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Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, will sell its soybean products by seed count per unit, rather than by weight.
The change begins this fall for varieties sold throughout Canada and the U.S. for the 2013 planting season. The number of soybean seeds sold per unit by Pioneer will be 140,000.
Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow said Wednesday that the farm bill will come to the floor next month after the Senate finishes a measure on equal pay for women.
Click here to read the Farm Bill update from the current issue of Progressive Dairyman.
Fluid Dynamics, a world leader in the field of chemical-free scale prevention and removal, introduces the money-saving Scaletron to the dairy market.
Proven in trials and supported by testimonials, the benefits of scale prevention include:
Milk stone elimination
When present, scale provides a receptive surface for the protein components that promote milk stone formation.
Idaho Milk Products, which processes tens of millions of pounds of milk annually, used several hundred thousand pounds of nitric acid as a cleaning agent in 2009.
When treated, nitric acid produces nitrate compounds, which the company released to the local wastewater treatment plant.
Idaho Milk Products is required under the Toxics Release Inventory to report toxic chemical releases. According to EPA, the company failed to report the treatment and disposal of nitric acid and nitrate compounds in 2009.
Oregon's farmers, ranchers and fishing industry grossed a record $5.2 billion in 2011 – thanks to higher commodity prices, according to a report by the Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service.
Click here to view the report.
Sales were up 19.1 percent from a revised $4.4 billion in 2010, the largest percentage increase since a 20.6 percent jump in 1979, said Bart Eleveld, the OSU Extension Service economist who compiled the report.
The Wisconsin Holstein Association held its annual Cow Camp May 19-20 at the Pine Lake Camp in Waupaca, Wisconsin.
The camp provides junior members with a hands-on experience through various workshops revolving around the Registered Holstein cow.
A total of 70 junior members from around the state attended this year’s weekend-long Cow Camp.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has announced the selection of Rochelle Ripp of Lodi as Wisconsin’s 65th Alice in Dairyland.
The announcement was made at the Finale Program in Grant County following three days of interviews, speeches, agri-business tours and an impromptu question and answer session.
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