The simplified design of this implement sets it apart from the competition, says manufacturer Mills Manufacturing. While other spreaders on the market rely on apron chains and gearboxes, the Mills spreader uses a two-stage, hydraulic push ram. This allows for smooth, controlled movement of the materials in the spreader.

The blame for a fish kill in Madison County, Ohio, has been placed on Rising Sun Dairy, which is currently expanding. According to The Columbus Dispatch, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife estimates that at least 6,900 fish and tadpoles died when a newly installed manure system developed a blockage.

There are a few things I have learned in raising 11 children and teaching in the public school for several years. I am not an expert – but close. I have probably made every mistake in the book and had to figure out how to correct my errors without causing a bigger travesty.

Seven Hills Dairy was announced as the first place winner for the 2012 Business Plan Competition, which is part of Ohio's Muskingum County Business Incubator. Conducted annually for the past seven years, the Business Plan Competition is a contest for start-up businesses, as well as existing businesses less than 2 years old. It requires the development of a business plan and projections along with a 15-minute presentation promoting the new business. For winning the grand prize, Seven Hills Dairy was awarded $5,000 in cash and another $5,000 in services.

Crescent Dairy & Beverages is set to invest more than $30 million to establish a new ultra pasteurized beverage processing facility in Colleton County, South Carolina. The initial production output of the facility, which will include an ultra-high-temperature (UHT) beverage processing equipment, is anticipated to be mainly for export markets.

According to a new market research study, the global market for soy and milk protein ingredients was estimated to be worth 8,500 million in 2010 and is expected to cross 13,000 million in 2018. The study analyzes the current and future market potential for soy and milk protein isolates, concentrates and hydrolysates in terms of applications, price trends and product specifications.

Byrne Dairy hopes to build a yogurt plant and visitor center on a 127-acre site in Cortlandville, New York. The facility could bring 80 jobs at first and potentially hundreds more in the future. "If you're going to be in the dairy business and you're going to be in the business of making dairy products, you're going to need to be in the yogurt business in this country," said Byrne Dairy CEO Carl Byrne.

USDA's Agricultural Research Service soil scientists Matias Vanotti and Ariel Szogi have filed U.S. Patent Application #13/164,363 for an invention that could help change on-farm nitrogen management. It’s a system that uses gas-permeable membranes to capture and recycle ammonia from livestock wastewater before the ammonia goes into the air. The two scientists, who work at the ARS Coastal Plains Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center in South Carolina, found that they could use these membranes to reduce ammonia emissions from livestock waste and capture concentrated liquid nitrogen that could be sold as fertilizer.