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The other evening, I taught a lesson to my son, Craig, and Andrew, my grandson. They were staying with me while all the young women in the family had gone to a girls’ camp. I asked the boys to imagine an old-fashioned wagon wheel, with a central hub and spokes going out to the rim of the metal around the outside of the wheel.
USDA-NASS released both the July report and the July inventory report on Friday, July 22. Both reports confirmed that the severe drought that is affecting the Southern Plains and Southeast is also affecting cattle numbers.
My grandfather grew up in Germany during the second war. The eldest of a poor family, he was sent to work in other farmers’ fields in exchange for being fed that day.
Well, summer is quickly flying by, which means that harvest season for some crops is just around the corner. It also means cooler temperatures are in store. How did your air conditioning system hold up this summer? Did the AC system treat you well? I guess the better question here is: Did you treat your air conditioning system well?
With temperatures still climbing and staying in the 100-plus temperature range, I think discussing how air conditioners work is an appropriate topic, whether you are on the road or on the farm.
Essentially, there are two main air conditioning systems that are used in vehicles. The components of these systems that are most commonly used include the evaporator, accumulator, compressor, condenser and orifice tube.
Dear editor,
Just read your article on “Why is fluid milk consumption declining?” The one thing that you missed and the most important reason is – taste.
Federal researchers have finished a year-long study tracking the amount of greenhouse gases like ammonia and methane emitted from a corporate dairy operation in the Magic Valley.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture study is the first to look at greenhouse-type gas emissions from an open air-dairy operation, and researchers say the data will provide a baseline for potential regulations and developing management tools to reduce emissions from dairy farms.
Junior, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Dairy Sire Marketing Intern with Select Sires
Based in Plain City, Ohio
Background
Q. In what area are you pursuing a degree?
I'm obtaining a dairy science major with a minor in horticulture.
Q. What is your agricultural background?
I grew up on a registered Holstein farm, Future-Visions Holsteins, in Paris, Tennessee. I was involved with our farm from the day I could walk. As I got older, my responsibilities increased. While growing up on the farm, our family had a small show string that I managed, and we competed at local and state levels. For most of middle school and all of high school years, I was actively involved in 4-H and FFA, where I competed in judging contests at state and national levels.
Age:
Tim: 48, most days I feel older.
Mark: 45, I look younger for age, but I feel older until I’ve had my first Mountain Dew of the day.
Location: Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
Our dairy’s history: Our father bought the present farm in 1960, and he married our mother, Jeanne, in 1961. They bought their first Registered Holsteins in the mid-1960s and started the Kellercrest prefix. Today the second generation is running the farm with Tim and Sandy Keller and children, Andrew and Kimberly, along with Tim’s brother, Mark, and his wife, Kareen. We, Tim and Mark, bought the farm in 1999, modernizing and expanding to the present 320 milk cows.
Rolling Spring Farm owners Charlie and Denise Bean are trying to milk their cows for all they're worth. In order to do so, they've taken a more pampered approach to dairy farming than the many generations before them.
The Beans last year built a new, state-of-the-art barn on their more than 130-acre farm in Canal Township that capitalizes on the concept of cow comfort because they believe that, much like people, a happy cow is a productive cow.
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