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More than 130 dairy producers filled the Double Tree Hotel Ballroom in Modesto, California, on Jan. 17 to be updated on the proposed creation of a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) in California. Golden State dairy producers were invited to interact with a trio of USDA representatives who traveled to California to gather more information and meet with producers.
The Professional Dairy Producers Foundation (PDPF) board of directors has made 2014 funding decisions for education projects for dairy producers and their communities.
This article was #18 of the Top 25 most well-read articles on www.progressivedairy.com in 2014. The article that describes the app was published in the Jan. 1, 2014 print issue, and the video was featured in the Jan. 27, 2014 Extra e-newsletter.
This popular article featured the Milk Quality app, developed by Dairy Quality Inc. The app works with a device that reads milk samples. John Tremelin, a dairy producer from Ontario, was able to use the app to find suspect animals and be able to tag the milk and keep it out of the tank.
Two people and possibly more are dead after an explosion Monday morning at an animal feed processing plant in Omaha, Nebraska, according to news reports by the Associated Press and Maggie O'Brien in The Omaha World Herald (OWH).
California farmers are still dealing with extreme dry conditions — and it doesn't look like Mother Nature plans to help anytime soon.
Gov. Jerry Brown last week declared a drought emergency for the Golden State, saying it's facing perhaps the worst drought in more than 100 years. His remarks, made at his San Francisco office, came as firefighters continued to battle fires in the foothills of Los Angeles County, adding to the stress of an already parched land.
The final numbers won’t be available until February, but one result is already in: The U.S. set a dairy export record in 2013, shipping $6.1 billion worth of product in the first 11 months alone. That’s 17 percent more than the entire year of 2012, and likely to be about 30 percent more, or $6.7 billion total, when the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service releases year-end data next month.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it will establish a list of U.S. dairy companies interested in exporting to China. This to help comply with new Chinese government regulations relating to the importation of dairy products into China.
The 2013-2014 winter season is shaping up to be a rough one for much of the U.S., with the Old Farmer’s Almanac predicting below-normal temperatures and above-normal snowfall for much of the U.S.
Sutton Rucks Jr. of Milking R Dairy in Okeechobee County, Florida, was one of two dairy farmers featured in a Ram commercial extending the truck company’s “Year of the Farmer” campaign (Search for “ram” at the Dairy Good website to find and watch the commercial.). Rucks spoke in the commercial about his passion for the dairy industry.
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