People love milk and pizza loves cheese. See the benefits of a cheesy relationship in the infographic.
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Editor’s note: Jaydyn Isiminger of Union City, Pennsylvania, recently wrote this speech as part of her participation in the Pennsylvania Jersey Queen contest. This speech is reprinted with her permission. ...
Historically, when I make a career change, dairy farmer milk prices go up. You can look it up.
When I moved from one Wisconsin weekly agricultural newspaper to another in 1989, the U.S. average milk ...
Proud to Dairy blogger Jessica Folkema recounts the story of how she met the love of her life and came to live happily ever after with her “Dairy Man.”
Ours was not love at first sight.
Dairy Man ...
For food companies, managing food system issues requires strategic thinking while navigating a complex communications and regulatory landscape. As we spend our days researching food system issues and building ...
Great measures are taken to keep dairy cows comfortable during the summertime heat, but it is just as important to make sure the people working on the farm are cool too.
According to the Occupational ...
If you are visiting Union Bridge, Maryland, be sure to check out the five-star accommodations at the Cow Comfort Inn, where “cows enjoy their stay” and people do too.
The Cow Comfort Inn is not an ...
Dairy farmers started the checkoff to increase demand for dairy. One population that needs it most has the hardest time getting it: the needy and hungry who must turn to food banks, where milk has traditionally ...
Local checkoff staffs are taking a proactive, comprehensive, integrated approach to move more milk through the Great American Milk Drive during June Dairy Month and all year long. Here are some local highlights: ...
STEM is the new “buzz word” in education. Policy-makers, curriculum developers and school administrators across the country are looking for ways to incorporate science, technology, engineering and math ...
U.S. dairy product prices have moved in harmony with oil prices for more than a decade. Since 2005, price gains in nonfat dry milk have always coincided with price gains in oil; collapses in milk powder ...
As with everything in life, things are always changing. The dairy industry is no different. New technology, new business processes and new infrastructure allow and force businesses to evolve. Dairy is ...
Is hiring an opportunity or just a headache? A dairy farmer desperate to hire someone told me that he looked out his kitchen window and said to himself, “If that person who just drove in the driveway makes ...
What is the future of the family-owned dairy? As the average age of the American farmer increases to 58, this question becomes an industry-wide concern.
How do we perpetuate these family-owned dairies ...
As a graduate student in the late 1970s, I went to my first annual convention of the American Psychological Association. Rushing about with thousands of other young professionals, most wearing khakis or ...
A new independent movie that was filmed almost exclusively on a 110-cow Midwestern dairy farm is winning awards this spring on the U.S. film festival circuit.
Halfway, a 103-minute, small-budget feature ...
Skilled people and frequent, open communication can be what it takes to turn an on-farm apprenticeship into something great.
Nadia Alber, co-director of the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy & Livestock ...
All the political talk about the stagnant wages for U.S. workers pales in comparison to the income brought home by the average dairy cow.
The USDA’s annual Milk Production, Disposition and Income report, ...
While U.S. dairy farm numbers continue to decline, the number of dairy processing plants remain constant, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service’s annual dairy products summary. ...
Imagine a scenario where all the manufacturers of blue jeans reached an agreement where they agreed to sell their jeans at the same predetermined price. Without price competition, the jeans manufacturers ...
Milk proteins have long been a valuable part of the milk supply and have taken on increased importance in recent years.
As milk processing continues to evolve and more uses for milk proteins are discovered, ...
Last year, when faced with moving our dairy herd from New York to Virginia, I began to look for resources to help me with decisions and ideas regarding the transition.
I discovered during this time ...
Delicious, nutritious dairy products are the foundation for a wholesome meal or snack any time of the day – and what better time to promote the versatility of these foods than June Dairy Month.
See ...
June Dairy Month is a time for many dairy producers to open up their barn doors and educate the public through tours and community events. Some have even made it into a business. Whether you host an occasional ...
Whether hosting your child’s class trip, an annual dairy breakfast or a steady stream of visitors, the idea of opening your farm to the public can be overwhelming.
At the Wisconsin Ag Women’s Summit ...
With a total of 1,000 dairy cows and 1,000 heifers, Bosch Dairies in Ontario, California, produces condensed evaporated milk and will continue to do so at their present location… at least for now.
The ...
“My dad always told me that a cow was put on this earth to produce milk, but she doesn’t have to be ugly to do it,” says Paul Chittenden, founder of Dutch Hollow Farm in Stuyvesant, New York.
When ...
Want to improve your soil quality quickly? Start practicing residue management and keep a close eye on your nutrients and micro-organisms.
“Residue breakdown is the best way to start next year’s crop,” ...
Matt Bomgardner has 10 years’ experience in a grazing dairy system at Blue Mt. View Farm, in Annville, Pennsylvania, which has been a grazing dairy for 15 years.
As soon as he “gets it right,” he’ll ...
One of the fastest-growing niche markets is “grass-fed” milk, attracting producers, consumers and premium prices. To ease consumer confusion, the American Grassfed Association is seeking to find unity ...
“The organic industry continues to grow,” said Lisa Engelbert, dairy farmer and NOFA-NY certified organic dairy team leader. “There is still a shortage of organic milk nationwide.”
Organic milk markets ...
I never thought being a loan officer would offer this much variety in my life. I should also claim that I have a hard time sitting still and I am very happy I do have variety in my job so I don’t have ...
Editor’s note: Dr. Jane Caldwell wrote this article in response to California dairy farmer Stephen Weststeyn’s producer blog, “Expanding the conversation about the health benefits of milk” that ran in ...
I grow increasingly weary as this election process drags on. I wonder what country I am living in. It is not the American way to snarl and bicker back and forth like dogs in a fight. It is not the American ...
More and more, it is becoming likely that the farmer sitting next to you at the local association meeting is “wired-in” to the virtual world. To be sure, as some of you read that first sentence your retort ...
It was a rough week, to say the least. The battles just seemed to stack up, and I couldn’t win any of them. It was hard to come to the farm every day to find myself in another mess it was going to take ...
It was in the early 1930s and my grandfather, George Elbert, was finishing up milking the cows and the other barn chores on one particular evening – and dreading what he had to do next.
Grandpa had ...
The first adult book I read was Riding for the Brand by Louis L’Amour. I was 12. Afterward, I read anything with cowboys, guns and a high sense of justice, writing book reports on Zane Grey and pushing ...
Recently, I entertained for the Tulare County Farm Bureau in the Central Valley area of California. I highly recommend people-watching at LAX airport. These people make fun of us for county fairs?
I ...
Understanding the link between nutrition, healthy claws and production
Inadequate nutrition during the rearing period may result in heifers of insufficient size at breeding, delayed ovulation, delayed ...
In all aspects of your farming and dairy operation, you are applying increased precision to accomplish tasks, leaving less to chance and directing resources to where the return on investment will be greatest. ...
Great news – you’ve decided to get an energy audit for your farm. Perhaps you’ve read one of our recent articles for this publication and learned about the value of an energy audit.
Before you proceed, ...
As the dairy industry embraces automation, there is a shift to move calves indoors rather than house them outside in hutches.
When moving calves into calf rooms or barns, the first question should ...
In 1970, when Keith Goering and Peter Van Soest published their USDA Handbook No. 379, “Forage Fiber Analyses (Apparatus, Reagents, Procedures and Some Applications),” they turned the nutritional world ...
“We wish parents understood” was part of the Twitter feed from young farmers attending the AgExcellence Conference held in Regina, Saskatchewan, in November.
Here is the list of the items they wish parents ...
I have developed a way to evaluate when a person reaches the pinnacle of their profession – their prime, so to speak. I call it the “Peak of Practical Intelligence.” It states there is a point in the lifetime ...
“What other job would allow us to work together as a family every day?” says Jonna Schutte.
Jonna, Lance and their three children dairy farm near Monona, Iowa. Their farm sits on top of a knoll in ...
“There’s a lot to be said for simplicity,” Steve Harrison observes about the cow management and cow flow basics that prevail at the expanding and diversified Harrison Dairy Inc. based on the family’s Century ...
In a time when there is large amounts of concern in the agricultural industry due to low commodity prices, regulatory pressures and attacks against the technologies we use, it is easy to become discouraged. ...
Created on 17 March 2016
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