Congratulations go out to Heather Hostetter, Lebanon, Pa. for her new position as the project manager for the Center for Dairy Excellence’s Dairy Profit Team, Target Team and Practical Dairy Advisor programs. Hostetter will work with the center’s 100 existing profit teams across the state to provide better administration, coordination and accountability of the Dairy Profit Team Program. She will … Read More
DBA Signs Green Tier Charter
The Wisconsin Dairy Business Association (DBA) is helping dairy producers and processors make America’s Dairyland a bit greener by signing the industry’s first charter with the Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Green Tier program. Green Tier is Wisconsin’s innovative program for organizations that voluntarily pledge to go beyond environmental compliance. “Wisconsin should be proud of DBA’s commitment to helping dairy … Read More
Grass Point Launches Midwest Distribution
Grass Point Farms, a brand of Organic Farm Marketing, Inc is excited to announce the launch of their full product line through out the Midwest starting on January 1st. The company, headquartered in Thorp, Wisconsin, has a membership base that is exclusively family farms, where the family provides more than 50 percent of the farm labor. Grass Point Farms, the … Read More
Whole Milk Could Boost Fertility
The results of an exciting study suggest that full-fat dairy products could lead to increased fertility in women seeking to become pregnant. The study, called the Nurses’ Health Study, contained more than 18,000 women. The study was part of a long-term research project looking at the effects of diet and other factors on the development of chronic conditions such as … Read More
Texas Industry Growing
The dairy industry in Texas has grown by leaps and bounds in the last six years. The dairy cow population has ballooned from 20,000 to 140,000 in the Texas Panhandle, and the number of dairies has more than tripled in that same time period. And more cows are on the way. Officials predict the region’s dairy herd will increase by … Read More
Without Milk, Rickets on the Rise
What happens when today’s youngster get too little milk, sunshine and exercise? An anti-bone trifecta, that for some is leading to rickets, the soft-bone scourge of the 19th century. But cases of full-blown rickets are just the red flag: Bone specialists say possibly millions of seemingly healthy children aren’t building as much strong bone as they should — a gap … Read More
WIC Program Revised
The WIC (Women, Infants and Children) food program covered by the U.S. government, has received its first major overhaul in more than 30 years. The program provides food vouchers to low-income women and their children. The changes include the addition of fruits, vegetables and whole grains to the list of foods the vouchers cover.The amount of milk covered by WIC … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review Just when you think cheese prices are down for the count, along comes another rally. Such was the case the first week of December. Block cheese regained almost 9 cents on Monday, after plunging 19 cents the previous week. It closed Friday at $2.1925 per pound, up 18 1/4-cents on the week and 87 1/4-cents … Read More
Study reveals consumer views on animal welfare
A recent study, sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation and conducted by the Bureau for Social Research at Oklahoma State University (OSU) surveyed approximately 1,000 randomly selected people from across the U.S. on their attitudes in regards to animal welfare. The 48-question survey was conducted by telephone. Bailey Norwood, an OSU economist and primary researcher in charge of the … Read More
Washington Farmers Devestated by Flood
This story made my heart break. Roy Osborn, Jr. and several other dairy farmers from the Boistfort Valley in southwest Washington, lost many dairy cows to a river flood. The flood, with water as deep as 12 feet, grew so powerful that it picked up benches and cows and left them hanging in trees, placed a trailer upside down on … Read More