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Dairy milk often contains two types of beta-casein protein, A1 and A2. The a2 Milk Company (a2MC), a New Zealand-based business, believes type A1 is guilty for the digestive discomfort experienced by some dairy consumers.
Carissa Itle Westrick is the director of business development at Vale Wood Farms, a family-owned dairy and milk processor in Loretto, Pennsylvania. She became the international face of the farm when a picture of a calf with a face marking shaped like the number 7 went viral on the Internet.
Where there’s a will for small-scale dairy producers to market nutrient-dense raw milk direct to consumers, there’s usually a way; whether that “way” lands those farmers in the heartland of Wisconsin or in God’s country in Colorado may depend on the pendulum swing of legislation of the respective states.
Every dairy farmer wants a good hoof trimmer to put his dairy as the top priority when scheduling service. As with any other business, a hoof trimmer will likely place those dairies that have shown some loyalty at the top of the list.
California agricultural customers of the federal government’s Central Valley Project (CVP) will likely receive no water for the second straight year, according to a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announcement dated Feb. 27.
Producers are facing more and more difficult conversations about GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, and their place in the industry and in the marketplace. This year at the World Ag Expo, Progressive Dairyman hosted a seminar featuring presenter Alison Van Eenennaam, Ph.D., of the University of California – Davis, who came to help attendees understand more about GMOs, some of the common misconceptions and how to convey important information to opponents, fellow producers and consumers.
“There is a revolution going on in activity systems,” said Kevin Havartine, Ph.D., assistant professor of nutritional physiology at Penn State University’s department of animal science.
Sexing Technologies has acquired dairy genetics company Trans-America Genetics (TAG). Since its inception six years ago, TAG has expanded into more than 40 markets worldwide.
The Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) has announced the 2015 Reproduction Awards program, which recognizes outstanding dairy operations for reproductive efficiency and well-implemented management procedures. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 program.
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