The Farm Survey

03/30/2018

Dairy farms around Vermont are struggling amid low milk prices that are in some cases well below the cost of production. The result is that an increasing

08/10/2017

Hoard's Dairyman

We can all be cow whisperers.

She's talking . . . are you listening?

07/26/2017

Hoard's Dairyman

Progress is inevitable?

No going back from robots.

07/18/2017

Hoard's Dairyman

Something stinks here.

New York manure lawsuit is a pile of poo.

07/12/2017

Splish-splash.

The pool blew away in a storm. When they found it, it was being used.

This was in Jefferson County June 13th.

02/03/2017

Love it.

Only a farmer

01/01/2017

Happy New Years everyone!!

08/30/2016

Farm and Dairy

Manure pits. Scary.

A good but sad story about a manure pit fatality in Wisconsin. Those gasses and fumes can be so dangerous!

01/06/2016

McDonald’s forges stronger dairy menu | Hoards Dairyman

McDonald’s forges stronger dairy menu | Hoards Dairyman

By working with Dairy Management Inc., McDonald’s has incorporated more dairy products into its menu. Recently, the world’s largest restaurant switched from margarine to butter.

01/06/2016

Veterinary Feed Directive: What producers need to know for the new year - Farm and Dairy

An important update...

Beginning in January 2017, producers who regularly use medicated feed for performance enhancement will be limited.

01/06/2016

Blizzard in West Texas and New Mexico Kills 35,000 Dairy Cows

Blizzard in TX and NM kills 35,000 cows.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/us/in-west-texas-hundreds-of-dairy-cows-killed-by-blizzard.html?_r=0

More than 35,000 dairy cows died after a two-day storm hit West Texas and New Mexico on Dec. 26, leaving farmers unable to reach them amid gusts of 80 miles per hour and 14-foot snow drifts.

12/30/2015

Scarce, expensive land makes it hard for young farmers to get started

Sobering.

For Trevor Shafer, a 26-year-old farmer in Green City, Missouri, farming has always come naturally. But with rising prices of land and a bad year for crops and cattle, it

10/19/2015

Is whole milk a healthy choice again?

Is whole milk a healthy choice again?

10/15/2015

An interesting article on how crops may be reducing temperatures in the Midwest. http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/10/cropland-in-the-us-midwest-may-limit-extreme-high-temperatures/

07/29/2015

Swiss helicopter shocks French lake bathers by 'stealing water' for thirsty cows

Thirsty cows are serious business.

Swiss army helicopters cross Franco-Swiss border to scoop up water from Rousses Lake, but fail to ask permission from local authorities

02/07/2015

New High-Tech Farm Equipment Is a Nightmare for Farmers | WIRED

Has farm machinery become too complex? http://www.wired.com/2015/02/new-high-tech-farm-equipment-nightmare-farmers/

I squatted down in the dirt and took stock of my inadequate tools. Over my left shoulder a massive John Deere tractor loomed. I came here to fix that tractor. So far, things weren’t going as planned. I’m a computer programmer by training, and a repairman by trade. Ten years ago, I started iFixit, an…

10/14/2014

What is old might be new again | Hoards Dairyman

What is old might be new again | Hoards Dairyman

A startup company is looking for ways to treat mastitis in dairy cows with wastewater

09/15/2014

Cash On Hand Keeps Farm Land Market in High Gear

"Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful" -- Warren Buffett

http://farmprogress.com/story-cash-hand-keeps-farm-land-market-high-gear-9-117677

Despite grain incomes trending lower, farm land continues to command a premium price.

09/14/2014

Give a Cow Its Due - Modern Farmer

Anyone who works with cattle already knows this. http://modernfarmer.com/2014/09/inner-life-cows/

Physically, intellectually and emotionally, cattle are more complex than we give them credit for being, and they are far less placid as they seem.

05/19/2014

Many state universities have Ag extension programs that offer advice and resources to ranchers and farmers. Have you found them useful?

05/17/2014

Current and Former FFA Members Appear in Semifinals of NBC's The Voice

The Voice contestant Jake Worthington gives a shout out to FFA http://bit.ly/1iVzz4B

Before Jake Worthington took the stage of NBC's The Voice Monday night, he made sure the world knew how proud he was of his roots -- including membership in the National FFA Organization. Jake, 18,...

03/18/2014

Insurance reduced price risk 28 to 39 percent | Hoards Dairyman

Insurance reduced price risk 28 to 39 percent | Hoards Dairyman

LGM-Dairy reduced dairy producer price risk by 28 to 39 percent. However, margins were similar for all producers.

08/30/2013

What can you realistically expect for a salary? | Hoards Dairyman

What can you realistically expect for a salary? | Hoards Dairyman

Hoard's Dairyman shares financial data from 1,500 agriculture students to give a better feel for graduate salaries.

06/14/2013

Dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger receives $1,000 fine in raw milk case

Dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger receives $1,000 fine in raw milk case

A Sauk County dairy farmer who gained national attention in the conflict over whether consumers should be able to purchase raw, unpasteurized milk, was fined $1,000 plus court costs Thursday for a crime that stemmed from a raid on his farm in June 2010.

06/12/2013

Turning cow dung into electricity

Turning cow dung into electricity

Dairy farmer Ron Koetsier's 1,200 cows produce roughly 90 tons of manure daily, and for the last three decades, he has tried unsuccessfully to turn the stinky dung into energy to power his 450-acre...

05/16/2013

Horses as Farm Equipment

A fad? A trend? What do you think? http://nyti.ms/17vVL4A

Once a mainstay of farming, horses are back, as clean and organic as the crops they plow.

05/16/2013

Hoard's Dairyman

Hoard's Dairyman

On a 26 to 20 vote, the Goodlatte-Scott amendment that would have removed market stabilization was voted down by the House Ag Committee.

03/28/2013

Farm and Dairy

Crystalaire Farm and the Thompson Farm in New Wilmington Pennsylvaniana were honored as bicentennial farms recently.

To read the stories of these farms (which happen to be neighbors), follow the link:

http://ow.ly/juU9b

03/27/2013

Penton reorganized the Farm Progress books. They dropped the Farmer-Stockman, which is the only one that mattered, as far as we're concerned.

03/17/2013

Daily Kos: Dairy industry warns of shortages and rising prices if it doesn't get cheap guest workers

Case in point of how Americans are under informed about farming. (See the comments and try to keep your blood from boiling). http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/12/1193497/-Dairy-industry-warns-of-shortages-and-rising-prices-if-they-don-t-get-cheap-guest-workers

The current H-2A agricultural guest worker program just doesn't work for dairy farmers—and they're hoping immigration reform will change that. If it doesn't, they warn, we could see dairy ...

02/15/2013

Shocking undercover dairy video hits home.

Shocking undercover dairy video hits home.

Today a new undercover video of a dairy farm was released and it really hit home for me... Shocking what goes on behind the closed doors of this dairy! And if that's not enough to totally rock your...

12/23/2012

The Gilmer Dairy Farm Christmas Song

A bit long and corny http://youtu.be/cBxN98W65tk

We hope this song brings you a little holiday cheer! Merry Christmas from Gilmer Dairy Farm!

11/21/2012

Climate change increases stress, need for restoration on grazed public lands

A little science on climate change and rangeland restoration. http://phys.org/news/2012-11-climate-stress-grazed.html

Eight researchers in a new report have suggested that climate change is causing additional stress to many western rangelands, and as a result land managers should consider a significant reduction, or in some places elimination of livestock and other large animals from public lands.

10/31/2012

A Dairy Farmer Shares Her Story About Fracking: “What Have We Done?”

A Dairy Farmer Shares Her Story About Fracking: “What Have We Done?”

Op-ed by Carol French for PublicHerald.org Carol French, a conventional dairy farmer in Bradford County, Pa., the county most heavily impacted by shale gas extraction in the state, shares her personal story with you. Her story is part of Public Herald's +Truth campaign for Triple Divide, a document...

10/10/2012

Stand-off over mutant calves not cooling down - Business - NZ Herald News

Stand-off over mutant calves not cooling down - Business - NZ Herald News

An ongoing battle between farmers and a genetics company over a hairy mutation in calves could have been resolved by now with a dose of pragmatism, says Federated Farmers.