Better cows mean better profitability on today’s dairy farms, according to Dr. Bennett Cassell, dairy science professor emeritus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg.
She may have started as a city girl from Columbus, but Ohio State University extension dairy field specialist Dianne Shoemaker is now one of the state’s most respected voices in dairy farm management.
Mentor, language training boosting dairy work safety
The modern dairy operation is full of opportunities for accidents and injuries, and there also are standards to be met to ensure the safety of the milk produced and the health of the cows.
Consumer prices for livestock and poultry products in the United States are impacted by many factors, from consumer willingness to pay to the supply/demand impacts of export market changes.
Foreign meat and chicken sold in the United States would no longer be labeled as from another country, under emergency steps taken in Congress to avoid the threat of financial penalties.
Senators try to push through measure to amend WOTUS rule
The ongoing battle over the U.S. EPA’s proposed rule regarding waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) continued last week, as the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works moved forward on legislation that would force the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to rewrite the Clean Water Rule that became final last month.
Farmers seek aid from STB to settle grain rate disputes
In the first of three public hearings before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) over a Congressional mandate to establish a unified rate structure for shipping grains last week, the farming industry called for the government’s help to resolve questionable rail shipping rate charges.
CDC: Infection possible for those who work with HPAI birds
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this month issued a health advisory for people "with close or prolonged unprotected contact with infected birds or contaminated environments" to be alert to the possibility of human infection from highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI.
