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People naturally put a lot of weight in a first impression. The orientation program (or lack thereof) will leave a lasting mark on your new employee and the time they are with your dairy.
Anaerobic digesters are being more widely utilized on large dairy farms to produce energy from biogas and to stabilize solids (i.e., reduction of volatile solids, pathogens and weed seeds) for use as animal bedding or soil amendment.
Rain has fallen in many parts of the U.S., renewing forage growth, but unfortunately bumper weed crops are also appearing. Weeds can reduce quantity, vigor, nutrient content and palatability of desirable forage plants in pastures and hayfields.
Congressman Reid Ribble was clear that the phosphorus summit he recently organized was meant to move beyond finger pointing and towards collaborative solutions.
As efforts to boost regional food banks’ milk supplies enter a second year, several New England food banks will be sharing a gift of 1,000 gallons of milk from the New England Dairy Promotion Board (NEDPB).
A new feature film, The Ivy League Farmer, tells the story of a father and son in conflict over the use of modern technologies on the family dairy farm.
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) are urging the Senate and House to act quickly on new Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation, saying the measure is crucial to securing well-negotiated trade agreements that open foreign markets to more U.S. dairy products.
Change, as the well-worn mantra always goes, is usually for the better.
Life has a way of teaching and softening our coarsened, callow habits, leading us to the road of wider wisdom.
