Last week, the Dairy Star was given the opportunity to give away two sets of Vikings football tickets. The Midwest Dairy Association has a partnership with the National Football League and works together with the Minnesota Vikings to help motivate schools, communities and families to promote good nutrition and physical activity for kids. YOU MUST BE A DAIRY PRODUCER TO WIN! Monday, August 30, 2010
July 2010 milk production totaled 794 million pounds in Minnesota, up 1.4 percent from the 783 million pounds produced in July 2009, according to the USDA, NASS, Minnesota Field Office. Revised June milk output was 785 million pounds. Monday, August 23, 2010
Prices received by Minnesota farmers for soybeans for July average $9.55 per bushel, an increase of 44 cents from the June price. Corn was up 21 cents, to a July price of $3.60 per bushel. Monday, August 23, 2010
Gaylord, Minn. — A dairy consultant testifying on behalf of a Gibbon dairy farmer testified in court Friday that he believes "quality milk products and safe products can be produced on that farm." Monday, August 23, 2010
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The camels know the drill by heart. Just after dawn, they file on their own — always in groups of 12 — into metal stalls for milking. Workers attach automated pumps. The milk flows into a system of chilled pipes that empty into a sealed metal vat.
