Tag: dairy farms
Would YOU want to sleep on your calf bedding?
Bed your dairy calves as if you (the bedder) were spending the day or night on it. If the bedder wouldn’t want to spend the next 12 hours living there, why would the calf?
DFA to pay $158.6 million in antitrust settlement
The milk marketing co-op reached a deal on the eve the lawsuit alleging price fixing was set to begin at trial.
Small and mighty, Amos the calf is beating odds
CANONSBURG, Pa. -- It's not uncommon for a calf to be born prematurely -- especially when it's a twin. But one Washington County calf...
Pa. study: If you get a shale check, will you stop...
In Pennsylvania, changes in dairy cow numbers between 2007 and 2010 seem to be associated with the level of Marcellus drilling activity.
Plans set for 2012 Ohio Spring Dairy Expo
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Purebred Dairy Cattle Association has completed plans for the annual 2012 Ohio Spring Dairy Expo. It is scheduled for March 29-31 at the Ohio Exposition Center in Columbus.
Dairy Excel: Head off missing cow syndrome
Herds that are using herd management software should be able to print out inventories of at least the cow herd, and hopefully the replacement herd as well. The system may, or may not be able to give you a historic inventory.
The cost of heating water on a dairy farm
A dairy accounting firm reported for 2010 that energy expenses (utilities and fuel and oil combined) cost an average of $138 per cow per year. The category of energy expenses was reported as the eighth largest production cost on dairies and was one of the fastest increasing.
Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference set for Feb. 9-11 in Mich.
ELSIE, Mich. -- The 10th annual Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference will take place Feb. 9-11 at the Soaring Eagle Resort, Casino and Conference Center in Mount Pleasant.
Dairy Excel: Farmers, tax time is approaching
As the howling winds of winter approach, it is a good time for farmers to grab a cup of coffee and start to gather their income and expenses records to determine their cost of production and profitability from 2011.
Center for Dairy Excellence seeking applications for profit team program
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania dairy producers who want to tap into the knowledge of a personal team of dairy industry experts can enroll in the 2012 On-Farm Dairy Resource Team Program.
