Forage Quality Drives Milk Production

A survey of Wisconsin herds producing more than 30,000 lb of milk per cow shows that forage quality, not high levels of grain feeding, drives milk production. By: Jim Dickrell

Wanted: A Home for 4 Tankers of Milk

Anywhere from 90 to 100 dairy producers in Wisconsin and New York are looking for new markets for their milk, and fast. Impacted processors, including Grassland Dairy and Nasonville Dairy in Wisconsin, have lost Canadian customers thanks to changing import regulations on what our northern neighbors designate as Class VII, or ultrafiltered, milk. By MIKE OPPERMAN.

Saudi land purchases fuel debate over US water rights

Saudi Arabia’s largest dairy company will soon be unable to farm alfalfa in its own parched country to feed its 170,000 cows. So it’s turning to an unlikely place to grow the water-chugging crop — the drought-stricken American Southwest.