Lynne McBride
Turlock, California
Executive Director
California Dairy Campaign
What education are you bringing with you to this position?
I obtained a bachelor’s degree in English from Marquette ...
Optimistic outlook for 2011
Click here to download a pdf of the Export Watch department from Issue 2 2011, featuring updates from the U.S. Dairy Export Council.
The following is a list of the seminars that will be conducted during World Ag Expo this year. Seminars will cover different topics each day. They will be held at the Expo Seminar Center. Individual ...
“Lolly brings a unique perspective on the dairy value chain and a tremendous passion for the long term sustainability and growth of this industry. She has a keen understanding of what it is going to ...
Managing data has never been more important. The volatility of today’s markets demands that dairy producers be mindful of every aspect of their farms. At the Vita Plus Dairy Summit last month in Minneapolis, ...
The following statements were recently made as testimony before the Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) public workshops to examine margins at various levels of the agricultural ...
At the end of December, the FDA released a first-of-its-kind report on the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals.
In issuing the report, the FDA said: “For the first time the report provides the ...
It is commonly believed that the disastrous dairy farm income situation in 2009 was caused by a “collapse in demand,” especially in the export markets for U.S. dairy products.
This is not correct. ...
Failure often is succeeding at the wrong thing. Complex projects and programs seldom are fixed by single or limited solutions. Whether it be a government regulatory system, a military campaign, a sporting ...
It’s surprising to see the many different things people do to save money on a dairy. It’s also very interesting to see how some systems work well and others create chaos. We could look at some examples!
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Think back to when you were a kid. If you broke something at the neighbor’s or got in trouble at school, how long did you wait to tell your parents? Chances are, someone else beat you to it, right? So ...
Today’s tough economy gives experienced farmers an opportunity to teach younger farmers planning and decision-making skills they might not learn in good times, a Purdue University agricultural economist ...
Wisconsin Dairy Business Association members had an open floor to ask questions concerning immigration at the organization’s Annual Business Conference last month.
The questions were fielded by three ...
For Lee Jensen of Five Star Dairy LLC, it started the morning of May 12. He was sitting in the farm office preparing for a first-quarter meeting with his lender and consultant, when an unmarked car drove ...
Post-weaned dairy calves endure a considerable amount of stress during the move into group housing. Multiple stressors – a new environment, diet change, social adjustments, even transportation – all combine ...
There are probably as many ways to raise dairy replacements as there are people raising dairy replacements. Most of these methods are successful; however, everyone knows that some are more successful than ...
Ask a student about colostrum, and the response will be passive immunity. That’s correct, but it is only part of the story with respect to the biological activity of colostrum.
Colostrum is the first ...
The Grober Young Animal Development Centre opened its doors in 2009 with the mission of uncovering and presenting best rearing practices for young animals. Over the past two years, approximately 160 calves ...
Calf health, as reflected in morbidity and mortality, is a consistent and major issue facing the dairy farmer. Data from Europe and the U.S. clearly show that dairy calf mortality remains above 5 to 8 ...
In the last column, I discussed batteries because they are the source of the electrical system. In this article we will continue our discussion on electrical systems, shifting focus from the battery ...
You’ve heard the old adage, “There’s more than one way to skin a cat!” In northern Indiana there’s more than one way to skin a renegade cow! Farmer Dave had rented pasture from a neighbor. It had a big ...
As dairy farms grow and expand their milking herd numbers, so does the dairy replacement herd.
With 8 percent of the total number of cows represented by preweaned calves, the number of calves for operations ...
Nature designed whole milk as food for baby calves. It contains 3 to 3.4 percent protein, 3.5 to 4.5 percent fat and 12.5 percent total solids. On a dry powder basis, milk contains 24 to 27 percent protein ...
Nearly 75 percent of our time is spent communicating our thoughts and ideas. However, we are not conscious that non-verbal communication, such as facial expression, eye contact, voice intonation, body ...
I can’t remember how many songs Martin wrote, probably half of my notebook full of livin’ room hits! I guess nobody knew me as well as Martin. All those sad love songs, honky tonk songs, funny ones, bluegrass, ...
A tool to assess the critical points of management and their impact on the welfare of calves and heifers was recently developed by researchers at Laval University, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and ...
Arriving in Pakistan in early December, I have begun my work here as an expeditionary agricultural scientist.
My mandate here is largely agricultural reconstruction and stabilization (R&S), and this work ...
Feeding and management practices of dairy calves directly impact not only their survival, but as importantly, their future milk production.
Recent studies which have followed calves through their first ...
Sick calves are no fun. At the beginning of July, my research group started a study with sixty newborn bull calves from commercial dairy farms. Our objective was to find combinations of milk replacer ...
Management guru Peter Drucker, who helped launch the field of management in 1945 and who died in 2005, is credited with coining the phrase “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” Managers make ...
Created on 10 January 2011
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