For the fifth year, dairy producers, employees and consultants who want to improve their operations, but may not have time to attend workshops off-farm, will have access to the most recent information on topics ranging from cow comfort to nutrition to animal behavior through online workshops. These free online “Technology Tuesday Webinars” begin Tuesday, Sept. 23 and are available at no cost to anyone with a computer and a high-speed Internet connection.

While no formal groundbreaking ceremony has occurred, the Hilmar Cheese Co.has already started moving earth at the site ofits new Turlock, Calif., milk processing plant.

Adding to an extensive portfolio of drip irrigation system offerings, Netafim USA has entered into a strategic alliance with Nebraska-based T-L Irrigation in support of their patented Precision Mobile Drip Irrigation (PMDI) platform.

Veterans are increasingly turning to farming, and the farming community is supporting them with new programs, according to a recent article on Cincinnati.com. 

Shorthorn breeders are now able to enjoy the benefits of the newly implemented multi-breed genetic evaluation. Expected progeny differences (EPDs) are calculated by the American Simmental Association's multi-breed genetic evaluation, which also calculates EPDs for the Gelbvieh, Red Angus and Simmental breeds, among others.

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) asked the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board (PMMB) to keep the Class I over-order premium price for milk at $1.60 per hundredweight and to maintain the current fuel adjuster for the six months beginning Oct. 1, 2014.

Dairyland Seed recently announced the release of new corn hybrids for the 2015 planting season. The descriptions of these products follow: DS-6284 – 84 day maturity
Roundup Ready 2 hybrid with early flowering for good northern movement. Very good grain quality and test weight. Workhorse style hybrid with very good stalk and root scores. Features fast drydown. Excellent choice for corn-on-corn and no-till situations.

Dairy producers looking for assistance in understanding the changes brought by the Margin Protection Program (MPP) now have a number of online resources to turn to, including two new online calculators.

Semex is saddened to announce the passing of its 11th Millionaire Sire, R-E-W Buckeye. Proven through Semex’s Premier young sire proving program in the U.S. in August 2005, Buckeye’s popularity was instantaneous, arriving as one of the world’s most popular BW Marshall sons and ranking No. 4 TPI.

Semex is saddened to announce the passing of its 11th Millionaire Sire, R-E-W Buckeye. Proven through Semex’s Premier young sire proving program in the U.S. in August 2005, Buckeye’s popularity was instantaneous, arriving as one of the world’s most popular BW Marshall sons and ranking No. 4 TPI.