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In response to a recent blog post on the Huffington Post website by Chipotle Founder, Chairman and Co-CEO Steve Ells, entitled "Conventional vs. Grass-fed Beef," we spoke with two California ranchers about how they raise beef today: one grass-fed beef producer and one conventional (grass-fed and grain-finished) producer.
The Dairymen’s Association and Center for Dairy Excellence are offering up to four partial scholarships for Pennsylvania dairy producers to attend the Holstein Foundation’s Young Dairy Leaders Institute (YDLI).
With a “let it burn” public lands fire policy, the Murphy fire was inevitable. The Murphy Wildland Fire Complex burned 652,016 acres of sagebrush grasslands in southern Idaho and northern Nevada in July 2007.
U.S. beef and pork exports continued their positive growth trend in April, increasing by double digits in volume and by an even healthier margin in value, according to statistics released by the USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).
When we asked our online visitors what they'd do with a 25-year-old tractor, not a single respondent said they'd just let it sit and rust. If it still ran, they'd keep right on using it, said 96 percent of those who responded.
The 2014 Dairy Calf & Heifer Association Conference featured two panel discussions. In this excerpt, hear from JP Hall, Halls Calf Ranch; Mike Larson, Larson Acres; and Joel Sutter, Fertile Ridge Dairy, as they talk about challenges in calf-raising and new technologies.
Q. What challenges do you face when it comes to calf housing and health on your farms?
HALL: One of our biggest chores is communication between us and our clients, and that’s because we don’t have control over how that calf is taken care of the first 12 hours of birth.
Is now the time to install solar panels on your dairy farm? Are incentives still available?
Solar panel prices are falling, but past solar projects have been supported by grants, tax credits or green energy subsidies.
Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition is focused more than ever on helping dairy producers successfully navigate the journey through the transition period, the most critical time in a dairy cow’s life.
