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Pasture-based heifer-raising systems are common in many parts of the country, especially where seasonal temperatures and rainfall allow year-round grazing with no artificial shelter.
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For anyone involved in dairy these days, there are an increasing number of options to “go green.”
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Cold weather is quickly approaching and the challenge of keeping calves growing and healthy has begun.
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Yes, I will admit the buzz around the Internet and other media outlets concerning the idea of a tax on livestock has set off a firestorm of angst and anger throughout the animal husbandry world. I have seen it play out over blogs and posts and would agree...
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For farmers, this stinks: Belching and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing them money if a federal proposal to charge fees for air-polluting animals becomes law.
“This is one of the most ridiculous things the federal government has tried to do,...
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TyraTech Inc, a relatively new pesticide research and product development company, launched a manure management system in February 2008 that claims to help large dairy operations produce more milk and become more profitable.
The Sustainable Solutions Div...
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Farmers have long balanced environmental stewardship with profitability as part their daily lives. The idea of doing well by doing good provides part of the foundation to the proposed national cap-and-trade program of the incoming presidential administrat...
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The increasing pressure on organizations and individuals to take action to slow the effects of climate change, together with the growing carbon market in the U.S., can present new opportunities for dairy farmers. The generation of electricity and carbon o...
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Question 1: With the recent downturn in the economy, is the carbon market still a viable option for farmers?
As lenders shy away from risk and raise borrowing costs, the carbon market will likely become of greater importance to the viability of capital-...
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The average milking dairy cow produces 140 pounds of manure daily. The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) is funding research to help farmers know how and where to best use dairy manure. Dr. Quirine M. Ketterings, associate profes...
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Hydrogen sulfide is one of the compounds contributing to the stink from manure storage pits on hog farms. Microbial activity in the manure releases the hydrogen sulfide and other compounds. At an American Society of Microbiology meeting in Boston, Massac...
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An oft-asked question is, “What is the value of manure?” This question is difficult to answer because value is determined by markets. In the absence of markets for manure, its value is unknown. The best that can be done is to estimate the potential va...
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COOL. Country of Origin Labeling. In the grocery store this new law now means that you will be allowed to purchase beef (and other meat) that is guaranteed to be born and raised in the United States. Will you? Is that a consideration when you go to buy...
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I recently finished reading Buyology, a fascinating (and sometimes frightening) new book about neuromarketing – how marketing influences our brains and purchasing decisions.
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Milk production currently in California is being called steady, but a number of contacts feel that output could falter with a credit crunch and further financial stress. Butter and cream demand are good in the short run, but that will change very soon as...
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Cream markets are being called “OK”, but contacts are very concerned about the next few weeks. With the CME Group butter price collapsing as fast as it is, churns do not want to have any unsold butter on the floor. Higher class manufacturers are still...
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Class I and II use was strong again as bottlers and other manufacturers fill orders for the year-end holiday period. Some handlers were struggling filling some orders, particularly for r-BST free milk by bottlers. Orders are seasonally good for eggnog, d...
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Most balancing plants report a lower intake volume and manufacturing activity. Some have stopped drying. That is expected to change when most school districts begin holiday breaks that will run into the second week of January in some cases. The temporary ...
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Editor’s note: The following are available market reports and futures data as of December 12, 2008.
Butter The CME Group cash butter price continues to decline and settled at $1.1100 at week’s end, $0.1475 lower for the week and the lowest cash pric...
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Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) announced it has tentatively accepted 184 bids in its second herd retirement of 2008, representing 61,078 cows and 1.2 billion pounds of milk. In addition, CWT has accepted bids for 1,548 bred heifers in this herd retir...
Re: purebred guernseys
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