Be sure to get your applications in for the Dairy Economic Loss Assistance Payment Program through USDA. The deadline is today to get the applications in, so if you were planning on applying, don’t miss your chance. Here is a bit of information on the program from Julie Sherwood, staff writer of the Messenger Post. The application deadline is today … Read More
Hawaii Dairy Farm Pampers Cows, Featured in USA Today
Robbie Dingeman with USA Today recently reported on a dairy farm that is pampering their cows with water beds. Water beds? Is this for real? In an attempt to treat their cattle better and promote increased milk production, a Hawaiian-based dairy farm is testing out their theory of water beds for their cows and are discovering amazing results. Read the … Read More
The New Year Should See Higher Milk Prices
Here’s some good news for dairy farmers New Year: milk prices are starting to rise. The December all-milk price, according to the USDA, is $16.30 per hundredweight. That is up 44 percent from the lows registered this past summer. USDA used the $16.30 figure to compute the milk-feed ratio released in Wednesday’s “Agricultural Prices” report. Here are the all-milk prices … Read More
PETA's Dumping of Milk Prompts Farmers' Donations to Needy Families
As reported by the Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, S.D., AgUnited For South Dakota is reacting to a PETA protest in Rapid City, after the group dumped gallons of milk in the trash last week. Cheers to AgUnited for standing up and speaking out on behalf of America’s dairy farmers and in promoting milk as a healthy part of a … Read More
Raise Your Hand For Chocolate Milk
Some schools and activist groups are looking to remove lowfat chocolate milk from cafeterias, but this actually could do more nutritional harm than good, says a new effort, Raise Your Hand For Chocolate Milk! Chocolate milk is the most popular milk choice in schools and kids will drink less milk (and get fewer nutrients) if it’s taken away. This website … Read More
Athletes Chug Chocolate Milk After Workouts
Wow, what a positive message about dairy as a healthy part of a well-balanced diet! As shared by WLWT News in Omaha, Neb., athletes at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are now downing chocolate milk after practice, and they are liking the taste and the results they are getting from that glass of power and strength. What a great story! Check … Read More
Organic Dairy Farmers Create Brand: MooMilk
Molly Line at Fox News recently posted a report on a new brand of organic milk called MooMilk. MooMilk will be sold in Maine and New Hampshire to start but, the farmers hope to eventually distribute throughout New England. Check it out! In the midst of a crisis hitting the nation’s dairy industry a group of organic farmers in Maine, … Read More
Raise Your Hand for Chocolate Milk!
Who loves chocolate milk? Raise your hands! Did you know that chocolate milk is a healthy and delicious drink filled with nine essential nutrients, including calcium? Did you also know that lowfat chocolate milk is the most popular milk choice in schools? This power drink needs you to stand up and sign the “Raise Your Hand For Chocolate Milk” petition … Read More
Automatic Milking: How Effective Is It?
Here is an interesting look at automatic milking and its effectiveness. Charolotte Johnston with TheCattleSite evaluates the benefits of automatic milkers through four different interviews with producers Tim Gibson, Doug Heintz, John Wolf and Max Warren. This is an interesting look at dairy technology and equipment. Titled, Automatic Milking: How Effective Is It? this article is an interesting read that … Read More