Dairy - General
California dairies combine for manure-to-energy benefits
Dairy Today has covered numerous U.S. dairy digester and cap-and-trade projects in recent years. These producers tell what they’ve learned since we first featured them.
The Agriculture Nutrient Policy Council releases report raising questions about data to set pollution limits for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Funding deadline set for March 4, 2011.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today commemorated the one year anniversary of an historic agreement to help U.S. dairy producers cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Rock Creek Dairy project is the fourth digester in Idaho’s Magic Valley and the first to take effluent from multiple sites.
It was below freezing as an “AgDay” photographer and I toured Brubaker Farms in early December. But we quickly warmed to the Brubakers—patriarch Luke, sons Mike and Tony—this year’s Innovative Dairy Farmers of the Year (see “Power and Profit,” page 8).
Summary highlights dairy industry’s efforts to increase economic, environmental and social sustainability.
A methane digester and solar panels power Brubaker Farms, 2011 Innovative Dairy Farm of the Year.
Brubaker Farms uses solar panels and a methane digester to provide energy for the farm and hundreds of local homes.
Honorees recognized at the National Mastitis Council Annual Meeting Jan. 23-26 in Arlington, Va.
A flush-flume sand settling system simplifies sand removal at 3-D Dairy.
Under revised air-quality Rule 4570, California dairies must cut silage emissions.
8,000-cow manure processing center in Wisconsin has it all.
Solar panels lead the way, USDA’s first-ever nationwide renewable energy survey shows.
As part of a Canadian delegation to Europe last month, Don Kenny, chair of the Guelph-based Grain Farmers of Ontario, stood alongside federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and others, imploring the European Union to take a science-based approach to agricultural trade and genetically modified crops. Any decisions made in Europe about restricting Canadian imports should be based on scientific study, not theoretical threats or public pressure, they said.
Just over a month ago, the Department of Agriculture announced that it will allow American farmers to plant a genetically engineered version of alfalfa. The news also sparked an angry debate among organic advocates about what’s most important in the organic label.
Novus International, Inc., is introducing an innovative program to help dairy producers enhance the comfort and well-being of their herds
America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers has distributed a $5.3 million cash payment to members.
The High Plains Water District in the Texas panhandle is proposing to restrict water usage to 1.25 acre feet starting January 1, 2012.
The state agency that regulates Oregon’s $473 million dairy industry has given kudos this month to three dairy operations that have gone above and beyond the call of duty in protecting water quality.
The bio-engineered herd of dairy cattle produces more “human-like” milk that has 20% more milk fat and several key proteins.
State ag commissioner touts program that offers up to $25,000 to convert hot water from electric to solar.
California’s water problems are more than a fish-versus-people struggle or the fall-out from weather-related drought.
Rural producers across Michigan have already tapped REAP to make their businesses more energy efficient and profitable.
About half a dozen smaller dairyfarms in the Shenandoah Valley will be subject to inspection by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the first half of May, valley dairy operators learned at an April 19 meeting with EPA officials.
The cost of cutting down dairy ‘food miles.’
The world’s rising temperature is slowing production of major food crops, and as global warming continues, the trend will significantly disrupt the economies of many countries and impair the health of their people, Stanford researchers say.
Agreement focuses on the development of sustainability best management practices.
Groups tell Congress that historically tight supplies of grains and oilseeds make program change imperative.