dairy farm News
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MDI Succession Workshop Features Speaker Jolene Brown
Minnesota Dairy Initiative is hosting a farm succession planning workshop with speaker Jolene Brown from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 15, at Shady’s Tavern, 451 Railroad Ave, Albany. Brown, who has been called “The Dr. Phil of Agriculture,” is a farmer whose presentations focus on solutions to family business challenges. This event will focus on ways farm businesses can ...
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International
DairyTuner supports dairy farms in Scandinavia, Germany, Romania, the US and the Netherlands. This includes large corporate groups, for example (East) Germany and Lithuania. Therefore we are much exposed to different situations, climates and availability of feed ingredients. This brings us regularly to new insights and ideas that can come to your business ...
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VIV Europe 2022!
Meet us at the VIV Europe in Utrecht Nehterlands Address: Hannover Exhibition Center Dates: 31 May-2June 2022 Booth no.: Hall 11 E046 We will show the our latest products for cow farm and new lighting dimming system for poultry. Some pictures of new products as below for reference! Hontech Dairy Farm ...
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Fortissimo & Afikim Sign a New Deal
Afimilk’s shareholders, Fortissimo Capital and Kibbutz Afikim, signed an agreement between them for Fortissimo to acquire 25% of Afimilk’s shares to hold 55%, whereby Kibbutz Afikim continues to hold 45% of the shares. Yuval Rachmilevitz, Afimilk’s CEO commented: “The purchase of Afimilk’s shares reflects our shareholders’ confidence in Afimilk and its ...
By Afimilk Ltd
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Round 2 of the Countryside Productivity Grant
Round 2 of the Countryside Productivity Small Grants scheme is now open to all farm types including dairy, livestock, horticulture and arable, with a total of £15 million available. The grant is to help British farmers improve productivity through upgrades to their equipment and the ADF System is eligible. So don’t miss out! Invest in equipment to improve the productivity of your ...
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Expert Discussion & Networking at Pair of Upcoming Dairy-Focused Events
Network with fellow dairy producers and learn from experts in the field as Sustainable Farming Association and Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship host two upcoming events focused on helping family dairies remain profitable and sustainable farm businesses. First is a free Master Grazier Roundtable from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fri., Jan. 3, at Cornerstone Buffet & Restaurant, 223 E Kraft Dr, Melrose. If ...
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DGA Update: Government Programs Can Help Dairy Farmers During Crisis
If you are currently dairy farming or looking into dairy farming, you know that the price of milk is not looking good. The coronavirus pandemic has thrown the economy into a recession. Prices on commodities have been dropping and we are even hearing that milk trucks in Wisconsin are being dumped on fields because there is nowhere to process them. Restaurants have dropped their contracts and the ...
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Announcing our new Dealer in Colorado
We are very excited to announce that we now have a new dealer in Colorado, United States of America. High Plains Robotics is an exciting business founded on the experience and success of several businesses, DeLaval, Artex and Fiske Electric. The combination of excellent dairy products, international business, experienced local technicians, and decades of dairy operation gives High Plains Robotics ...
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DGA Update: June is Dairy Month
Did you know that June has been called Dairy Month since 1939? This is a great time to recognize and celebrate our dairy farmers that provide a healthy, nutritious product. Minnesota dairy farms produce a lot of milk, ranking number 8 in the nation. Milk is an affordable nutritional source containing nine essential nutrients including protein, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, riboflavin, niacin, ...
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Major European Dairy Farm Visitors Visit Addfield
Mr James Grant & Mr Nathan Hughes demonstrate to overseas guests why the Addfield Brand continues to surpass not only the UK competition but as we integrate the Tectrol Range to our family, our overseas competitors must now surely be feeling the punch of the Addfield fist of success. Nathan Hughes adds This is a total UK benchmark site, I am always overwhelmed when I come here, it’s ...
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Major European Dairy Farm Visitors Visit Addfield
Mr James Grant & Mr Nathan Hughes demonstrate to overseas guests why the Addfield Brand continues to surpass not only the UK competition but as we integrate the Tectrol Range to our family, our overseas competitors must now surely be feeling the punch of the Addfield fist of success. Nathan Hughes adds This is a total UK benchmark site, I am always overwhelmed when I come here, it’s ...
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USSEC’s Efforts Lead to Increased U.S. Soy Bypass Protein Exports in Saudi Arabia and Middle East
USSEC held dairy nutrition seminars in cooperation with West Central (Wilmar, MN), Ag Processing, Inc, AGP (Omaha, NE), and Fornazor International (Hillsdale, NJ), covering the ins and outs of container logistics for bypass soybean meal AminoPlus®, a value-added product, from the U.S. to the Middle East. Many dairy farms in the Middle East have started to import AminoPlus® and ...
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Find your farm niche, says scholar
Mikaela Baker took her first agricultural studies in Year 9 and after a placement on a sheep farm for one day a week was so impressed she set her goals on an agri-business career. Ms Baker decided to study a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at Charles Sturt University and in 2013 she was awarded the Horizon Scholarship, which supports future agricultural leaders. Later she spent ...
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MPs Respond to Invitation to Tour a Dairy Farm
Today, the Bühlmann family of Sonibrand Farms opened their barn doors to their federal Member of Parliament Francis Drouin, along with several other Liberal MPs and staff from the Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC), for a guided tour of their family farm. Located 45 minutes from Parliament Hill, the Bühlmann’s own and operate a modern dairy farm, milking 100 cows with two robotic ...
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Dairy Australia announces additional 2019 Board Nominee
Dairy Australia announces an additional Board nominee standing for election at the 2019 Annual General Meeting, following the closure of nominations last Friday 30 August. Mark Neal is standing for election for the first time. Mark is from a dairy farming background in Australia and trained as an agricultural economist at the University of Sydney. He has worked in farm profitability analysis and ...
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CalfOTel Hybrid Hutches
Good calf rearing is increasingly important for efficient, successful dairy farming. In order to further optimize calf breeding, VDK Products has developed the ‘CalfOTel Hybrid’ – a unique new calf housing concept in which calves can be housed both individually and in small groups ‘outdoors.’ This allows calves to be kept in the same calf hutch from day one to three ...
By DP Agri Ltd
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Varied conditions across SA dairy
“We need to be real about how tough it is,” Mr O’Connor said. “One positive thing is that the milk price is heading in the right direction and it could be worse if that wasn’t happening.” He noted there was also an increased demand for milk with multiple processors looking for supply. On the other hand, high input costs were making it tough to ...
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Homestead Dairy USA enhances management capabilities with Afimilk.
Starting off as a small family-run business in 1945, Homestead Dairy USA has been passed down over the generations; and has since grown into a commercial dairy farm with about 50 employees and over 3000 cows at 3 different facilities. Today, Brian Houin — whose father and uncle bought the farm from his grandfather in 1979 — continues to fulfil the farm’s commitment to supply ...
By Afimilk Ltd
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Permanent residency for skilled migrants to help fix dairy labour shortage
THE federal government has opened a gateway for skilled migrants working on dairy farms to move permanently to Australia in a bid to help solve the industry’s labour shortage crisis. Under changes to the Dairy Industry Labour Agreement (DILA), skilled overseas workers on Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visas and the defunct 457-visa can apply for permanent residency. To be eligible, ...
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Environmental impacts of dairy farming in the Czech Republic
New research suggests that dairy farming may have an important impact on the environment and human health. Although differences in the impact of farming practices across countries have been known for some time, this is the first study to explore the impact of the dairy industry in different regions in the Czech Republic. Dairy farming in the Czech Republic is commonly large-scale with 500 or ...
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