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It is hard to believe this is our final issue of 2011. Last year, we introduced our plans for a new Canadian edition at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ontario.
One year later, we returned to celebrate accomplishments made thus far and announce bigger plans for the future.
It is hard to believe this is our final issue of 2011. Last year, we introduced our plans for a new Canadian edition at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ontario.
One year later, we returned to celebrate accomplishments made thus far and announce bigger plans for the future.
Two busloads of dairy producers and industry representatives crisscrossed through southwestern Ontario on Sept. 16 to see improvements made on area dairies.
Restaurant industry rallies consumers against rising dairy prices
Canadians believe they’re getting milked when it comes to the high cost of dairy in this country, with 73 percent reporting that the cost of the staple food is increasing.
Two busloads of dairy producers and industry representatives crisscrossed through southwestern Ontario on Sept. 16 to see improvements made on area dairies.
Hosted by the Progressive Dairy Operators, this mini-bus tour was held in conjunction with Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, which took place earlier in the week in Woodstock, Ontario.
At a special AgSTAR seminar held at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, a number of dairy producers and anaerobic digester operators came together to speak openly about their systems by responding to audience questions.
Chaput Family Farms is a partnership between brothers Reg and Mike Chaput in North Troy, Vermont. The farm includes 950 cows, 900 heifers, 1,100 acres of tillable land and an anaerobic digester.
A collaboration between the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy and the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has yielded a new online tool that connects dairy producers to the resources they need to save energy and, in turn, save money on their operations.
“This is a great opportunity to show producers how we are using checkoff dollars to join with other organizations and bring information to the table,” says Dan Rice, a dairy producer from Firth, Nebraska.
During a wet lab at PDPW’s Calf Care workshop this week in Arlington, Wisconsin, Dr. Sheila McGuirk from the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine demonstrated a variety of ways to provide proper care to young calves.
Stillborn calf rates can be as high as 12 to 18 percent on dairy farms. One way to avoid early calf death is to know the signs to watch for just after birth and be able to act in a timely manner.
On Sept. 8, the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry held an audit hearing to examine U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) dairy programs. This is the 10th hearing in the series on farm policy that is designed to provide oversight of current spending to ensure programs are delivered effectively.
Current dairy programs include the Dairy Product Price Support Program (DPPSP), Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program, Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP), Livestock Gross Margin Insurance for Dairy (LGM-Dairy), and Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs).
