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The 34th Minnesota Dairy Health Conference will be held from Wednesday, May 6, to Friday, May 8, 2015, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel & Suites in Bloomington, Minnesota.
The agricultural robot market size (at $817 million in 2013) is anticipated to reach $16.3 billion by 2020, a hefty growth for a nascent market, says a new study titled “Agricultural Robots Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2014 to 2020.”
Recently I asked a South Dakota alfalfa grower what he enjoyed most about growing alfalfa. His response was simple, “The best part of growing alfalfa is when I’ve finished harvesting and know I captured a high-quality crop of alfalfa.”
Joel Harman took some welding classes at his local community college because when he’s not farming, he likes to build things. As with most farms, there’s quite a bit of repair work to do in the field with a portable welder – fixing grain bins, augers and such.
“The cows are out!”
Growing up on our family farm, there was no more effective way to catch my parents’ attention than by crying out this panic-striking phrase. These four powerful words could stop my mom in the middle of cracking an egg and make my dad spring from his easy chair as if the house were on fire.
Rick Steger of Steger Farms in Theresa, Wisconsin, was recently interviewed for an article that ran in a variety of publications including Daily Finance and International Business Times.
The article detailed the reasons and reach of the drop in milk prices, as well as the impact such drops may continue to have on the dairy industry.
The “Get Real” social media initiative rallied and unified the entire industry – and especially dairy farmers – to help raise awareness and interest in the story of “real” milk.
The effort, launched by the Milk Processor Education Program with support from national and local dairy checkoff organizations, used Jan. 27 to play some offense, break through the clutter and capture consumer attention through social media channels using the #milktruth hashtag.
Nearly 200 people from 31 states and two provinces attended the Midwest Manure Summit in Green Bay, Wisconsin, at the end of February.
Hosted by the University of Wisconsin Extension, the summit covered all things manure, from application and regulations to processing and odor. Various separation and nutrient recovery technologies were discussed.
