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Soon after being named editor of Progressive Dairyman more than five years ago, my first assignment was to travel with a bus tour through the Midwest en route to World Dairy Expo. I remember sitting on the bed in my hotel room the night before the tour started, feeling anxious as to whether I would be able to write something about the tour that would be new and noteworthy.
I wanted our coverage to stand out. But what made me nervous was that this assignment wasn’t the most obviously newsworthy event. It wasn’t the first-ever bus tour dairymen had organized nor was it the first-ever dairy exhibition that I was headed to. This was World Dairy Expo; hundreds of stories have been written about it already.
When the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was passed in 1938, it provided federal restrictions on the employment of children in private employment, including agriculture.
The nonagricultural child labor provisions of the FLSA apply to youth under the age of 18. The agricultural provisions of the FLSA only apply to youth under the age of 16.
For the past several years, the Department of Labor has been reviewing the federal child labor regulations.
Jeff Nonay is a third-generation dairy farmer in Alberta. His grandfather’s family business grew to include his father, Dave, and his uncle, Dan, and moved to its present location near Legal – 30 kilometres north of Edmonton – in 1976.
At that time it was incorporated as Lakeside Dairy Ltd. Jeff joined the corporation in 2001 and moved up to president in 2007, a position he still holds.
Jeff’s sister, Stephanie, is expected to join within the next year. According to Jeff, she “has earned her way to participate on the ownership level.”
Combines have been monitoring yield since the mid-90s. Back then, forage yield monitoring was still in development.
However, yield monitors for forage harvesters have made great progress in the last 10 years. We are familiar with the importance of calibrating the yield monitors on combines, and now need to pay similar attention to forage harvesters.
Why manage a seasonal herd on pasture?
For starters, here are seven good reasons:
• Single milking herd management. I like seasonal dairying because it allows the management of even a large herd as one group.
Those attending the recent Western United Dairymen annual convention in Temecula, California heard optimistic predictions about the tremendous potential that dairy exports hold for the dairy industry, while at the same time cheering the news that progress has been made on eliminating federal support for ethanol.
The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) welcomed the launch of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), the most economically significant U.S. FTA in nearly two decades.
Thanks to this historic agreement, Korean consumers will now have greater opportunities to access high-quality dairy products from the United States.
Two tornado warnings threatened but couldn't stop a successful Kentucky Dairy Partners Meeting (KDP) and Young Dairy Producer Conference (YDPI). The events, held February 28-29, were a collaborative effort of the Kentucky Dairy Development Council, SUDIA/ADA of Kentucky, University of Kentucky Dairy Extension and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.
Corn growers are constantly looking for ways to maximize profit. Planter condition is one of the most controllable variables that influence profitability.
Research studies have shown that planter maintenance impacts the quality of stand establishment. In 2000, researchers conducted a study which showed an average yield improvement of 4.2 bushels per acre due to planter calibration.
Jamesway Farm Equipment introduced a radical new design of Lagoon Pump.
The patented Pumpeller hybrid turbine takes much less time and fuel to agitate the toughest lagoons without the need for a gearbox.
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