Hunter Valley farmer fears time’s up as coal encroaches

DAIRY farmers across the NSW Hunter Valley are under threat. Between mining interests taking over properties, milk price battles, wild weather, and the prospect of a carbon tax, many farmers are starting to question whether life on the land is worth the trouble. Dairy farmers are a rare breed — not only do they take [...]

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Hollandtown plant in Kaukauna adds 30 jobs

Arla Foods, a multinational dairy producer based in Denmark, has enlarged its Hollandtown facility in Kaukauna and added 30 jobs, bringing the workforce there to 165. Arla added a 12,000-square-foot building to the dairy, for a total of 110,000 square feet at the location. The addition enables the Hollandtown facility to produce 33 million pounds [...]

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How to Set Up a Dairy Farm Business

Starting a type of agricultural business involves a lot of decisions and formulating a plan of action in order to be successful. The main factor which is central to all business is finance. While maintaining a dairy farm, it’s essential to take into account all the factors. This article highlights information to setup a dairy [...]

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Milk Producers Continue to Enroll in New National Dairy FARM Program to Assure Consumers

Today’s consumers want to know that the food they purchase is safe, wholesome, nutritious, and produced with integrity. U.S. milk producers are demonstrating that commitment by enrolling at a rapid pace in the National Dairy FARM Program: Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM). In fact, since enrollment began in September 2010, 45 percent of the nation’s [...]

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DBA Expresses Support of Strengthening Rural Broadband Access

Having access to mobile broadband connectivity is not only a huge step for society, but it also opens up opportunities for improved efficiency and communications for the rural dairy industry. That’s why the Dairy Business Association is pushing to make broadband even more available in remote parts of the state where such access is limited. [...]

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Milk Producers Continue to Enroll in New National Dairy FARM Program to Assure Consumers

ARLINGTON, VA – Today’s consumers want to know that the food they purchase is safe, wholesome, nutritious, and produced with integrity. U.S. milk producers are demonstrating that commitment by enrolling at a rapid pace in the National Dairy FARM Program: Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM). In fact, since enrollment began in September 2010, 45 percent [...]

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ABS progeny turn heads around the globe

In the past month many ABS bred progeny have turned heads, with some outstanding successes. A daughter of ABS Primetime™ specialist bull, Coyne Farms DORCY, sold for the top price of $60,000 in the US. She has the current number one GTPI score in the country. ABS has already purchased DORCY sons due to their outstanding [...]

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Dairy Diversification

A five-farm digester venture in Massachusetts could be a game-changer for struggling dairy farmers. In Massachusetts today, dairy farming circulates about $40 million through the state economy. While that is a hefty chunk of change, the number of dairy farms in the state has been rapidly declining. In the past 25 years, Massachusetts has experienced [...]

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Dairy farms still vital to Harford County despite fewer farms

It’s been 25 years since the federal government bought out a substantial number of dairy farmers in Harford County. Despite the federal buyout program and the suburbanization of a large swath of the county, dairy farming remains a way of life on 21 Harford farms. It’s a far cry from when dairy farming was number [...]

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Florida Dairy Farmer of the Year

A native New Yorker, Ron St. John came to north central Florida in 1986, and has blazed a trail of innovation and expansion in dairy farming ever since. St. John lives in Trenton, Fla. He owns five dairy farms, including two in Georgia, and has a new one under construction in Florida. As a result [...]

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Landwehrs are doing lots of things right on dairy farm

WATKINS, Minn. — Landwehr Dairy’s attention to cleanliness and cow comfort was highlighted on a tour of the Watkins area farm. Regional Extension educator Jim Salfer said the clean conditions around and in each barn are part of the farm’s everyday routine. “The farm you see today is not like this because a dairy tour [...]

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MPs demand dairy farmer protection

A HOUSE of Commons committee is calling on the UK government to do more to help protect milk producers in this country. In a report published today, the environment food and rural affairs committee warns that, if farm-gate milk prices remain below the average cost of production, the government will have to ensure that UK [...]

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