He’s farming at my feet.

It is in all milk producers’ interests to continually drive for greater efficiency in their businesses.

The consumer bill of rights declares, “I have the right for anything I want.”

The Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. incident has brought the dairy industry into the consumer spotlight.

Profitable reproductive performance of a dairy herd requires a quality heat-detection program that ensures routine and conscientious detection and proper timing of insemination.

Die-Hard becomes #1 lifetime production bull at ABS ABS Millionaire Sire 29H8538 Regancrest Rbk Die-Hard VG-86 has surpassed another exciting milestone – he is now the number one semen production bull of all time at ABS. As of March 26, 2008, Die-Hard has produced 1,408,195 units that have passed ABS quality control measures and been made available for sale to dairy producers around the world. The previous title holder was 29HO9023 ROYlane Jordan-ET.

“Inch by inch it’s a cinch; yard by yard it’s hard.” I grew up with that maxim, and was always impressed with the truth of the old saying, but the other day I was tripped and sent sprawling with the same old adage.

In the many years of writing this column, I have written of my work.

When it comes to digester technology, lagoon covers, treatment systems and other methods of manure handling, it seems like much of the press lately has been on the ‘big guys’. Now, I am by no means suggesting that larger production facilities are any better in management or production practices. What I am saying is that the media tends to focus on the larger players in agriculture, for good and for bad, depending on the angle they approach.

How many cows does it take to support an anaerobic digester? The answer: a lot. Large farms have implemented anaerobic digestion (AD) systems in recent years, but little interest has been paid to small- and medium-sized farms until now.