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Coca-Cola once again ventured into the milk market with the recent announcement of the beverage mogul’s newest product, FairLife, to be launched in 2015.
New York saw record-breaking snowfall at the end of November, leaving some areas buried beneath nearly 8 feet of snow. The ferocity and magnitude of the storm stranded many, including a multitude of milk trucks.
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), Western United Dairymen, Idaho Dairymen’s Association and 39 other agricultural groups delivered a letter (PDF, 11 KB) to the House of Representatives on Nov. 18 encouraging lawmakers to restore a tax code provision allowing farms and dairies to write off capital purchases, instead of depreciating them over time.
Livestock manure is a variable compound, both in the amount of solids and the amount of nutrients.Variation in manure can be caused by animal type, diet, additional byproducts, bedding material, storage and processing.
Each December, Progressive Dairyman pulls a list of our most popular online content, based on Google Analytics. This list reflects content published at www.progressivedairy.com during the timeframe of Nov. 1, 2013 through Nov. 1, 2014.
Be sure to visit the links below to read each article in its entirety and see follow-up questions and responses.
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Chinese company Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group announced a new $100 million milk processing plant to be built in Kansas. Though the exact location hasn’t been announced, it will likely be in western Kansas, close to the highest concentration of milk producers.
After spending more than a decade decoding breast milk’s important health-promoting constituents, a team of researchers in the Foods for Health Institute at the University of California – Davis, is now doing the same for cow’s milk, with potential benefits both for human health and the U.S. dairy industry.
The farmer-owned cooperative, Northwest Dairy Association (NDA) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Darigold Inc., has announced the retirement of its president and CEO, Jim Wegner. Wegner plans on retiring on Jan. 1, 2016. Until that date, Wegner will act as executive vice president of special projects, assisting the interim president and CEO, William Krippaehne.
St. Johns Township Board has recently given a conditional use permit for a new dairy to Riverview LLP, owner of eight large dairies in Minnesota and South Dakota, which together milk approximately 45,000 cows. The location under consideration is west of Willmar, in west-central Minnesota.
Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Moll’s feature length documentary, Farmland, is now available for rent and purchase via On Demand platforms. The film’s move to digital platforms takes place this month.
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