California Congressman Jim Costa talks about dairy in the farm bill. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to Open or Download Audio Report In an exclusive interview with AgNet West, Congressman Jim…
Congressman Costa Talks about Farm Bill
…Report Costa on dairy in the farm bill: Click to Open or Download Audio Report Costa on elements that were kept in the bill: Click to Open or Download Audio…
Costa Supports Advancing the Farm Bill, Calls for House Action
…dairymen and women. These include among others: $600 million over 10 years for the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) to encourage the development of new technologies and improved efficiencies in…
House Farm Bill Markup
The House’s farm bill mark up begins with a change over last year, with the Ag Committee keeping in the dairy supply program. Sabrina Hill has more. Click to open…
Health Insurance Tax and Small Business
…will hurt small business employees the hardest. That’s according to New York Farm Bureau President and dairy owner Dean Norton. Norton is a member of the American Farm Bureau Federation…
AFBF: Heath Tax and Small Farms
The Health Insurance Tax will hurt small business employees the hardest, according to New York Farm Bureau President and dairy owner Dean Norton. Norton, a member of the American Farm…
Grants to Help Fund Dairy Research
…at is a variety of things to improve efficiencies on the farm and other research methods that will bring value to dairy farmers,” said Tom Gallagher, CEO of Dairy Management…
USDA, Dairy Agreement to Help Environment
The 2009 Memorandum of Understanding between U.S. dairy producers and the USDA will continue to help find ways to reduce the effects dairy operations can have on the environment. Sabrina…
USDA, Dairy Producers Renew Agreement
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today renewed a historic agreement with U.S. dairy producers to accelerate the adoption of innovative waste-to-energy projects and energy efficiency improvements on U.S. dairy farms, both…
USDA To Continue Monthly Milk Reports
Dairy interests will get a monthly USDA milk production report after all. However, they can expect a streamlined report. Gary Crawford has details. Click to open or download audio report….
Wenger Takes On Dairy Protests at Conference
…Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, Wenger touched on issues like dairy protests, water, pesticides, and labor. On the topic of dairy, Wenger said there’s no clear solution to…
10-Year Outlook for Dairies
California dairies have really struggled over the last year and now the USDA says the nation’s dairy operators could face some big challenges over the next decade. Gary Crawford reports….
Get the Most from Dairy Nutrition
…of Diversified Dairy Solutions is a dairy nutritionist from Tulare. He spoke at the World Ag Expo last week on the topic the science of forage. He said there’s a…
AgNeTVideo Report: Dairy at the World Ag Expo
…up inside the dairy center, where they talked with current, and perhaps future, dairy farmers. A popular attraction was the California milk advisory board booth and the Dairy Princess. Along…