Dairy - General
If seasonally calved and housed outside year round, HoJos will produce 6% fewer greenhouse gases.
A large part of the conference will be tours of grazing dairies, none of which were damaged by the storm.
Gov. Deval L. Patrick yesterday visited Jordan Dairy Farm to highlight a project that produces methane gas from cow manure.
New York dairy program has met or exceeded all of PAACO’s minimum standards
New Mexico State University is partnering with Texas A&M and other universities across the country on a $9.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to research bovine respiratory disease and how to reduce its prevalence in beef and dairy cattle.
Twelve Pennsylvania dairy producers will join peers from 11 other states in a large-scale project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help farmers reduce greenhouse gases produced by manure.
The back end of a cow provides the front end of the green-energy business that Kevin Maas is slowly expanding in Western Washington and Oregon. With missionary zeal, he and his brother Daryl build modest electricity-producing projects that help family-owned dairyfarms preserve their key role in the agricultural ecosystem.Their company, Farm Power, turns manure into electricity, fertilizer and bacteria-free animal bedding. The technology is fairly simple. What’s hard about a manure digester is linking farmers, bankers, regulators, environmentalists and utilities.
New online tools can help Wisconsin farmers know when conditions are right to spread manure on their land
Good review and refresher for every dairy producer and dairy employee who administers antibiotics to cattle.
Oregon has adopted what some say are the strictest toxic water pollution standards in the United States.
Fair Oaks Farms’ new fleet will be nation’s largest long-haul operation using renewable energy.
The piece demonstrates the vital role dairies play in Pennsylvania’s rural communities
California’s carbon credit program may wind its way to Pennsylvania’s dairy farms. Three local farms have installed manure digesters that will produce electricity by burning methane gas.
Pasture-grazing operations are becoming less foreign to Missouri as they prove to be a profitable trend.
Nearly 50% of U.S. milk supply now under FARM umbrella.
The well-monitoring effort is the most ambitious in the history of California’s dairy industry, and is the first such program of this scale in the U.S.
Rabobank research shows California dairies, processors uniquely positioned to capitalize on growing global demand.
Porter Family honored with Agricultural Environmental Management Award.
Method saves fuel, labor and equipment costs, also reduces soil disturbance and dust.
The New Zealand dairy giant says the global market for organics has changed, seeks to limit losses.
The show’s Oct. 5 program will highlight the ecological soundness, economic viability and positive community influence of St. Brigid’s Farm.
The awards will recognize dairy farms, businesses and collaborative partnerships for efforts that deliver outstanding economic, environmental and/or social benefits.
Even in red-ink-laden 2009, the ratio of Class III milk to corn was about 3-to-1. Next year it’s shaping up to be closer to 2-to-1.
Midwest Environmental Advocates and their clients have paid Rosendale Dairy for legal and expert witness fees to settle the dairy’s claim that MEA’s claims are frivolous.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requiring that 13 dairies in and near Chino take preventative measures to avoid manure runoff before the winter rains.
USDA and World Wildlife Fund join the panel that will judge the newly launched awards program.
The Tillamook area producer agreed to restore and preserve more than 20 acres of historic wetlands to resolve a federal Clean Water Act violation.
Western United Dairymen wants leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees to support funding for the USDA Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
Funding for the biodigesters is provided through the USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
A 500-cow dairy can potentially save from $2,000 to $7,000 every year through more efficient energy management.