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Maximizing Dairy Production with Bagged Silage

Maximizing Dairy Production with Bagged Silage

Maximizing Dairy Production with Bagged Silage Dairy farmers are bagging silage to reduce spoilage by up to 30%, increase nutrient value and milk production, improve herd health, and potentially earn environmental carbon credits. For dairy farmers, “good feed promotes good production” is a guiding principle that has a direct cause-and-effect impact on milk tank volume. […]

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National DHIA Selects Scholarship Winners

National DHIA Selects Scholarship Winners

National DHIA Selects Scholarship Winners FITCHBURG, Wis. (January 15, 2024) – The National Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA) Scholarship Committee picked 14 high school seniors and college students to receive a $1,000 scholarship. Committee members ranked applicants based on scholastic achievements, leadership in school and community activities, and responses to DHI- and career-related questions. To be […]

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Fred Bourland, Charles Looney, and Mark Cochran are all to be inducted into the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame in 2024. All have Division of Agriculture connections. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo)

3 Inductees for 2024 Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame

Division of Agriculture has three inductees in the 2024 class of the Agriculture Hall of Fame Article courtesy of Division of Agriculture Research & Extension, University of Arkansas System. LITTLE ROCK — Three of this year’s inductees to the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame. Fred Bourland, Mark Cochran and Charles Looney — have connections to the […]

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Agriculture students! Apply for the Lon and Kathy Tonneson Scholarship

Agriculture students! Apply for the Lon and Kathy Tonneson Scholarship

Agriculture students! Apply for the Lon and Kathy Tonneson Scholarship Applications are due Feb. 15 New Prague, Minn. (January 9, 2024) – The Central Plains Dairy Foundation (CPDF) is now accepting applications for its $500 Lon and Kathy Tonneson Scholarship. Annually, CPDF awards this scholarship to a student who has successfully completed at least one semester […]

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