HA NOI Recent increases in milk prices may be encouraging more farmers to raise dairy cows, although the volatile nature of the dairy industry still poses risks, especially to small households. The price of milk has increased three times this year, from VND5,000 per kg at the beginning of the year to VND7,200 at present, and domestic supplies of fresh milk are not keeping up with demand. Local dairy farmer Hoang Huu Diem said the two companies were vying with each other to purchase fresh...

Commercial farmers have also assisted in setting up the venture which aims to provide a training facility for agriculture students, commercial and emerging farmers, as well as farm workers from all over the African continent. Providing skills and training The project provides a training and research facility for agriculture students, commercial and emerging farmers, as well as farm workers. Cape to benefit from dairy farming initiative. We want the dairy to serve local communities, produce...

Will she keep enough body condition through the winter to rebreed next year? How old is the cow? Is her mouth sound so that she can harvest forage and be nutritionally strong enough to reproduce and raise a big calf? At what age do cows usually start to become less productive? Proper cow culling will reduce the chance that a cow carcass is condemned at the packing plant and becomes a money drain for the entire beef industry. Will she keep enough body condition through the winter to rebreed...

About 95 percent of Kaua i s cattle industry there are an estimated 120 ranchers on-island is devoted to Mainland export. On the Kaua i cattle industry, Ching said it has received a boost as the sale of sugar lands give way to more cattle ranches. Cattle facility to help small ranches. The facility, which was opened in May and was officially blessed yesterday in the presence of 40 ranchers and county officials, will allow Kaua i s small ranches to sell, weigh and load their animals from a...

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is putting the kibosh on the increasingly popular milk labels that say dairy cows were not treated with artificial growth hormones. The move surprised Wawa inc., which just last week joined the rush of retailers and milk processors that say their milk will not be produced with the aid of artificial growth hormones, which are used to boost production. Wawa's label says that the farmers it buys raw milk from have pledged not to use rBST, or...

Rutter's Dairy began the process to make its milk growth-hormone free nine months ago when it had its milk suppliers sign affidavits ensuring that no hormones would be implemented into a cow's diet. Growth hormones are used by some farmers in cows to guarantee that they are producing the maximum amount of milk at all times. After the nine months it took to clear all the paperwork that proved that the milk is hormone free, Rutter said, his company began labeling and advertising its milk as...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture, which inspects dairies and tests raw and pasteurized milk monthly, strongly backs the new raw milk standard. The maneuver represents latest round in a struggle between raw milk's avid fans and government food safety and public health officials, who want all milk pasteurized. McAfee said new coliform limit will be impossible for his 350-cow dairy to meet consistently because coliform are so common in the environment and in cows. Raw milk,...

Kaua'i's growing cattle industry yesterday held a blessing to mark the completion of the island's first cattle staging facility. A weeklong test run at the facility recently processed 500 head of cattle for shipping. Search Honolulu Advertiser: Located in Hanama'ulu on 2.15 acres of agricultural land owned by Lihu'e Land co., the facility was built by members of the Kaua'i Cattleman's Association and financed through four grants totaling $52,000 from the Office of Economic Development. The...

FresnoBee.com: Business: Producer assails tougher law on raw milk. Mark McAfee, a founder and one of the owners of Organic Pastures Dairy co., says those bacteria are among "essential probiotic good bacteria" that add to the appeal for those who buy raw milk for health reasons. But the bacteria, which may or may not be pathogenic, also are "good indicators of the level of sanitation at a facility, the cleanliness of the cows," said Stephen Beam, branch chief for milk and dairy foods...