Family Dairies USA holds 40th annual member meeting
02/17/12 - Features
More than 225 delegates, members and guests attended the Family Dairies USA 40th Annual Member Meeting held Saturday, Feb. 11, in Appleton, Wis.. Family Dairies USA commemorated 40 years as a cooperative, beginning by offering attendees the opportunity to attend “Early Bird” […]
Cash flow: Preparing for the next swing in milk price
02/17/12 - Features
By Ken Bolton Traditionally, farm business managers have received direction from financial advisors to maintain at least a 1:1.5 Current Ratio in order to weather periods of deficit cash flow. The logic behind the recommendation is that the business manager who is able to generate $1.50 in […]
USDEC: 1 in 8 milk tankers exported
02/16/12 - Features
Source: U.S. Dairy Export Council U.S. dairy suppliers capitalized on strong global markets to achieve record export sales in 2011, boosting shipments in a year when milk supplies from competing regions increased dramatically. Processors and traders moved 3.24 billion lbs. of total milk […]
Innovation: 2012 PDPW Business Conference
02/15/12 - Features
The Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) Annual Business Conference will be held March 13-14, at the Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wis.  This year’s theme, “Innovation”, focuses on the ever-changing dairy industry and how producers need to stay ahead of the […]
Profound Productivity Tour: A showcase of robotic milking systems, management
02/15/12 - Features
  By Kayla Jentz   Nearly 100 producers from across the nation fit into two coach buses to take part in DeLaval’s Profound Productivity Tour, one of a series of tours showcasing the latest  dairy equipment and management. I tagged along, Jan. 18, to visit four […]
Managing for more milk
02/15/12 - Features
  By Jennifer Heguy, UCCE Stanislaus & San Joaquin Counties, and Jed Asmus, independent nutritionist   You cannot simply take  one dairy’s diet, feed it to another herd, and expect the same production results. The reason – there are many variables that […]
Nutritional impact on reproduction
02/15/12 - Features
By Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Service   Reproductive performance in dairy cattle has been on the decline for the last 4 to 5 decades and has played a large role in involuntary culling. Substantial time and effort has been committed to research to better understand this […]
EDITORIAL: A knee-jerk reaction to the Chipotle commercial
02/14/12 - Features
Think before you hit 'send' By Kayla Jentz A certain commercial (Chipotle, cough) aired during the Grammy's on Sunday, and if you didn't see it there you may have seen it circulating online the last few months, and if you didn't see it then you probably saw at least […]
Pennsylvania dairy producer receives Dairy Beef Quality Assurance Award
02/03/12 - Features
This week, two producers were honored with the Beef Checkoff’s annual national Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) award and Dairy Beef Quality Assurance (DBQA) award, created to recognize outstanding beef and dairy producers from across the country who incorporate BQA principles as part of the […]
Research shows students receptive to lower-calorie flavored milk
02/02/12 - Features
School children showed a favorable response to lower-calorie flavored milk products, according to research funded by the Dairy Research Institute®, which is primarily funded by the dairy checkoff program. The study demonstrated that elementary students who consumed reformulated flavored […]
Dairy family celebrates 100 years of dairying at World Ag Expo
01/30/12 - Features
TULARE, Calif. - The Airoso family will celebrate its 100th anniversary of dairying in California with a dairy consignment sale at World Ag Expo in Tulare on February 16. The sale, which will showcase some of the best genetic opportunities that Holstein and Jersey breeds have to offer, is the […]
U.S. dairy gets more competitive
01/26/12 - Features
By Tom Suber, President, U.S. Dairy Export Council  In the midst of the downturn in global dairy pricing this fall, Rabobank’s Michael Harvey, speaking at an October 2011 U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) board of directors and membership meeting, reinforced a key message: Global […]
Information, tools help manage in volatile times
01/25/12 - Features
A major recent but ongoing stress for farm mangers is price volatility. Widely fluctuating prices for agricultural products, including milk, along with the up and down nature of input costs present a three-fold challenge for any business manager. The first is making decisions with decreased […]
Got Manure? Conference set for March 27-29, Syracuse, New York
01/25/12 - Features
Enhancing Environmental and Economic Sustainability AgSTAR, Cornell's PRO-DAIRY Program, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service are co-hosting this national conference, which will be held […]
U.S. beef slaughter, imports influenced by multiple factors
01/19/12 - Features
USDA’s monthly Livestock, Dairy & Poultry Outlook report, issued, Jan. 19, indicates beef domestic and global beef demand combined with smaller inventories – as well as the drought and higher feed prices – are impacting U.S. beef slaughter and imports.   While […]
Organic Valley boosting milk price in March
01/18/12 - Features
Source: Organic Valley   La Farge, Wis.    Organic Valley, the nation’s largest cooperative of organic farmers and a leading organic brand,  announced their 2011 year-end results:   • bringing on 212 new farmers in regions such as […]
Amino acid balancing offers a solution to nutrient management concerns
01/17/12 - Features
By working with his nutritionist, Maryland dairy producer Bill Kilby reduced crude protein in his herd’s diet – and the amount of nitrogen excreted into the environment. By Elliot Block Dairy farming in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed means really paying attention to nutrient […]
California/Arizona DairyBusiness: ‘Milking’ cows & polar bears...
01/17/12 - Features
  By Ed DePeters and Scott Taylor Dept. of Animal Science University of California, Davis   DAVIS – Looking at the composition of milk from polar bears might seem like a big jump from dairy cows, but it’s not.  It’s just using basic biology and […]
Western Pulse: February 2012
01/17/12 - Features
  Newsmakers: Maddox honored during memorial Douglas Maddox, a California dairy producer and national dairy industry leader, passed away Dec. 19, 2011 at his RuAnn Dairy in Riverdale, Calif. He was 75. Maddox, born Jan. 2, 1936, was known around the world as a good businessman, a […]
SWNMC: Tomaszewski named 2012 Outstanding Dairy Industry educator/researcher
01/17/12 - Features
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Dr. Michael Tomaszewski grew up on a small dairy farm in Western Massachusetts and had a career that has taken him to Colorado, North Carolina, and eventually to Texas, where he has dedicated 36 years working on dairy industry research and education projects […]
Southwest Nutrition & Management Conference Program
01/17/12 - Features
  27th Southwest Nutrition & Management Conference, Feb. 23-24, 2012     Agenda Wednesday, Feb. 22  8:30 a.m. Annual Golf Tournament, Karsten Golf Course   5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Registration Opens & Opening Reception   […]
Changing the paradigm on dietary guidance
01/13/12 - Features
Educating consumers on nutrient-rich choices like dairy key to healthful diet ROSEMONT, Ill. — New studies underscore the importance of considering a food’s total nutrient package when helping consumers identify and choose nutrient-rich foods to improve the quality of their diet. The […]
PDPW announces session line-up for 2012 Business Conference
01/12/12 - Features
FOND DU LAC, Wis. – The PDPW Business Conference, March 13-14 in Madison, Wis., will feature five keynote speakers and a choice of 14 breakout sessions with 30 speakers and panelists. The five keynote speakers include: · International dairy businessman James Hao (James) will […]
Jersey production sets new records in 2011
01/09/12 - Features
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio— The American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) announced today that new records for production by Registered Jersey™ cows were established in 2011. The official Jersey lactation average increased to 18,633 lbs. milk, 889 lbs. fat, and 676 lbs. protein. On a […]
Judges named for 2012 World Dairy Expo
01/09/12 - Features
World Dairy Expo announced the official judges for our 2012 cattle shows.  The individuals who will be responsible for placing over 2,500 head of the finest dairy cattle in the United States and Canada during the five-day event are: […]
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