Dairy
Bird flu detected in person who had contact with infected dairy cattle in Texas
A person in Texas is being treated for bird flu, the second human case of an illness caused by a highly virulent virus that has rampaged through sickened dairy cows in five states in recent weeks, federal and state officials said Monday.The patient, who experienced eye inflammation as their only symptom, was tested for flu …
U.S. dairy cows test positive for bird flu for the first time ever : NPR
Dairy cattle feed at a farm on March 31, 2017, near Vado, N.M. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says cows in multiple states have tested positive for bird flu. Rodrigo Abd/AP hide caption toggle caption Rodrigo Abd/AP Dairy cattle feed at a farm on March 31, 2017, near Vado, N.M. The U.S. Department of Agriculture …
These entrepreneurs leveraged technology to power segments like dairy and footwear and built successful businesses
Digital adoption has become a key factor for small and medium businesses to not just thrive, but also to survive. Digitisation has enabled many micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to reach out to more customers, enhance their productivity, and increase operational efficiencies. This week, SMBStory covered the journeys of Ahmedabad-based Prompt Dairy and Coimbatore-based Walkaroo. …
Groundbreaking technology could revolutionize the dairy industry
Might a new technological development of researchers from Tel Aviv University soon revolutionize the dairy products we consume? The initiators of the development believe that in the not-too-distant future we will be able to buy dairy products in the supermarket that are identical in taste and color to the ordinary dairy products that we consume …
Koch Separation Solutions Acquires Leading Dairy Technology Provider RELCO
WILMINGTON, Mass., Nov. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Koch Separation Solutions (KSS), a global leader in separation technology, today announced the acquisition of RELCO, a top provider of cutting-edge process technologies for the dairy and food industry. The acquisition allows KSS to better serve customers and leverage the synergistic capabilities of its various complementary technologies in the …
Improving Dairy Technology Utilization – AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST
Improving Dairy Technology Utilization Tim Hammerich News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. Today’s dairy farms are much more high tech than many people realize. Tony Lopes is a dairy producer in Gustine. Lopes… “It’s very hard for dairy businesses to grow without some sort of basis in technology. So whether that’s a …
New technology helping dairy farmers out of a manure-y situation
With new waste regulations effective under the Agricultural Environmental Management Code of Practice, the need to navigate nutrient management alternatives has become a mobilizing force behind B.C.’s dairy industry. For farms producing more manure phosphorus than their crops require, a surplus of phosphorus in the soil becomes inevitable, leaving land application of dairy manure increasingly …
Dairy farmers looking to technology for edge – St George News
Cows stand in a barn at Rosendale Dairy in Pickett, Wis., Dec. 4, 2019 | Photo by Morry Gash, Associated Press, St. George News PICKETT, Wis. (AP) — At Rosendale Dairy, each of the 9,000 cows has a microchip implanted in an ear that workers can scan with smartphones for up-to-the-minute information on how the animal …
US dairy farmers look to technology in fight to survive
U.S. Dairy Export Council CEO and former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses how the China trade deal and the USMCA will affect the dairy industry. PICKETT, Wis. (AP) — At Rosendale Dairy, each of the 9,000 cows has a microchip implanted in an ear that workers can scan with smartphones for up-to-the-minute information on how …
Farmer investment in technology boosts revenue for dairy herd genetics co-op
“New Zealand dairy farmers are becoming world leaders in precision farming – they are using cost-effective, innovative solutions to get more value on-farm and ultimately do more with less. “This was also evident in the 2018-19 Dairy Statistics with farmers achieving record milk production while cow numbers continue to decline,” said King. “This is good …
