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“There’s a lot to be said for simplicity,” Steve Harrison observes about the cow management and cow flow basics that prevail at the expanding and diversified Harrison Dairy Inc. based on the family’s Century Farm near Loudon, Tennessee.
March 20 marks the calendar as the official first day of spring, but every farmer knows that it is never truly springtime until the cattle are out on spring pasture.
Late-May moisture was causing hay quality and demand concerns in many parts of the country, based on regional summaries from USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service. Hay prices got a late-spring bump, but reports of new-crop sales are light as harvest got into second gear.
National Cattleman’s Beef Association president Tracy Brunner joined livestock economists to present economic and regulatory updates to a House agricultural subcommittee.
The FDA recently released its nutrition facts side panel for all packaged foods and beverages. A new requirement of the redesigned panel is the labeling of “added sugars” in both grams and as a percent of suggested daily value intake. Although it is still too early to tell exactly how the added sugar label on sweetened dairy products will be perceived by consumers, industry leaders are concerned consumers will only focus on the added sugar component and not on the nutrient-rich value of dairy foods.
Editor’s note: Christina Winch originally posted this blog on Progressive Dairyman’s Proud to Dairy network. Join the site for free and share your ideas for keeping calves entertained.
Farmers have creative minds when it comes to solving problems. In the fall of 2014, we installed automatic calf feeders, and for the most part, we are liking the results. The calves are bigger and healthier, along with a better quality of life for our family.
