Genetics For Improving Dairy Cow Longevity

As genetic research develops over the next 10 years, dairy producers will find more definitive data about sires that will allow them to select their cows based on longevity, udder health, calving performance and a variety of other important genetic data. That information, combined with the growing body of research...

It's all in the Taste

According to Myrna Ver Ploeg, current president of Maytag Dairy Farms (cheese making), today’s focus is the same as it was back in 1941. “It’s all about quality. Maytag Family Farms has always been about doing the right thing, being stewards of the land and stewards to both employees and customers.” Today, Maytag...

Dairy Outlook: Favorable Milk Prices, Cheese Production Picks Up

Farm milk prices were favorable for the past two years, 2007 and 2008. The Class III price for 2008 averaged $17.44, $0.60 lower than 2007, but the second highest on record. However, the Class IV price averaged only $14.65, $3.71 lower than 2007. As a result, the average U.S. all milk price was $18.79, $0.79 lower...

Market Analysis

(January 20, 2009) Market analyst Mary Ledman, Principal of Keough Ledman and Associates in Libertyville, Illinois, said in Tuesday’s DairyLine that she was surprised that Friday's Milk Production report showed more cows were added in December but explained that the all-milk price in November was strong so that...

Dairy farmers face challenges whether they are starting out or established

Dairy producers and others attend the 42nd annual N.D. Dairy Convention held recently in MANDAN, N.D. - Dairy producers today run the gamut from young couples just starting out, to generational families continuing in well established multi-family farm businesses, to retiring dairy farmers unable to pass on the dairy...

Matching hay quality to range cow's nutritional needs

Nevada Northeast/Central Area livestock specialist DAN NELSON, Nevada White Pine County Extension agent and JASON C. DAVISON, Nevada Northeast/Central Area Forage and alternative crops specialist Feeding range cattle through the winter is the most costly aspect of many livestock operations. However, if hay quality is...

ND 2008 corn estimate might be off by millions

The federal government's estimate of North Dakota's 2008 corn production includes millions of bushels of grain that are covered by snow and might never end up in farmers' bins. Farmers in eastern North Dakota last year were unable to harvest about 10 percent of the state's corn crop because of heavy rains followed by...

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