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Whether you’ve had auto-feeders for five months or five years, you know how important it is to make sure your investment is paying off with improved calf performance from the start.
In recent years, several research groups have started to prioritize studies on cow behavior to determine the benefits herd management can have on milk production. Early studies have shown the basic needs of a cow will consume 20 to 21 hours per day, which leaves little room for mismanagement.
If the latest USDA projections hold true, U.S. dairy farmers could see the 2019 all-milk price top $18 per hundredweight (cwt), the first time that’s happened since 2014.
The Dairy and Functional Food Research Unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service had planned on determining whether or not milk processing affects the functional properties of A2 beta casein in milk. That study never happened, which may have been due at least in part to the recent government shutdown, Dr. Peggy Tomasula, the research leader, told participants at the 2019 Northeast Pasture Consortium conference.
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, established under the leadership of dairy farmers and leading companies, announced its eighth annual U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award winners during a May 8 ceremony in Rosemont, Illinois.
What does the African swine fever (ASF) epidemic in China have to do with U.S. dairy product exports? Plenty, according to Mary Ledman, global dairy strategist with Rabobank.
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