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Central Plains Dairy Industry News
Feb. 22, 2010
Police ourselves on animal welfare
If you don't start policing animal welfare, it will be done for you...”and that will be far worse," says Jan Shearer, Iowa State University Extension veterinarian. Read what concerns him most. Click here.
Interested in ND
Dairies are interested in relocating to the Central Plains. "We have a guy (from California) who's coming next week," Gary Hoffman, executive director for the North Dakota Dairy Coalition, told the Visilia Times while exhibiting at the recent World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif. Read more.
$60,000 Iowa penalty
A court has ordered a Cresco, Iowa, dairy producer to pay $60,000 for manure management violations. Read more.
Expo signup
Don’t delay, call 218-236-8420 or email kathy@centralplainsdairyexpo.com to reserve tickets for:
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Central Plains Dairy Expo Welcome Reception and Heidi Newfield Concert, March 30 beginning at 5:30 p.m., at the Sioux Falls Arena. Tickets for producers, their families and employees are free thanks to co-sponsors Valley Queen Cheese, Davisco Foods International, First Bank and Trust and Land O’Lakes. Tickets for non-producers are $30 each.
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Central Plains Dairy Expo and Western Iowa Dairy Alliance Ag Prayer Breakfast, March 31 at 6:45 a.m. in the Sioux Falls Convention Center. Tickets are $15 each.
For a brochure on the Central Plains Dairy Expo, click here.
Increase Rumensin to make more $$$
Mike Hutjens, University of Illinois dairy nutritionist, says you may be able to make more money by increasing the amount of Rumensin you feed. Take it up in small increments until the milk fat test drops one-tenth of a point, he advises. Read more from AgriNews.
2009 “totally stunk,” but it didn’t kill MN optimism
"Last year totally stunk. I've never seen such a wide fluctuation in prices. But I'm optimistic about the future of dairy farming. If I wasn't I wouldn't be in this line of work." -- Jeff Metz, Hart-Land Dairy, Rushford, Minn., in the Rochester Post Bulletin. Read more
Animal care A,B,Cs
Every dairy should have a document on animal care, says Marcia Endres, University of Minnesota Extension dairy specialist. Other tips:
A) Screen job applicants on animal care.
B) Train employees on policies and proper animal care procedures.
C) Implement security programs so you know who is on the farm.
D) Have a media-trained spokesperson.
Research news
How good is recycled manure as bedding? Read more.
A potential new danger for pregnant women who work with cows. Read more.
Are you overfeeding corn silage? Read more.
New product: Drywall bedding
Recycled dry wall makes good bedding mix. It’s available at approximately $40 per ton plus shipping adjustments from Princeton, Minn. Drywall keep sawdust much drier and extends its life 50%, says Lonnie Grener, who uses it in his dairy at Foley, Minn. Read more in The Land or call Travis or Ally Leonard, Innovative Gypsum Products, at 763-633-5858.
Trivia answer
Theresa Raak, I.G. Raak, Inc., Jasper Minn., was first to correctly answer that the top two days of the year for pizza sales are the day of the Superbowl and the day before Thanksgiving. Also with the right answer: Donald Guthmiller, SDSU Extension Marketing/Management Educator, Hamlin County Extension; and Lori Wright, Akey. Many readers replied that Superbowl Sunday and News Year Day or New Year’s Eve were the top days.
New Trivia: Wow, what a cow!
A cow on Tom and Gin Kestell’s Ever-Green-View Farm, Waldo, Wis., recently broke the national milk production record. How much did she produce?
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