Source: Spectrum News 1, Megan Marshall
Tuesday, Oct. 12 is National Farmers Day and in Wisconsin there's no shortage of them.
The Badger State boasts nearly 65,000 farms in all.
But family-owned dairy farms have faced a tougher road than others. There...
Source: Dairy Management Inc.
The dairy checkoff has awarded 12 academic scholarships to students enrolled in programs that emphasize dairy and who have shown potential to become future dairy leaders.
The National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB), through Dairy Management...
Source: Lely North America news release
For the sixth year in a row, Lely North America is pleased to offer future dairy industry leaders the opportunity to apply for the Lely Future of Dairy Scholarship. Since its 2016 launch, this...
Source: USDA
Annual milk cost of production estimates vary by State and the size of operation. These estimates are shown below. For national and regional annual milk cost of production estimates, please go to commodity costs and returns.
Milk cost of production...
Source: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center news release
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has won a $1.5 million competitive Build to Scale grant from the US Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) to support the Center for AgTech...
Source: U.S. Dairy Export Council
From NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern:
"Dairy farmers welcome the launch today of the administration's new approach to the U.S.-China trade relationship given China's tremendous importance to global dairy markets. To date, China has delivered...
Source: USDA news release
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a comprehensive set of investments to address challenges facing America's agricultural producers. These include assistance to address challenges and costs associated with drought, animal health, market disruptions for agricultural commodities,...
Source: Pathways to Dairy Net Zero news release
Pathways to Dairy Net Zero, a ground-breaking new climate initiative, is launching today during Climate Week and just prior to the United Nations (UN) Food Systems Summit. Forty leading organizations, including 11...
Source: HerdDogg
HerdDogg, the agtech innovator that creates more value for producers’ livestock, has joined the WKU SmartHolstein Lab program to equip scientists with real-time animal biometric data that is critical to understanding dairy cow health and wellbeing. The WKU SmartHolstein Lab...
Source: University of Georgia Extension
INTRODUCTION
Antibiotic therapy continues to play an important role in the control of mastitis in dairy cows. Lactational therapy is effective against Streptococcus agalactiae but less successful against infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus and other causes of mastitis. As a...
