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One can’t help but feel swells of alma mater pride looking at this issue. No matter your loyalties – whether they lie in Madison, Wisconsin, or State College, Pennsylvania, or elsewhere – this issue will recall college days gone by. It has for me.
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Survey: Recent CWT buyout participants were concerned with high production costs, succession issuesMost of the 333 farmers who participated in Cooperatives Working Together’s (CWT) fourth herd retirement this year cited high production costs as a key ...
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Editor’s note: The following are available market reports and futures data as of August 17, 2007
Butter
The CME cash butter price continues to decline. The current cash price of $1.3800 is the lowest since mid-April. Most butter producers and handlers...
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Dairy producers are often concerned with placing emphasis on different production traits in their breeding program. Selecting only economically important traits should be every producer’s objective. The use of artificial insemination (A.I.) sires is the...
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Once I visited the farm of a close friend of mine whom I’ll call John (not his real name). Since John wasn’t at his computer (the usual spot I could find him on a Saturday morning) I went around to the back porch and found him slouched over, holding h...
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At one time, when a farmer employed someone, about all they had to do was decide whom to hire, how much to pay and issue a paycheck. Those days are long past. Employers today need to check the employee’s eligibility to work in the country, file W-4 form...
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Editor’s note: The author sent the following letter on July 27, 2007, to Cooperatives Working Together’s (CWT) CEO Jim Tillison. As of August 21, the author had not received a reply from Tillison.
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Farming is often characterized as a career for rugged individualists. Nevertheless, more and more farms are run by multiple decision makers. Having multiple decision makers – such as family, friends, neighbors or strictly business partners – manage a ...
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Despite the fact that the United States has the safest food supply in the world, food safety has become a high- profile issue. Media attention related to livestock diseases, food recalls and foodborne illness has heightened consumer awareness and concern....
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The average American consumes more than 30 pounds of cheese every year. Every pound produced creates an estimated nine pounds of whey, the liquid byproduct that remains after the curds (solids) coagulate. Where does all the whey go? It’s used in a range...
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We all want the same things from our dairy cows – high production of quality milk with minimal health problems. During the close-up dry period and the start of lactation, cows go through many changes that present challenges to meeting these goals. The t...
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Editor’s note: The following benchmarks have been compiled using data reported by dairies enrolled in Alta Genetic’s AltaAdvantage program, a progeny testing program. More than 182,500 cows in 175 herds participate in the program nationwide.
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Mastitis is the No. 1 disease with economic impacts to dairy producers. In fact, there are more than 30 microorganisms known to cause mastitis and seemingly just as many teat dip products. So how do you choose the best product for your dairy operation? Th...
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In June 2005, a group of eight women were sitting around a kitchen table planning a fashion show. One woman mentioned a local children’s home where the kids needed undergarments. The woman also found out that the children could only get one glass of mil...
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It’s the place for world-class competition among the country’s top dairy breeders, with seven national and international breed shows, the Kingsmill Farm II International Futurity and six breed sales held on the grounds. More than 2,000 head are expect...
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Fellow producers and industry experts will share their experience, knowledge and ideas to help make your dairy operation more profitable and efficient as part of World Dairy Expo’s 2007 Education Seminars. Ten free seminars will be offered during the ev...
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Dairy operations throughout North America will be featured at the 2007 World Dairy Expo. Virtual farm tours will focus on a variety of operation types and sizes, from both the U.S. and Canada. These farms excel in new technology integration, forage quali...
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While you’re at World Dairy Expo, find out if the newest forage research can help make your dairy more profitable. Come visit with forage experts from the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison and Kansas State University...
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Dairy producers with compost dairy barns tend to all do things a bit different during the summer months. One thing all producers should do the same is remember how difficult it was to get the sawdust you needed to make your barn work during this last wint...
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Sitting in a classroom or studying in his dorm room, 19-year-old Luke Vander misses working outdoors. He frequently longs for a 12-hour workday treating cows on his father’s 700-cow dairy in south-central Michigan. But Luke, a sophomore studying animal ...
Re: Free traffic vs. directed-cow traffic in robotic milking barns
Posted on Friday, 17 May 2013 by Jeff B.I quote "In addition, in directed-cow traffic the selection gate should...
Re: Raw milk bill killed twice in Montana Senate
Posted on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 by Laura.Montana small herd producers, tell your Congresspeople to KISS! Idaho...
Re: Five-day E. coli treatment of gram-negative mastitis largely garners favor
Posted on Thursday, 02 May 2013 by IDLaura.Idaho has a Small Herd Exemption program where we can sell...