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Watching a new documentary about the 2009 plight of a group of Maine dairy farmers was like eating a Tootsie Pop –I kept counting how many licks it would take before getting into the best part of it.
"Betting the Farm" details the struggles of fluid milk processing co-op MOO Milk, short for Maine's Own Organic Milk. I saw the movie mentioned on a few blogs after its release earlier this year.
The author of this post, Tom Wall of Dairy Interactive, is a regular contributor to the magazine. He maintains a blog, “The Almost Perfect Parlor” with Paul Peetz, a territory sales manager for Milk-Rite. See more posts at http://perfectparlor.com
Goal #1 for milking cows… Consistency. So… where does consistency come from?
Developing and validating a standardized scoring system for bovine respiratory disease tops the priority list for a team of veterinarians and scientists at the University of California – Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine and the Department of Animal Science.
The research team, with the assistance of dairy managers and staff, are knee-deep in a project that targets prevention, diagnosis and treatment of bovine respiratory disease in dairy calves.
Have you heard the phrase “lean in” mentioned in the last few months? Most likely it was in regards to women in leadership.
It stems from the book “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead,” by Sheryl Sandberg.
Sometimes the most interesting and worthwhile films aren’t the ones on the marquee at your local cineplex.
That’s especially the case if you’re a farmer looking for a film you can relate to or are someone who cares about farming as a way of life.
After renovating our parlor and updating its equipment, we invested time with each milking shift to retrain workers on proper milking protocols.
Our goal, of course, is better milk quality. We already have quality bonuses, but shortly after the training, we also instituted a “Milker of the Month” award.
In a 2011 article, “Foot rot in dairy cows,” I explained what foot rot is and briefly mentioned the different hoof problems that could be misdiagnosed as foot rot.
Lameness seems to be on the rise, and misdiagnosing a problem can often cause a lot of unnecessary grief and expense.
In the late hours of Wednesday, May 15, after spending all day in a markup session, the House Agriculture Committee approved a $940 billion farm bill in a 36-10 vote. Nearly 100 amendments were thrown out during the session, many relating to food stamps. The dairy program was the only significant debate related to farm subsidies.
The USDA has awarded $19.5 million to support research, education and Extension activities associated with climate solutions in agriculture aimed at the impacts of climate variability and change on dairy and beef cattle.
Dave Johnson, president of the membership organization GrassWorks, recently sent letters to every Wisconsin legislator, calling on them to restore $400,000 per year in funding for grazing specialists and networks. He urges graziers to ask their state senator and assembly representative to back legislation to place funding for the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) in the upcoming biennial budget.
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