Dairy Today back issues from February 2008:
Organic Valley contributes to University of Wisconsin program.
Feb 12, 2008 ... Organic Valley Contributes $50,000 to University of Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers Co-op's contribution, one of school's most significant to date, provides training and mentoring for next generation of farmers Organic Valley Family of ...
Replacer options.
Feb 12, 2008 ... Byline: Rick Mooney Milk replacer prices have backed off slightly from dizzying heights reached in mid-2007. Even so, many dairy producers still find themselves scrambling to come up with ways to hold the line on replacer and overall calf rearing costs. By most ...
Replacer options.
Feb 12, 2008 ... Byline: Rick Mooney Milk replacer prices have backed off slightly from dizzying heights reached in mid-2007. Even so, many dairy producers still find themselves scrambling to come up with ways to hold the line on replacer and overall calf rearing costs. By most accounts, weaning ...
Recipe for repro.(Dairy products industry launched website which link to the Repro Cookbook)(United States Department of Agriculture)(Brief article)
Feb 12, 2008; ... Byline: Linda L. Leake body> You dona[TM]t have to be a culinary celebrity like Emeril Lagasse or Rachel Ray to make the most of the Dairy Reproduction Cookbook, a landmark website self-proclaimed as ayour herd's recipe for success.a The comprehensive ...
Iowa cleans up.
Feb 12, 2008 ... Byline: Loretta Sorensen When environmental groups filed petitions last fall questioning the Iowaa[TM]s enforcement of water quality regulations, dairy producers took notice. Heavy rains and flooding stressed lagoons, and some overflows occurred. And producers ...
Tweaking CERCLA.(Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980)(Brief article)
Feb 12, 2008 ... Byline: Catherine Merlo The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to exempt farms from reporting requirements for releasing hazardous substances from animal waste to the air. The requirements fall under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, ...
Whey falls from grace.
Feb 12, 2008 ... Byline: Alan Levitt Alan Levitt The biggest story of the 2007 dairy markets might have been the runaway whey price. In the NASS survey, dry whey averaged 60cents in 2007, up from 33cents the year before. That additional 27cents added $1.62 to the Class III ...
Mastitis and reproduction.
Feb 12, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Wustenberg body> Mark Wustenberg Udder health status is not usually one of the factors you would think of when considering what might be contributing to reduced reproductive efficiency. However, there are a number of research studies that ...
Cloned animals safe to eat.
Feb 12, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Dickrell The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its final risk assessment on the safety of meat and milk from cloned animals last month, concluding the food from cloned animals and their offspring is no different and as safe as food from conventionally-bred ...
Fundamentally speaking.
Feb 12, 2008 ... Byline: Marv Hoekema Marv Hoekema As frustrating as the see-saw market of this winter has been in securing a profitable margin for your dairy business, this has not taken away the importance of developing and executing an effective and profitable market plan. As ...
Effective domestic powder supply cummulative.
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Quarterly purchased feed and replacement price.
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Watch the margin.
Feb 12, 2008 ... Byline: Dan Little Dan Little Milk prices are holding, corn prices continue to be strong, and protein supplements have increased in price. So what has happened to your margins? It seems obvious that the margin of milk income minus feed cost is important, ...
Don''t forget magnesium.
Feb 12, 2008; ... Byline: Rick Lundquist Rick Lundquist We typically think of calcium and potassium as potential culprits when milk fever and "downer cows" are the problem. But low blood magnesium levels are also a common cause of milk fever, both at calving and in mid lactation. ...
No worries, unfortunately.
Feb 12, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Dickrell Jim Dickrell A close, literal reading of the Dairy 2007 National Animal Health Monitoring System report, released last fall, would suggest that dairy producers are blissfully unconcerned about biosecurity. That obviously is not true, ...
In a big whey.
Feb 12, 2008 ... Byline: Catherine Merlo style type="text/css"> Photo: California Milk Advisory Board Decision backlash has prompted California's ag department to form a 14-member advisory committee to look for solutions to the whey pricing system that would benefit both ...
Dollars and Sense.
Feb 12, 2008 ... Keeping a close eye Terry Van Maanen Rock Valley, Iowa Cow health and breeding program begins in the dry cow pens. We use one dry cow ration but have a far-off pen, close-up cow group and a close-up heifer group. We like to bring heifers over four weeks before ...
Salvado por un hisopado.
Feb 13, 2008 ... Byline: Catherine Merlo Una nueva técnica de hisopado profundo; prueba eficaz para la neumonía de las becerros. Una nueva técnica que diagnostica en forma rápida y exacta la neumonía para las becerras está disponible a ...
Opciones en el sustituto de leche.
Feb 13, 2008 ... Byline: Rick Mooney Tuérzale el brazo a los altos costos de los sustitutos lácteos Los precios de los sustitutos de leche han bajado levemente con respecto al máximo alcanzado a mediados del 2007. Aun así, muchos productores lecheros se ...
Una receta para la reproducciA[superscript three]n.
Feb 13, 2008 ... Byline: Linda L. Leake Este exhaustivo libro de cocina fue lanzado varios años atrás como parte de un proyecto financiado por la USDA con el objetivo de mejorar la fertilidad del ganado que padece estrés por calor, dice Peter Hansen, un científico de ...
Contenido extra: Recursos de la Web, mas detalle.
Feb 13, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Wustenberg Generalmente, el estado de la salud de la ubre no es uno de los factores a tener en cuenta cuando se considera qué puede estar contribuyendo a una reducción de la eficiencia reproductiva. Sin embargo, hay varios estudios de ...
Las becerras merecen R-E-S-P-E-T-O.(Brief article)
Feb 13, 2008 ... Byline: Catherine Merlo Piense que ellas son su capital, no un gasto adicional. Tratar a las becerras como un costo adicional en vez de como un capital importante es uno de los 10 errores más comunes que cometen los criadores de becerras, dice Bob James, profesor y ...
Vivir con estilo.
Feb 13, 2008 ... Byline: Rick Mooney Pautas para el alojamiento de las becerras en transición El diseño de las instalaciones puede jugar un rol muy importante en el éxito que usted pueda tener en cumplir con los objetivos de manejo de las becerras cuando tenga que ...
E. coli.
Feb 13, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Dickrell Hipervacunación podría reducir casos a mitad la lactancia Si su hato, 60 o 90 días luego del parto, tiene un problema de mastitis producida por E. coli Ron Erskine podría tener una solución. Erskine, veterinario ...
January milk up 2.4%.
Feb 15, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Dickrell USDA reported that January milk production in the 23 major dairy states was up 2.4% over last year. Cow numbers also continued to build, up 15,000 head over December and up 120,000 head compared to January 2007. For 2007, milk production ...
Dairy Management Workshops.
Feb 15, 2008 ... The University of Minnesota Extension Dairy Team and Minnesota Milk Producers Association will host a new event this year - the Dairy Management Workshops.These workshops have been created to educate, challenge and connect the dairy industry across Minnesota. Dairy Management Workshops ...
LETTER: Knight encourages NAIS signup.
Feb 15, 2008 ... Byline: Bruce Knight Editor, As last year's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the United Kingdom once again demonstrated, foreign animal disease outbreaks do have costly affects on producers' livelihoods, consumer confidence, and a country's ability to keep ...
High feed prices through 2010.
Feb 17, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Dickrell If you're hoping or expecting a reprieve on high feed prices, forget about it. Mike Boehlje, an ag economist with Purdue University, says high feed prices are here to stay-at least through 2010. There are three primary culprits: * ...
USDA releases long-term price projections.
Feb 17, 2008 ... Byline: Robin Schmahl Price volatility has been incredible over the past seven months and this pattern is not expected to change over the next several months. Grain prices have made new record highs as ethanol production, the low U.S. Dollar and tight world stocks have commanded ...
High production with low MUNa[euro][TM]s?(Brief article)
Feb 17, 2008; ... Byline: Rick Lundquist With today's expensive protein prices, it's critical that we don't over feed protein. Balancing rations for 16% crude protein, even down to 15% protein with high dry matter intake can still support high milk production. Milk urea nitrogen (MUN) ...
USDA issues largest beef recall in history.
Feb 18, 2008 ... The U.S. Department of Agriculture is currently recalling 143 million pounds of beef slaughtered at Westland/Hallmark Meat Packing Company in California. This is the largest recall in U.S. history. This recall comes nearly a month after the company was accused of mistreating animals by ...