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Maine's dairy farmers fear the closing of one of the state's major milk processors could mean a financial hit for every farmer. (Click here to read a previous story about the plant's closure.)
Maine's 306 remaining dairy farms each receive a small bonus payment each month from the Maine Milk Pool. That pool is funded by a 13-cents-per-gallon fee paid by Maine milk processors.
• Kris and Carla Wardin of St. Johns, Michigan, were elected to chair the 2013 National Milk Producers Federation Young Cooperator (YC) Advisory Council. NMPF’s board of directors seated two new members: Donald De Jong from Dalhart, Texas, and Larry Webster from Buffalo, New York.
• World Dairy Expo has announced the official judges for the 2013 dairy cattle show:
Dairy producers and industry consultants attending Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin's Managers Academy heard from business management expert Dr. Allan Gray as part of the annual three-day training event.
Gray sought to distinguish for the more than 80 dairy owners, managers and consultants in the room the difference between leadership and management. Click here to see photos from the event.
This article was #10 of the Top 25 most well-read articles on www.progressivedairy.com in 2013. It was published in the Jan. 30, 2013 Extra e-newsletter. Click here for the full list of the Top 25.
In late 2012, dairy producers were introduced to milk-based pregnancy testing, a new method to determine whether cows are bred or open. Maine-based IDEXX Laboratories partnered with Antel Bio Systems to bring the IDEXX Milk Pregnancy Test to the market, while Animal Profiling International, Inc. (API) of Portland, Oregon, launched EasyPreg. Both of these tests determine pregnancy based on the concentration of pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAGs), and they do so with a high level of accuracy when samples are taken at 35 days or more after breeding.
Have you considered the potential impact genomics could have on your herd? This is a topic that has probably crossed most dairy producers’ minds. On January 14, 2013, Dr. Chad Dechow, associate professor of dairy cattle genetics at Penn State University, led a webinar focusing on the “potentials” and “pitfalls” of genomic selection.
Dechow began by pointing out that everyone has a different perspective on genomics as well as the right and wrong areas in which to use genomics.
One of the top educational conferences in the country, the Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference is dedicated to helping dairy producers learn new ways of increasing their profitability by doing more with less. In its 11th year, the conference plans to deliver a high impact program.
Leading experts will make presentations on topics ranging from labor management and community connections to calf nutrition and global issues concerning the dairy industry. Read below to see a sampling of the educational sessions.
Salmonellosis is a pervasive disease that is hard to keep out of a dairy operation. With help from a new online tool from Pfizer Animal Health, dairy producers can assess their risk of a Salmonella outbreak.
The short self-assessment — found at www.SalmonellaRisk.com/Assessment — helps producers find proactive measures to help lessen the risk of a disastrous outbreak.
“Salmonella is on the rise and is a risk to every dairy operation,” says Gary Neubauer, senior manager, dairy technical services, Pfizer Animal Health.
Earlier this week, the California Department of Food and Agriculture released its much anticipated announcement on the Dec. 21, 2012 milk pricing hearing, saying it would temporarily increase Class 1, 2, 3, 4a and 4b prices by approximately $0.251/cwt for the period of Feb. 1 to May 31, 2013.
The announcement by Candace Gates, chief of the Dairy Marketing Branch, provided these details:
Wyoming County, New York, ranked 32nd nationwide in milk production in 2011, reaching 1 billion gallons annually. And the booming yogurt market could mean a lot more business for its farms.
A project called the Wyoming County Agriculture Business Center of Excellence is underway, intended to consolidate numerous county and related agencies into a single location.
The hope is that the center will create new opportunities for the county’s large agriculture and dairy industries, as the Alpina and Project Wave yogurt plants become operational in Batavia.
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