Dairy Farming
Heat Wave and cows
Hi, Dairy Farmers
Here is an article on how cows are influenced by heat wave:
http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=66D1BD78-9BFE-4710-81C2-756D8E331A0C
Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman
Cows ride the carousel
Hi Cow fans
Cows are allowed to have fun as well 😉
Check this out:
http://www.countryworldnews.com/Editorial/CTX/2006/ct0720dairy.html
Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman
Milking cows is good for you!
Hi, Cow fans
If you are interested in milking, read this interesting article:
Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman
Hands-on dairy science for students
Hi, Milk fansÂ
Brutus stood patiently as yet another student pulled on a glove up to her shoulder. The steer has gotten used to people sticking their hands through the fistula, or tube, in his side, reaching into his stomach and squeezing a handful of his lunch.
The steer is doing his part to help attract students into animal and dairy sciences at the University of Georgia.
Read the rest here:
http://www.thebladeplus.com/news/2006/0717/News/020.html
Kind Regards,
Leon the Milkman
Dairy farms getting bigger, more efficient
LISBON, N.D. – While the number of dairy farms nationwide is falling, those that remain are getting bigger and more efficient.
Qual Dairy near the southeastern North Dakota town of Lisbon epitomizes the trend, trucking about 4,650 gallons of milk to Cass-Clay Creamery in Fargo every day – enough to satisfy the daily milk consumption of eight out of nine residents in North Dakota’s largest city.
To learnmore, click on the following link:
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/state/14954033.htm
Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman
Production cut no help to poor milk prices
Hi, Milk Fans
Scottish dairy farmers have rejected persistent claims that they could get a better farmgate price by cutting production.
Read the rest of the article here:
http://business.scotsman.com/agriculture.cfm?id=957782006
Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman
A Dairy Farm Where Milk and Manure Pay the Bills
Hi, Cow Fans
The cows at the Audet family’s Blue Spruce Farm make nearly 9,000 gallons of milk a day—and about 35,000 gallons of manure.
It’s long been the milk that pays, but now the Audets have figured out how to make the manure pay as well. They’re using it—actually, the methane that comes from it—to generate electricity.
Read the rest here:
http://www.livescience.com/environment/ap_060630_manure.html
Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman
Here is an article with some financial figures as well: Economics of producing methane gas from cow manure to generate onfarm electricity (University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service. Bulletin) (University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service. Bulletin)
Dairy farm finds energy source right under its nose
Hi, Dairy Farmers
Three years ago Lebanon’s biggest dairy farm, LibanLait, was confronting two seemingly unrelated problems: the rising cost of generating enough power to operate the dairy plant, and how to dispose of the approximately 160,000 pounds of cow manure that accumulated daily.
Read how they solved this dairy problem:
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=3&article_id=73546
Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman
Dairy farmers, churches partner to fight hunger
Hi, Milk Fans
Five dairy farms in Cayuga County (Aurora Ridge Dairy, Willet Dairy, Sunnyside Farm, Scipio Springs Dairy and Oakwood Farms) and three Ithaca area churches created a local partnership, dubbed “Adopt a Cow,†to raise funds to rebuild cattle herds in Mozambique.
Read the rest by clicking the following link:
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060624/NEWS01/606240318/1002/NEWS01
Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman
UK Holstein prices
Hi, Dairy Farmers
Check out these recent cow prices:
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2006/06/14/95240/Holstein+herd+rides+the+dairy+boom.html
Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman