairy leaders say total milk production in the country's third largest dairy state fell in 2013 for just the second time in 23 years. The dip was tiny - 0.9 percent - according to Brent Olmstead,...
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Nov. 22 2013
No one else comes close to making as much milk per capita. Twenty-seven U.S. states border either the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, or Gulf of Mexico. This makes them candidates to be international dairy...
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March 8 2013
A firsthand look at what dairies are already doing to make, save and reduce energy use will be on display March 19 at Ballard Family Dairy and Cheese in Gooding, Idaho
Jan. 25 2013
A degree of closure has come in the sensational animal abuse video case that occurred in Idaho last October. Jesus Garza, 25, one of three employees seen abusing cattle in an undercover video that was...
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Dec. 21 2012
A funny thing happened on the way to the new Chobani Greek Yogurt manufacturing plant that the company announced a year ago it would build in Twin Falls, Idaho. It got a LOT bigger
April 23 2012
Idaho and Oregon will become the leaders in U.S. raw milk quality in coming months, when maximum somatic cell count limits for farm milk shipments in those states drop to 400,000 and 500,000, respectively
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Nov. 10 2011
Processing capacity shortage is holding back the country's No. 3 milk state The Idaho dairy industry is busting to break loose. Although it became the third largest milk-producing state in the U.S. last...
July 8 2011
About 25 years after the exodus began, Hoard's WEST joined the dairy migration from southern California to southern Idaho. Since it began publication in 1999, our Western edition was based near the Chino...
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May 18 2011
While at the sixth annual AgSTAR conference last week, Jerry Bingold had plenty to announce. First, he explained all the initiatives that the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy was taking part in, and they...
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March 24 2025
It’s 2025 and the statement that “reproductive efficiency is one of the primary drivers in herd profitability” has never been more true
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Feb. 18 2025
We recently brought back the Midwest ADSA meeting
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Feb. 5 2025
Explaining what we’re thinking can make a world of difference in how we work with others
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Jan. 23 2025
Our country is facing all kinds of difficult weather, but farmers just keep farming
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Jan. 8 2025
While farmers are still facing challenges, some of them are different from what we previously dealt with