Margin dictates rules
Wisconsin can be rightly considered as Mecca of milk. In 2015 farmers from Wisconsin beat their own record for the production of raw milk — more than 13 mln. tons, and hold second place after California. They surpassed all indicates of cheese production — about 1.4 mln. tons (+ 26.6% over the past five years) — and first place, they have been deserving. Export of dairy products in 2014 brought nearly a billion dollars to the state budget.
Genetic potential of silage hybrids: milk and economy
Today, plant breeders can offer a wide range of silage hybrids to milk producers. About their technological and economic advantages, especially the selection and implementation of high genetic potential, tells Benoit Delord, head of the "Animal Feeding" company Limagrain.
Harm-Jan van der Beek head of «Uniform-Agri»: «Cow has always been my favorite animal, so I know how to help farmers»
To bring together all information on livestock farmer should not be at stack of papers, as they were replaced by special computer programs. Uniform-Agri Company is one of the world leader, that develops and supports management systems for dairy farmers all over the world.
National Farm Day in Sumy region
August 16 was held the fifth National Farm Day.
This time ground for information, knowledge and practical experience exchange was LLC «Vitchusna» which is around Konotop.
Economically acceptable milk: whim or necessity?
Vladimir Mironenko, LLC «Pyotinger Ukraine»
Results of the of European countries achieved over a few decades Ukrainian milk producers managed to get over the course of ten years. It is naturally, because we have adopted experience from around the world. However, together with all advanced technologies and we have repeated virtually all of the mistakes of other countries. And might just learn from the experience of others ... Nowadays many Ukrainian farms get amount of milk of the European level — 7-8 thousand liters/ cow/ year. They spend twice as much concentrated feed, milk cows less than 2 lactation — but milk.
Farmer by vocation
Within the scope of the agricultural tour to Baltics representatives of farms joined AMP visited one of the most successful family dairy farm in Lithuania, which is part of the dairy cooperative Pienas LT.
Operation “Co-operation”
Within the dairy tour to the Baltics number of heads of farms joined Association of Milk Producers visited Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. In this issue of magazine we will focus on Lithuania.There are several large processing companies, joined together and bought milk from farmers at much lower prices compared to the market ones. The only way to free their hands dairy producers saw the in co-operation.
Day of Milk and Cheese in Ukraine
In a warm and friendly atmosphere passed the annual Day of milk and cheese in Kiev on September 25, organized by the Association of Milk Producers (AMP) and social project «I like milk.»
Place of meeting cannot be changed
On 6th of September 4th Dutch Day of Milk, and for the third time LLC "Kischentsy" in Cherkasy welcomes all guests. More than ten years Case Husinga is at the head of this company, and a major line of their business is dairy farming.
Ukrainian Holsteins made their debut
For the first time in Ukraine, milk producers attended the show of Holstein cows, which took place during the French Dairy Farm Day. The event was initiated by the Ukrainian Holstein Association (UHA).
