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Posted on June 11, 2025
Dairy industry leaders were offered a deep dive into dairy dynamics, market maneuvers, milk metrics and the intricate interplay of supply and demand at the “Mid-Year Dairy Market Review,” presented by Mike McCully of McCully Consulting during the 2025 International Dairy, Deli & Bakery Association (...
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Sonja Heyck-Merlin 
Posted on June 11, 2025
According to Gustavo Schuenemann, the success of a dairy farm’s replacement program comes down to calves’ first 60 days of life. Schuenemann is a dairy cattle Extension specialist and veterinarian at Ohio State. If the quantitative goal is to at least double the calves’ body weight in 60 days, which...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on June 11, 2025
We just hit the two-year anniversary of the runaway Canadian wildfire smoke epidemic, the one engulfing America’s northern states in early June 2023. At that time, ABC Online news headlined “Canadian wildfire smoke live updates: Air quality alerts issued for 13 states.” Canadian officials said firef...
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by Sally Colby 
December 9, 2025
Benjamin Barnett’s grandfather started a dairy farm in Pennsylvania in 1952 with $1,200 and 14 cows. Today the farm is 700 acres and 200 cows. “It sti...
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by Enrico Villamaino 
December 9, 2025
In a forward-focused webinar presented by the International Dairy, Deli & Bakery Association (IDDBA), Dr. Armin Pearn delivered a resonant message abo...
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by Holly Devon 
December 9, 2025
Pest management is one of the most pernicious problems faced by farmers, thanks to the fact that we are not alone in what we consider to be delicious ...
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December 9, 2025
As I’m writing this column on the first day of December, it’s about three weeks until days start lengthening in the northern hemisphere. Recently, mos...