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The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) is focused on answering questions consumers have about how food is grown and raised. These questions are often answered online on the organization’s social media platforms and via its signature “Food Dialogues” series of panel discussions.
The improved cow comfort, production and health benefits of sand-bedded barns have resulted in many dairymen converting existing facilities to sand-based systems. For Troy Sellen, a dairyman from Oconto Falls, Wisconsin, installing the correct type of sand-bedding retainer was a key factor in achieving the benefits of sand bedding in his retrofit 330-cow freestall barn.
Milking systems and lighting are two major areas of energy use on dairy farms, but there are money savings to be captured by performing proper maintenance and investing in energy-efficient equipment.
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) urged the Obama administration to hold off on the national enforcement of the new Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) regulation, in response to a court decision last week suspending the regulation in some states, but not others.
Fairlife has awarded a lifetime supply of ultra-filtered milk to 6-year-old Brady Carpenter, thanks to the precocious question he posed to a head college football coach at an Aug. 6 press conference.
Hydraulic hose failures are dreaded by everyone for many reasons. Hopefully these tips can help you identify what you have, fix it properly and prevent failures in the future.
“If they positioned the dipstick under a cow’s tail on a loader, then maybe the herdsman and his helpers would check the oil.”
I asked a dairyman what his pet peeve was pertaining to mechanical things at his dairy. The above quote was his first response. He went on to say that if a person can’t handle gates and free-stalls being mangled by loader buckets without having a meltdown, then maybe they shouldn’t be in the dairy business.
The national average test-day somatic cell count (SCC) in herds enrolled in Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI) SCC testing in the U.S. has dropped from 316,000 cells/ml in 2000 to 200,000 cells/ml in 2014.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a concern for the health and well-being of both humans and farm animals. One of the most common and costly diseases faced by the dairy industry is bovine mastitis, a potentially fatal bacterial inflammation of the mammary gland (IMI).
The simple beauty of a pat of butter melting on a baked potato brings to life a new integrated advertising campaign from the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) that celebrates the real food and real people behind California dairy.
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