Tag: dairy farms
Comfy cows could produce more milk, have fewer health maladies
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- At the University of Kentucky Dairy Farm, milk cows are singing anything but the blues. The staff, students and faculty there have been putting a lot of effort into making them more comfortable with bigger stalls, rotating grooming brushes and, yes, even waterbeds.
Dairy Excel: Embracing the reality of dairy farming economics has been...
We sometimes attempt to deny reality as a coping mechanism for an issue we simply don't want to deal with if accepting the reality is too painful. This behavior sometimes exists relative to the economics of dairy farming.
Barnyard notebook is better than a time capsule
The notebook we kept in the dairy barn was a way of communicating with one another from one milking to the next, but it makes me laugh out loud to read some of the zany things we shared.
Mechanicstown dairy farm to host pasture walk
MECHANICSTOWN, Ohio -- A pasture walk is planned for Oct. 20 at Anthony Steffen's dairy farm, 4305 Meter Road, Mechanicstown, OH 44651 at 6 p.m. Anthony Steffen owns and operates this seasonal grass-based dairy farm.
Study finds that larger dairy farms tend to have better milk...
MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin's larger dairy operations tended to fare better than the state's small farms in a University of Wisconsin-Madison study of milk quality, although all of the state's farms -- both large and small -- produced milk that easily met federal food safety guidelines.
Survey finds five states have adopted stricter regulations on sale of...
WASHINGTON -- The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture has released updated results from a survey that gathered information about the regulation and sale of raw milk in the U.S.
