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In mid-April, Kansas Dairy Ingredients announced its plans to build a dairy ingredient and cheese plant in Hugoton, Kansas.
The company will start construction on the facility in May and begin Phase I operation in the fourth quarter of this year. The facility will be positioned to expand in 2013 to add cheese production.
McLanahan has recently introduced roll press technology to its line of rotary liquid-solid separation equipment.
The roll press will complement the operation of rotary separators by offering dairy producers an alternative to screw press technology for dewatering manure solids.
Rite in the Rain, all-weather writing paper, has released a new line of record books specifically for the dairy industry.
These treatment books help producers comply with FDA record keeping requirements and avoid regulatory action in case of an accidental residue violation.
New items include #1636 Dairy Treatment Record book and #1637 Calf Treatment Record book.
Electronically monitoring cows for heat detection can reduce labor, increase pregnancy rates, decrease days open and limit the need for hormone treatments.
With the new CowScout system from GEA Farm Technologies, dairy producers can benefit from electronic activity monitors and receive more accurate breeding information, no matter where they are, via internet, smart phone or text messaging.
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and the world is green again. Springtime is the perfect time to throw those barn doors open – but not just to make milking more pleasant.
While attending a presentation analyzing society’s changing perception of agriculture, I heard a producer ask, “What are ways to engage the public?”
One of the pre-conference events in relation to the Western Canadian Dairy Seminars is a producer tour of local dairy farms.
This year, three farms south of Red Deer, Alberta, opened their doors and stories to two busloads of visitors – Van Den Broek Dairy (pictured at right), Ten Brummelhuis Dairy Ltd. and Yff Dairy Ltd.
The era of higher corn prices has many nutritionists looking at feeding elevated levels of corn silage as a way to reduce starch input costs. In Eastern Canada, it is not uncommon to be working with rations in the 70 to 80 percent corn silage range as a percentage of the total forages fed – significantly more than even 10 years ago.
The use of baleage, also known as round bale silage, continues to grow across the upper Midwest on dairy and livestock farms.Ruminant animals do well with fermented forages and baleage offers an alternative to producers with limited conventional storage such as upright silos.
Baleage production seems to have filled a niche for small to moderate-sized operations of all kinds, regardless of species.
Age: 38
Location: Dalton, Minnesota
My dairy industry background: Growing up on a dairy farm in West Central Minnesota gave me the opportunity to become involved in dairy at a young age.
Our family milked Holsteins and raised crops for our heifers and livestock.
Since graduating from North Dakota State University, my career has included working with dairy producers as a creamery field representative, food sales and marketing, and currently as a state dairy inspector.
If you aren’t yet familiar with balancing dairy rations for amino acids, you will soon be learning quite a bit about this newer nutrition strategy.
That’s because amino acid balancing has the potential to improve milk component and milk production, improve protein utilization and lessen dairy’s environmental impact.
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