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Missouri governor signs Dairy Revitalization Act

April 16, 2015
The Missouri Dairy Association (MDA) applauds Governor Jay Nixon for signing the Missouri Dairy Revitalization Act of 2015 into law on April 10. The governor signed the act at Edgewood Dairy near Purdy, Missouri, owned by MDA members Charles and Melissa Fletcher, before a crowd of dairy producers and allied industry.
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14 years of multiple component pricing: What has changed?

April 15, 2015
Calvin Covington
Since Jan. 1, 2000, about 85 percent of the milk regulated by Federal Milk Marketing Orders has used multiple component pricing (MCP) to pay dairy farmers. Under federal order MCP, dairy farmers are paid for their milk production based on pounds of butterfat, protein and other solids. Combining the values of these components equals the federal order Class III price.
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Mitch Breunig elected president of PDPW

April 13, 2015
The Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin’s (PDPW) nine-member board of directors elected Mitch Bruenig of Mystic Valley Dairy in Sauk City, Wisconsin, president for 2015-16.
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Correlating heat stress and nutrition

April 13, 2015
Bruno Do Amaral
In addition to using traditional cooling methods, have you ever given thought to how your cows’ diets could play a role in tackling heat? Recent research suggests certain nutritional strategies can actually help lessen the effects of heat stress.
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Learning to linger: Robot update

April 13, 2015
Laura Flory
I walked past the little date carved by the post on the front porch of our new milking facility and was instantly struck with a smile. It read “3-19-14” in hand-carved numbers that my husband and I etched with a worn-out pocketknife merely a year ago.
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Southeast production turnaround rewards cow-care diligence

April 13, 2015
Sherry Bunting
Leaving behind the winter-gripped Northeast, 40 dairy producers boarded a bus in Tallahassee for three days touring Florida-Georgia line dairies during the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania (PDMP) 2015 March Dairy Tour. Tour-goers were quite curious how dairy managers in the South coax 82 to 95 pounds per cow per day and 120,000 to 180,000 SCC in the region’s heat and humidity.
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How to troubleshoot low milk fat yields

April 9, 2015
Karen Lee
Even though there has been variation within the marketplace, the overall value of milk components has risen in the past decade. Milk fat and protein are the principal drivers of prices paid to dairy producers. Plus, research shows greater net income from a 5 percent increase in milk fat or protein versus a 5 percent increase in milk yield.
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