Recently added articles from Dairy Today:
Dairy cow culling gains speed.
Oct 24, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Dickrell, editor, Dairy Today U.S. dairy producers sent 24,000 more cows to Federally-inspected slaughter plants in September than a year ago. That's a 12% increase. September culling numbers were 2,000 head less than August, but August numbers probably ...
CWT announces second herd retirement round for the year.
Oct 24, 2008 ... Cooperatives Working Together will conduct a new herd retirement program this fall. This will be the second herd retirement round conducted this year; the previous one was initiated in June. As farm-level milk prices drop to their lowest level in 18 months, CWT officials said it ...
Down to the Last Drop.(Brief article)
Oct 24, 2008 ... Margy Fischer, Farm Journal Machinery Editor Irrigation panels have joined the circle of precision agriculture technologies. Valley Irrigation is the latest to introduce pivot control panels that can be used with GPS technologies. Farmers can program varying rates across fields to ...
Shorter dry periods, less milk?
Oct 23, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Dickrell, editor, Dairy Today University of Washington dairy scientists found no difference in mastitis following shortened dry periods in four herds they studied. What they did find, however, is cows with 30- to 45-dry periods produced 2,500 lb./cow less milk in the ...
AMPLI-Calf available in Northwest.
Oct 23, 2008 ... AMPLI-Calf Technology, a revolutionary new calf starter technology, is now available in Idaho, Oregon and Washington from Land O'Lakes Purina. This summer, the technology was tested on several Oregon and Washington farms. "The calves on the feed grew larger, looked good and really ...
New Research Center Will Bring Laboratory and Field Together.
Oct 23, 2008 ... Sara Muri, Farm Journal Business & Crops Online Editor Plant scientists will soon be able to take their concepts and research beyond the laboratory into the field, with the announcement of the MU Plant Science Research Center and Mexico Technology Park. The center, which was announced Oct ....
Somatic cell counts tick upward.
Oct 22, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Dickrell, editor, Dairy Today Somatic cell counts ticked slightly upward last year in four Federal Milk Marketing Order monitored by USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The milk-weighted geometric BTSCC mean in 2007 was 260,000 cells/ml (compared to ...
California producers ask for $1/cwt surcharge.(transportation surcharges for dairy industry)(Brief article)
Oct 22, 2008 ... The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) will hold a hearing on October 30 and 31 to consider implementation of a six-month, $1/cwt "surcharge" on the regulated minimum prices for Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 milk. The petition for the surcharge has been submitted by the ...
Watch the World Dairy Expo Special Edition of AgDay.
Oct 21, 2008 ... AgDay & Dairy Today spend a day at the 2008 World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. Click on the segments below to get a look inside this massive event: Segment 1: Expo history & Crave ...
Corn Pops.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Pam Smith, Farm Journal Crops & Issues Editor One of the pleasures of fall is peeling back the husks on an ear of corn to reveal rows of golden kernels. A few weeks ago, I was checking a crop in central Illinois and was dismayed to find many kernels had begun to sprout. There was a pattern ...
CWT accepts five more export assistance bids.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) announced today that it accepted five export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese, butter, and whole milk powder. Two bids were accepted from California Dairies Inc. of Artesia, CA, for the following butter exports: 100 metric tons (220,462 ...
Managing the Financial Crisis Webinar.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Watch the "Managing the Financial Crisis" webinar now. Speakers for the webinar included: Pete Arendt, Bank of Oklahoma Credit markets and tips on securing financing Chip Flory, Editor of Pro Farmer Market outlook and marketing strategies ...
September milk up 1.7% nationally.
Oct 17, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Dickrell, editor, Dairy Today In a report released this afternoon, USDA estimates that U.S. milk production rose 1.7% in September, and 1.9% in the 23 major states. Total U.S. dairy cow numbers continue to run above last year as well, up 103,000. For the first nine ...
How the Economy Crunch Could Affect Your Farm.
Oct 17, 2008 ... Sara Muri, Top Producer Business & Crops Online Editor AgDay: The current economy situation may affect your farm. Farm Journal Business & Crops Online Editor Sara Muri discussed the topic with an agriculture business expert and lets you know what should be on your farming businesss radar ....
New Name and Numbering System for John Deere.
Oct 17, 2008 ... Listen as Farm Journal Machinery Editor Margy Fischer, for AgDay,visits with Al Mennenga, of John Deere, about the new John Deere numbering system. You may have noticed a new name-and-number combination on John Deere tractors. John Deere made this change to make their products more ...
Why Local Food?
Oct 17, 2008 ... The following information is bonus material from Top Producer. It corresponds with the article, "Brand New Man" by Greg Vincent in the October 2008 issue. Greg Vincent, Top Producer Editor Local food is all about the experience and Leroy Shatto has had the experience of a lifetime since ...
Kennedy & Coe: Advice about Working with Your Banker.
Oct 17, 2008 ... Chuck Marshall, of Kennedy and Coe's Financial Institutions Group, provides the following perspective for agricultural producers. What are your bankers facing these days? Bankers are telling us that their Ag loans and lines of credit are in the best shape in quite some time. Although the ...
Learn How to Manage the Financial Crisis.
Oct 17, 2008 ... Sara Muri, Top Producer Business & Crops Online Editor Are you worried about protecting your farm during these unsteady financial times? How can you protect your investments? Find out the answers to these questions and more during the "Managing the Financial Crisis" webinar, ...
Oprah: Rare look into American farms.
Oct 16, 2008 ... BySara Muri, AgWeb Business & Crops Online Editor Oprah Winfrey's show traveled to an Illinois hog farm and California egg operation, among other farming operations, Tuesday to bring nationwide attention to livestock production methods in the U.S. Oprah Winfrey shows life-size ...
Ag Businesses Groups Support Innovation.
Oct 16, 2008 ... Sara Muri, Farm Journal Business & Crops Online Editor Meeting global food and energy needs may be a lofty goal, but the Alliance for Abundant Food & Energy is hoping to reach that mark. The Alliance aims for this mission by using innovation and technology, says Mark Kornblau, the group's ...