…lagoon covers, composting, and solids separators to reduce methane emissions from cattle, dairy, and swine operations. USDA plans to support 500 new digesters over the next 10 years, as well…
California Dairy Order Part 4
Three major California dairy organizations are requesting to get California on a federal milk marketing order. Now, three more have submitted their own proposals. Sabrina Hill has more. Dairy Order…
California Dairy Order Part 3
Three major California dairy organizations are requesting to get California on a federal milk marketing order. In this report, Sabrina Hill continues her series with Chris Galen, Vice President of…
California Dairy Order Part 2
Three major California dairy organizations are requesting to get California on a federal milk marketing order. Sabrina Hill continues her series with Chris Galen, Vice President of Communications with the…
Atwater FFA Competes Towards A Strong Finish
…overall and was led by Andrew Skidmore (1st high individual overall), Eric Favela, Daniel Mesa, and Nathaniel Cavallero. The Milk Quality and Dairy Foods team placed 2nd overall with a…
California Dairy Order Part 1
Three major California dairy organizations are requesting to get California on a federal milk marketing order. In this report, Sabrina Hill begins her series with Chris Galen, Vice President of…
Dairy Digester Research and Development Program Accepting Proposals for Research
From CDFA The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is now accepting proposals for the Dairy Digester Research and Development Program (DDRDP) Phase II (Research). CDFA was appropriated $12…
Deadline Approaching for Additional Dairy Proposals
…cooperatives are owned by dairy farm families and represent more than 75 percent of the milk produced in California. California is the nation’s leading dairy state. The California Department of…
Water for Farms – a Briefing by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
…alfalfa and corn silage—inputs for the important dairy and cattle industries—generate less revenue per unit of water. In the water-limited San Joaquin Valley, orchards grew from 34 percent to 40…
Atwater FFA Has Banner Results MJC Agriculture Field Day
…five of those teams placing in the Top 5. The Atwater FFA Milk Quality and Dairy Foods placed 3rd overall and was led by Shoua Thao, Christina Aguilar, Daryl Dorsey,…
Fuel Greatness with School Breakfast
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Yesterday the NFL and National Dairy Council’s Fuel Up to Play 60 program stopped by Alicia Reyes Elementary School in Merced. The San Francisco 49ers’ mascot…
Atwater FFA Sweeps Merced College FFA Field Day
…and Audrey Esau. The contest involves milk quality evaluation, milk fat identification, cheese identification, “real vs imitation” dairy products, and a written exam pertaining to the dairy industry. The Atwater…
CDFA Announces Recall of Raw Milk Products at Claravale Farm of San Benito County
From CDFA: Consumers urged to dispose of raw dairy products due to bacterial contamination Raw milk, raw nonfat milk and raw cream produced by Claravale Farm of San Benito County…
Biodigester Bringing Sustainability Full Circle
…dairy and put into an enclosed, partially underground tank that pulls valuable gas from the contents. Kunzman says that biogas is then piped to the Calgren ethanol facility that uses…