Taiwan Dairy And Products Annual 2007
By the USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service - This article provides the dairy industry data from the USDA FAS Dairy and Products Annual 2007 report for Taiwan. A link to the full report is also provided. The full report includes all the tabular data which...

Low Costs Drive Production to Large Dairy Farms
By James M. MacDonald, William D. McBride, and Erik J. O’Donoghue. Amber Waves September 2007. ERS USDA. Profits and losses lead to fewer small dairy farms and more large operations.

Alternative Renewable Fuel Synergies Create Potential for Northern Plains
By J.W. Schroeder, Dairy Specialist. NDSU Extension Service, Dairy Focus. North Dakota is in a good position to benefit from the production of alternative, renewable fuels.

Profits, Costs, and the Changing Structure of Dairy Farming
By James M. MacDonald, Erik J. O’Donoghue, William D. McBride, Richard F. Nehring, Carmen L. Sandretto, and Roberto Mosheim. USDA ERS report.

June Milk Rises Only 1.2%
By Robert Tigner, Iowa Farm Outlook. Iowa State University Extension. A weak increase in milk per cow, up only 16 pounds, led to another small monthly milk production increase, +1.2%, during June compared to one year ago.

Milk Replacer Costs: Why Are Prices Skyrocketing? And What Can You Do?
By Coleen Jones and Jud Heinrichs, Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University.

FOOT AND MOUTH, Surrey, UK: Third Interim epidemiology report
By Defra - This article is the FMD 2007 Epidemiology Report on the probable release of FMD virus at the Pirbright site and the transmission of infection to the first infected cattle herd, from investigations up to 29 August 2007 (Day 26.

UK Cattle Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report (to June 2007)
By Veterinary Laboratories Agency - This report monitors trends in the major endemic cattle diseases. The report is compiled using disease data gathered by the network of VLA Regional Laboratories.

Corn Silage Harvest: The Rest of the Story
By Dean Ross, Extension Dairy Educator, Southeast Michigan. High quality corn silage does not just “happen”, it is planned.

Chopping Soybeans for Silage
By Bill Weiss, Dept of Animal Sciences, OARDC/OSU. Because of dry conditions, soybeans may not mature adequately to justify harvesting the crop as beans. An alternative is to chop the entire plant and make silage out of it.

Managing Livestock Grazing Distribution
By Eric M. Mousel, Range Livestock Production Specialist. College of Agricultural and Biological Scienses - USDA. South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension Service.

US Cattle Outlook Report - August 2007
By U.S.D.A., Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the August 2007: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report, highlighting Global Cattle Industry data.

Nitrogen Fertilization Strategies for Annual Ryegrass Pastures
By Robert Kallenbach, State Forage Specialist, Matt Massie and Richard Crawford, Southwest Research Center, Mt. Vernon. University of Missouri Extension. Livestock operations as far north as southern Iowa are planting annual ryegrass pastures as an alternative...

July Cattle Report: Beef Cattle Numbers Down
By Shane Ellis, Iowa Farm Outlook. Iowa State University Extension. The July cattle report indicated that most classifications of cattle are down or steady from a year ago. Total cattle numbers are down 0.4 percent from a year ago at 104.8 million head....

FOOT AND MOUTH, Surrey, UK: Interim epidemiology report
By Defra - This article is the FMD 2007. Summary Epidemiology Report giving the situation as at 10:00 Thursday 09 August 2007, as published by Defra.