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The lawsuit protests the governor’s recent permit allowing more dairy cows in the wake of growing yogurt demand.
Panel discusses how environmental sustainability leads to profit.
The race to create a better, less controversial biofuel has spawned plenty of research into a variety of potential new sources - including switchgrass, cornstalks and algae. One goal behind the next generation of ethanol fuel is to end the debate over whether crops that could be used for food or animal feed are being converted into fuel. It’s a debate that’s dogged traditional ethanol, made from corn. A team of Wisconsin researchers say they may have found an abundant and eminently Dairyland ingredient for ethanol - cow manure from the state’s dairyfarms. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a coalition of state firms have been awarded $7 million for bioenergy research that would use a manure byproduct to produce ethanol at a dairyfarm in Manitowoc County.The funding was awarded by the U.S. Energy and Agriculture departments through their joint biomass research-and-development initiative.
The award recognizes exceptional leadership in conserving California’s resources, protecting and enhancing the environment and building public-private partnerships.
John Noble, a sixth generation dairyfarmer, got his first taste of the benefits of biogas about a decade ago, when he installed a small system on his Wyoming County farm.Now, Noble and a host of investors, including a handful of local farm families, are getting into biogas in a big way. Synergy Biogas, an entity owned by Florida-based renewable energy company CH4 Biogas, last week took the wraps off its new biogas power project, located on the 1,850-cow dairyfarm that Synergy owns in Wyoming County.
The site reinforces the U.S. dairy industry’s important role in a safe, affordable and abundant food supply.
Goal is to seek long-term solutions for state’s struggling dairy industry, with recommendations developed by year’s end.
Family has farmed the land for 100 years, and today its thriving dairy farm uses cutting-edge technology to increase profits and protect the environment.
A conservation tillage pioneer defies skeptics to reap tangible benefits for his farm, his dairy and the environment.
New research shows antibiotic treatments of hoof lesions can trigger milk residues.
Green Mountain Power has partnered with a family farm to set up its third wind turbine to save money on electricity.
Dairy farms and businesses are changing the equation for sustainable business practices.
Sustainability, consumer perceptions and building consumer trust discussed during first day of the 2015 Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholders Summit.
In a first for the Golden State, a dairy, a digester and an ethanol plant partner to create renewable energy.
Officials for a Lincoln, Neb.-based grocery chain are hoping to turn tons of produce, bakery goods, meat scraps, floral arrangements and cardboard into a salable compost product after it’s mixed with manure from a dairy.
A report last week from Mighty Earth, a campaign of the Center for International Policy, took a break from criticizing farmers and ranchers that raise livestock for meat, and instead turned their attention to the meat companies and feed suppliers (ie. crop farmers), asking them to provide “pollution-free” feed.
Cell phones and remote diagnostics are changing the equipment maintenance process.
Opportunities for dairy producers and heifer raisers to enhance heifer-rearing programs.
Non-traditional forages will be finding their way into summer and fall feeding programs. Here’s help in managing them.
Cows fed this additive show fewer metabolic problems plus a 5 lb. increase in milk output.
Rooted in the millennial old concept of bartering is a new formula for success—trading custom work.
What if you could stretch your corn supplies a bit further?
Poor growing condition this past spring, winterkill and last year’s drought all lead to huge forage challenges for dairies.
Your cows need it. But what type of fat and how much should your herd’s rations include?
Mother Nature always likes to have her own way but farmers can now have more say over how much water stays in or out of their fields, thanks to the use of controlled drainage technology. The basic concept with controlled drainage is that a water-control structure attached to traditional tile can be used like a dam in farmers’ fields, says Crop-Tech agronomist Isaac Ferrie. When gated with stacked baffles, the structures allow you to release water when you don’t want it in the field, like during planting or harvest, or to hold it back for a crop’s use when rainfall is sc
With support from U.S. importers and non-specialty crop ag groups, Mexican avocado exporters sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asking for swift action on a May 2016 final rule that approved avocado imports from all of Mexico. The USDA currently allows only Mexican avocados grown in the state of Michoacán state to enter the U.S. The letter said the final rule was based upon a detailed pest-risk analysis that showed expanding the program would not jeopardize the phytosanitary security of U.S. growers.
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