January 17, 2024
As food producers, processors, marketers, distributors, and consumers look to effectively manage their environmental footprint and social impact, sustainability of the dairy industry is under examination. But dairy has a largely untold portion of that story: genomics.
June 14, 2022
Milk, fat and protein yields are the primary drivers of dairy farm revenues.
April 4, 2022
Three times a year, genetic evaluations are calculated for all the dairy animals in the U.S. database.
October 7, 2021
Enteric emissions are the greatest contributor to the on-farm carbon footprint of milk.
September 2, 2021
July 29, 2021
In a traditional set-up but applying new technology, Butter-Dell Holsteins in Lewiston, Utah, is transitioning to the next generation of family ownership.
July 21, 2021
With the August genetic evaluations, the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding will be introducing a new and improved formula for Lifetime Net Merit genetic index.
July 15, 2021
The Santos family at Terra Linda Dairy has it goin’ on. For the past seven years, they’ve had the high herd on Tulare County (California) DHIA.
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