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The American Bankers Association’s (ABA) annual Farm Bank Performance Report showed that farm lending posted solid growth during 2011. The nation’s 2,185 farm banks increased farm and ranch lending $3.8 billion or 5.6 percent in 2011, for a total outstanding balance of $72.3 billion.
"The growth in farm loans shows banks continue to meet the credit needs of both large and small farms and remain the most important supplier of agricultural credit," said John Blanchfield, senior vice president and director of ABA’s Center for Agricultural & Rural Banking.
In New Hampshire, USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is helping Meghan Bickford of Diamond B Farm in New Durham implement a number of sustainable practices through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.
With NRCS support, Bickford established a rotational grazing plan for her herd of Belted Galloway and Angus cattle; built a ground gutter and grassed waterway to treat barnyard runoff; and is implementing a forest stand improvement plan.
The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) is seeking nominations of Montana ranches for the Montana Environmental Stewardship Award.
Each year, MSGA honors a Montana ranch that exemplifies environmental stewardship and demonstrates a commitment toward improved sustainability within the beef industry.
This award recognizes Montana ranchers who are at the forefront in conservation and stewardship and are willing to serve as examples for other ranchers.
The byproduct of industry: The West is one of the largest sources of used lumber in the United States. The source: gigantic wooden snow fences.
These elaborate wooden snow fence structures provide protection for roadways from the hazards of blowing snow throughout the winter. There are hundreds of miles of these vast wooden structures.
The science and design of these massive fences cause the howling wind carrying the snow to change direction causing it to dump the snow to the ground rather than carrying it on to the highways.
The health of an unborn calf should never be gambled on, and no one can question the value of a pregnant female. That’s why, for many years, producers have trusted protection from the Express FP family of products from Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
Recently acquired label claims from this time-tested vaccine mean beef producers now have reassurance of its strong, long-lasting protection against key reproductive diseases and disease-induced losses.Beginning this spring, the Express FP family of vaccines will be labeled with three key new claims:
Alliance Nutrition, Inc., a subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company, now offers a new line of MoorMan’s all-purpose beef minerals. The beef minerals are available in three seasonal formulas and can be found at local, independent feed dealers.
“The new MoorMan’s all-purpose beef minerals supplement helps farmers meet the everyday needs of their cattle: it’s easy, inexpensive and it works – plus, it’s readily available at a dealer nearby,” said Jeff Carter, beef range products manager, ADM Alliance Nutrition.
This article was #6 of the Top 25 most well-read articles on www.progressivedairy.com in 2012. to jump to the article. It was published in the April 10, 2012 Extra. Click here for the full list of the Top 25.
South Dakota State University graduate student Kevin Herrick recently had the opportunity to tour China. His article explored the differences in the Chinese dairy industry from the U.S. as well as the challenges Chinese dairy farmers face.
Editor's note: Penn State dairy student Hannah Wentworth will be providing monthly updates through the Progressive Dairyman Extra e-newsletter about her study abroad experience in New Zealand this spring.
Check back next month for a new column, or visit her blog at www.pafarmgirladventures.blogspot.com.
Robots enabled cows to come and go, being milked at whatever times they pleased at Stradbrook Robotic Dairy Farm in Mayfield, New Zealand.
Woodstream Corporation, a global manufacturer of animal control products including FiShock, Zareba and ElectroBraid brand of electronic containment systems that provide safe, economical alternatives to barbed wire fencing.
Woodstream Corporation, a global manufacturer of animal control products including FiShock, Zareba and ElectroBraid brand of electronic containment systems that provide safe, economical alternatives to barbed wire fencing, introduces the industry's first self-drilling, screw-in polycarbonate insulator.
This new, aesthetically pleasing insulator can be installed within 10 seconds using a power tool.
