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2018-Sustainability-Awards-Winners
May 17 2018
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, established under the leadership of dairy farmers, announced its seventh annual U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award winners during a May 16 ceremony
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April 4 2018
Bolthouse Farms’ pea powder-based beverage is unfairly and illegally skirting federal regulations by marketing its product labeled as milk, according to the National Milk Producers Federatio
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March 16 2018
Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA), Novi, Mich. and Foremost Farms USA, Baraboo, Wis., announced today that the two cooperatives have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). The MO
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March 15 2018
“With the introduction today of H.R. 5275, the Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions (ACRE Act), there is now bipartisan, bicameral support for legislation that will reduce a signif
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Feb. 26 2018
This is the 25th year that the National Mastitis Council’s National Dairy Quality Awards program has been recognizing the very best milk quality producing herds in the United States
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Feb. 19 2018
An abnormally high number of twin calves born on Dutch dairy farms last year triggered a closer inspection by authorities
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Feb. 13 2018
The information below has been supplied by dairy marketers and other industry organizations. It has not been edited, verified or endorsed by Hoard’s Dairyman. The National Milk Producers Fede
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Jan. 25 2018
The information below has been supplied by dairy marketers and other industry organizations. It has not been edited, verified or endorsed by Hoard’s Dairyman. Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national...
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Jan. 23 2018
The Center for Dairy Excellence and Center for Beef Excellence are working in partnership with local conservation districts and the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau to support and conduct workshops help
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Jan. 22 2018
Animal activist groups aren’t just out to stop large farms; they want to put an end to all animal agriculture
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Nov. 27 2017
“What’s the reward-risk?” opened Tom Overton in his presentation on adoption of new technology at the recent Cornell Nutrition Conference
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Nov. 10 2017
Foremost Farms USA is announcing plans to build a dairy processing facility in Greenville, Michigan. On November 9, 2017, Foremost Farms closed on the purchase of 96 acres of vacant property in Gree
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Nov. 3 2017
The California sun is playing an increasingly important role in how dairy families manage their energy costs and expand sustainability efforts. Investing in solar panels allows dairy farms to offset t
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Oct. 18 2017
Touring top-performing dairies with rich histories amidst the stunning scenery of the Blue Ridge Mountains will provide participants of the Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) Dairy Tours -
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Oct. 17 2017
On December 12, 2017, in Wisconsin Dells, UW Discovery Farms will host its 6th annual conference geared towards farmers, that emphasizes strategies that work on farms, and for the improvement
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Oct. 16 2017
Florida dairy farmers could lose $12 million due to Hurricane Irma.
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Oct. 9 2017
Promoting good hoof health and preventing lameness on dairy farms requires a combination of management practices, on-farm protocols and facility design. A new, two-part webinar series pr
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Sept. 11 2017
Even at costs of $18.74 per hundredweight of milk on 1,000-plus-cow dairies, no one appears to be making any money, at any size, as detailed in the item, “Size matters more to dairy than crop farmer
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Aug. 28 2017
We know that dairy farm wages have been climbing rapidly, more so than in most other industries. Depending on the different dairy budgets available, estimated hired labor costs for herds of 200
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Aug. 16 2017
Driving dry matter intake on dairy farmspresented by Mike Hutjens, University of IllinoisSponsored by Diamond V. Dry matters intakes continue to be a leading contributor to ca