Dairy Today articles

Recent articles from Dairy Today

Dairy cow culling gains speed.
October 24, 2008... Byline: Jim Dickrell, editor, Dairy Today U.S. dairy producers sent 24,000 more cows to Federally-inspected slaughter plants in September than a year ago. That's a 12% increase. September culling numbers were 2,000 head less than August, but August numbers probably reflected the bulk of...

CWT announces second herd retirement round for the year.
October 24, 2008... Cooperatives Working Together will conduct a new herd retirement program this fall. This will be the second herd retirement round conducted this year; the previous one was initiated in June. As farm-level milk prices drop to their lowest level in 18 months, CWT officials said it was time...

Down to the Last Drop.(Brief article)
October 24, 2008... Margy Fischer, Farm Journal Machinery Editor Irrigation panels have joined the circle of precision agriculture technologies. Valley Irrigation is the latest to introduce pivot control panels that can be used with GPS technologies. Farmers can program varying rates across fields to prescribe...

Shorter dry periods, less milk?
October 23, 2008... Byline: Jim Dickrell, editor, Dairy Today University of Washington dairy scientists found no difference in mastitis following shortened dry periods in four herds they studied. What they did find, however, is cows with 30- to 45-dry periods produced 2,500 lb./cow less milk in the next...

AMPLI-Calf available in Northwest.
October 23, 2008... AMPLI-Calf Technology, a revolutionary new calf starter technology, is now available in Idaho, Oregon and Washington from Land O'Lakes Purina. This summer, the technology was tested on several Oregon and Washington farms. "The calves on the feed grew larger, looked good and really took off on...