DAIRY
Minnesota dairy farmer wins Good Farm Neighbor Award
The hot, wet summer has kept many Minnesota livestock farmers hopping to keep their animals comfortable. Among them is Doug Heintz, recipient of the August Good Farm Neighbor Award from the Minnesota...
Posted on 9/10/10 at 11:58 AM
Carrington day trip
I recently took a trip to see my brother in Carrington, North Dakota. David is the brother to whom I write my monthly letters that are part of my column; he would seem a convenient fictional creation...
Posted on 4/15/10 at 6:26 AM
Thumb farm owners face sentence this week
BAD AXE, Mich. — Businesses that rely on a Thumb dairy farm are urging a judge not to send the owners to jail next week for hiring illegal immigrants.November 16, 2011
Veblen dairy facility destroyed
By Mikkel Pates , November 07, 2011
Michigan dairy objects to extra scrutiny by vets
HAMILTON, Mich. — A dairy that sold cows with illegal levels of antibiotics as human food warned there would be “disastrous consequences” if only veterinarians could diagnose sick animals at its 10,000-head operation in western Michigan.October 28, 2011
Milk output in Wisconsin, Minnesota hints at positive trend
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s dairy industry is continuing a modest turn-around in production, and Minnesota is inching closer to its own positive reversal.October 25, 2011
Iowa cheese-makers decide to pull the plug
SPRINGVILLE, Iowa — The brief, successful life of Acoustic Farms Dairy is a cautionary tale for those pursuing a new dream.By Dave DeWitte , October 21, 2011
Wisconsin state vet eases TB tests for Minnesota cattle
MADISON, Wis. — Cattle brought from Minnesota to Wisconsin no longer have to be tested for bovine tuberculosis.October 14, 2011
Record-high hay prices straining Kansas dairies
WICHITA, Kan. — A summer of drought that wilted pastures and alfalfa fields has led to record high hay prices this fall and looming shortages to feed cattle this winter.By Roxana Hegeman , October 12, 2011
Reliable source? Bloggers should check facts first
TWIN BROOKS, S.D. — We are used to errors in the paper. I once was called “a consultant for the livestock industry” and I think that is a rather humorous error. I look in my mail box daily, but no checks from the livestock industry show up. Rats!By Linda Simmons , October 11, 2011
Suit filed against dairy program
WASHINGTON — The National Milk Producers Federation on Sept. 28 defended “Cooperatives Working Together,” its program to cull cows when prices are low, against a lawsuit that charges it violates U.S. antitrust laws and attempts to fix milk prices.By Jerry Hagstrom , October 03, 2011
CBO estimates 60 percent of producers would sign up for program
WASHINGTON — While a key element in the dairy reform bill introduced by House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., would be voluntary, the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the producers of at least 60 percent of the nation’s milk would sign up for it, according to National Milk Producers Federation President Jerry Kozak.By Jerry Hagstrom , October 03, 2011
Dairy producers reject status quo
WASHINGTON — Dairy producers realize that the status quo protections offered by current federal policies have failed them during the past decade — especially in 2009 — yet some may be understandably apprehensive about advocating comprehensive reform of those policies.By Jerry Kozak , October 03, 2011
Wisconsin butter law could be target for repeal
MADISON, Wis. — A quirky Wisconsin law intended to protect the state's dairy industry by making it illegal for restaurants to serve margarine as a replacement for butter is being targeted for repeal.By Scott Bauer , September 22, 2011
Dairy drama: A timeline
By Mikkel Pates , September 19, 2011
A SD family quietly builds food-grade, liquid trucking
By Mikkel Pates , September 19, 2011
Up from the ashes
By Mikkel Pates , September 19, 2011
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