URBANA, Ill. – In the fight against aflatoxin, dairy producers often turn to sequestering agents such as clay to reduce transference of the toxin into milk. It’s an effective tactic, but a new study from the University of Illinois shows […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Dairy
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Andrew P. Griffith, University of Tennessee A few weeks ago, Dean Foods announced they were discontinuing milk contracts with 100 or so dairies which included a dozen or so operations in Tennessee. Essentially, the dairies impacted have until the end […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
David P. Anderson, Professor and Extension Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University I expect enough analysts have discussed USDA’s recent Cattle Inventory report so I’m going to tackle another issue. Over the last two weeks, a rumor has […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jared Geiser, Research Assistant and Brenda Boetel, Professor and Extension Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin-River Falls The dairy cattle sector is a vital contributor to U.S. beef supplies. With fluctuating beef cow inventories over the past decade, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From the Farm Progress Show, Kubota Tractor Corporation announces the release of its all-new BV4580 round baler. The BV4580 is the highest capacity baler of Kubota’s popular round baler line, bringing to market a baler producing the 5 ft. by […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Holstein beef market is an integral part of the beef supply chain. Derrell Peel pointed out in his Cow/Calf newsletter dated June 20, 2016 how although the dairy cow represents on average only 22 percent of all cows, they […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Beef is a by-product of the dairy industry and rarely has a major influence on dairy industry production decisions. However, dairy animals contribute a significant portion of total animal slaughter and beef supply. The impact of dairy on beef markets […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Checkoff Calling for Nominations for Beef Quality Assurance Awards
on April 19, 2016
at 9:58 am
Award applications for the 11th annual checkoff-funded National Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Award now are being accepted. The 2017 National BQA Awards recognize five winners in the areas of beef, dairy, marketing and education: The BQA Cow Calf, BQA Feedyard and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Half of all workers on U.S. dairy farms are immigrants, and the damage from losing those workers would extend far beyond the farms, nearly doubling retail milk prices and costing the total U.S. economy more than $32 billion, according to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…