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There’s no hiding it. In this issue, we’re showing others our true colors – our dairy colors.
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Weather plays havoc on milk supply while aiding some yields
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The October 2008 Class 1 prices in California range from $18.23 in the north to $18.50 in the south.
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Class I interest improved in the region as retail promotions and possibly more milk shipments south took larger volumes.
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Northeast milk supplies are reported to be steady but near the seasonal low.
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ILLINOIS
After a wet spring, crops drying in summer heat
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If you’ve been involved at all with dairy nutrition over the past six months you’ve definitely heard terms like “feed utilization,” “improved efficiency” and “rumen microbial breakdown.”
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In a time when adjustments to feed rations can be compared and made at the drop of a hat using well- developed spreadsheets, when dairies can be monitored at remote distances by camera systems with online viewing capacity and when people communicate throu...
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When a cow with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease) was found in Washington State a few years ago, almost within hours officials identified the farm it came from and its dam.
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Earlier this year, we saw “downer cows” – those too sick or injured to move – being shocked, sprayed with high-pressure hoses and fork-lifted to get them on their feet to be slaughtered at the Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. in Chino, California.
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Farms or agricultural businesses that are able to clearly communicate who they are and what they stand for are often more successful than those that don’t have a true understanding of their focus.
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If you didn’t attend a webinar hosted by a collaborative team of extension agents in August, you missed seeing the approach extension experts predict will likely be used to broadcast much of their information and expertise within five years.
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Milking routines are all about cow throughput and milk quality.
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It’s an age-old business mantra – put the customer first.
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International animal feed company Diamond V Mills recently broke ground for a new $26 million manufacturing plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Ag Progress Days, Pennsylvania’s largest outdoor agricultural exposition, was held August 19-21.
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Kelly and Christy Cunningham were determined to own their own dairy in Iowa.
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Progressive Dairyman magazine proudly serves the U.S. dairy industry.
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Progressive Dairyman wants to hear why you are proud to dairy.
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After 33 years of teaching approximately 10,000 undergraduate students about animal agriculture, I have found that only two factors will cause a student to fail in the pursuit of reaching their vocational goals – lack of passion and poor attitude.
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Re: Second annual Latinos in Agriculture forum deemed a success
Posted on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 by Agriculture in the Black Sea Region.This project is for and about agriculture in countries aroung Black Sea...
Re: Mastitis prevention and control: A prevention methodology
Posted on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 by Justo Calderon.Great article, nice explanation, easy and interesting to reading And...
Re: Documentary shows struggles of Maine co-op
Posted on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 by David Bright.One correction. MOOMilk is not a co-op. It's an L3C corporation, a...