Seems like there is always a project or 12 around the farm that requires removal of soil a round, pointed shovel just isn’t up to – or (maybe more accurately) your back isn’t up to.

Just hours before the midnight deadline, U.S. and Canadian officials reached an agreement on a new trade deal between themselves and Mexico, revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) after more than a year of touch-and-go negotiations.

When it comes to balancing diets for amino acids, the dairy industry is in its infancy. Research, combined with more refined nutrition models, has helped identify some amino acids as limiting. But additional work is needed to evaluate more individual AAs and to better understand the role they play.

Dairy lenders and financial consultants got an “insider’s view” of ongoing efforts to strengthen Pennsylvania’s dairy processing infrastructure and overall dairy economy during the Dairy Financial and Risk Management Conference on Sept. 12 in Summerdale, Pennsylvania.

One of the most underappreciated tools of the cattle business is a pair of gloves. Even a worn-out pair of gloves will help keep your fingers from being cut, burned, sliced, shredded (hoof rasp anyone?) and stepped on.

USDA is planning to revive a rulemaking process aimed at balancing power between meatpacking companies and contract growers, more widely known as the GIPSA rules. The department will revisit GIPSA regulations in its spring 2019 regulatory agenda, which sets out a list of priorities for the year, a spokesman confirmed Thursday.

August 2018’s Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) calculations indicate margins improved somewhat, thanks primarily to lower feed costs.

Earlier this year, Ireland became the first major European beef exporting country to be approved by China and already has six plants approved for beef exports to the mainland. On Sept. 11, the first container of Irish beef to arrive by sea cleared customs in Beijing.