AS SMALL DAIRY FARMS DECREASE IN INDIANA, BIG ONES INCREASING STATE STILL...

Evansville Courier & Press;  March 7, 2004 ;     699 words ......of up to 3,000 cows, but we also have a lot of dairy farms milking 30 or fewer cows. Those tend to be primarily the Amish dairy farms. But we don't have a huge number of dairy farms sort of in the...falls, with 90 cows. Why doesn't he...inspectors. Indiana ...

For the greater good.(organic dairy farms)

Stagnito's New Products Magazine;  July 1, 2005 ;     330 words ......But the truth is that the cows at these organic dairy farms are treated much, much better than cows at conventional dairy farms. Compared to traditional practices at dairy farms where tied-down cows are given hormones and antibiotics...

Low Costs Drive Production to Large Dairy Farms

Amber Waves;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......000-2,000 milk cows. Whereas the smaller dairy farms tended to graze their cows on pasture, the...approximately 135,000 U.S. dairy farms operating with fewer than 100 cows. By 2??6, only about 58,000 dairy farms had fewer than 100 cows, accounting for...

Dairy Talk.(large dairy farms management)

Dairy Today;  April 12, 2005 ;     515 words ......few remaining dairy farms in Monticello...needed at least 500 cows. Given the public...more than 200 cows have been built...Minnesota has lost 836 dairy farms and 15,000 cows. The 10 new, large...take-home message: All dairy farms are critical to...

FAMILY-STYLE CORPORATIONS SOME STATE DAIRY FARMS MERGE IN ORDER TO...

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  January 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ......are about 17,000 dairy farms in Wisconsin...from perhaps 10 cows to two herds of about 3,000 milking cows. And despite considerable...herds have over 200 cows. The vast majority...description. The nation's dairy farms are most all family...Wisconsin's 17,000 dairy ...

Keeping dairy farms from going to pasture State's farmers turn to bigger...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 21, 1998 ;     700+ words ......spray cool water over the cows to make them more comfortable...like sandy beaches. When the cows feel hungry, it's only a...don't believe in putting cows on pasture," said Gary Boyke...has expanded from 50 milk cows to 500 over the last three...example of where many Wisconsin dairy ...

Year 2000 power loss could dry up dairy farms as milk machines, coolers,...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 6, 1999 ;     399 words ......cause a financial crisis for dairy farms, an agricultural adviser says...dollars a day. Furthermore, cows whose milking is halted may...Fewer than one-fourth of the dairy farms in the Columbia County area...impossible" because modern cows produce as much as 80 pounds...he said. "In ...

Dairy Farms That Don't Need Pastures;High Output of Family-Run Milk...

The Washington Post;  March 28, 1988 ;     700+ words ......bucolic little mom-and-pop dairy farms as the last bastions of all...County are huge factories. The cows are finely tuned machines, the employees who tend the cows are skilled specialists...idyllic grazing scenes. Just cows loafing in huge pens, eating...American dairyman milks about 70 ...

A rare breedCounty's dairy farms are fading fast

News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  June 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ......p.m., a small herd of 40 cows stops traffic on West Erhart...the number of family-owned dairy farms has dwindled from more than...would carry them from the cows to dump them in a streamer...and his mothre lead the cows out to the pasture. Jake...corn, hay and oats for the cows. Then ...

Pa. dairy farms in big trouble, ag economist says; Small size of many...

Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  July 27, 2004 ;     518 words ......The vast number (of our dairy farms) are too small to be profitable...with herds of more than 250 cows can operate more efficiently...said, because the loss of dairy farms will have a ripple effect...average number of dairy cows per farm in Idaho is 449...term with less than ...

Dairy farms decline; Numbers dwindle, and remaining operations tend to be...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  September 20, 2004 ;     496 words ......Wisconsin and Illinois lost dairy farms, according to the U.S. Department...Guttenberg, Iowa, to about 200 cows. Previous installments "Our...increased efficiency. And the cows themselves produce more milk...remaining producers with 100 or 200 cows and low cost milking parlors...

Hairy situation for dairy farms

Press of Atlantic City;  March 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Another project for dairy farms in central and southern...state's 11,000 milk cows produced 178 million...milk produced by cows in Wisconsin, the...of milk New Jersey dairy farms produced in 1991...million pounds of milk. Cows at Waldac Farms produce...

WOMEN PLAY KEY ROLES ON STATE DAIRY FARMS A UW-MADISON STUDY SAYS WOMEN...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  April 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ......heifers out of her 330-cow dairy herd. She wants to make sure that both cows get the surgery they need for...Barlass knows most of the cows by name. She also knows the...awareness of the role of women on dairy farms and discover what services...Rock County in 1977 with 65 cows, most ...

Profile: Dairy farms become a battleground between farmers and...

NPR Morning Edition;  June 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Profile: Dairy farms become a battleground between...greatest concentration of large dairy farms in the world. But the county...County is that there are more cows than people here, nearly 400...milking an average of 1,200 cows each. Some dairies have upwards of 7,000 ...

DAIRY FARMS OF ALL SIZES IN THE MONEY RECORD HIGH MILK PRICES ARE HELPING...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  May 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ......State Journal Wisconsin dairy farms are growing in size, and...licensed to have more than 700 cows - 109 in April, up from...75 cows a year ago and 52 cows a decade ago, according...largely use to feed their 85 cows. In 1988, the couple decided...twice a day to keep the cows ...