Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is national milk marketing cooperative. DFA’s primary focus is to market the milk of the cooperative’s 17,000 members. In addition, DFA offers its membership a number of farm services. The ...

Late-lactation Holstein cows (n=9/treatment) were used to evaluate effects of continuous adipose tissue TNFα administration on glucose and fatty acid (FA) metabolism. Cows were blocked by feed intake and milk yield and ...

Structural change within the industry, improved management, and volatility in commodity markets are reasons to evaluate and monitor the dairy industry in the future. The dairy industry has shifted concentration of production ...

Many small communities in the Alps are facing the same problem of ensuring a durable economic development, protecting their natural resources and preserving their traditions under the constraints of higher production costs, ...

Heat stress, the inability of the body to maintain thermal homeostasis, is one of the most significant health challenges that faces the dairy industry. The economic impact of heat stress has cost the dairy industry an ...

The sheep dairy industry in the United States is small. Producers are concentrated in a few areas geographically with the greatest demand for sheep milk products located on the east and west coasts. The purpose of this ...

Location optimization of a new dairy processing plant is crucial given the significant capital investment of $350 million required to build the plant. Couple this with notable differences in milk and transportation costs ...

The geographic distribution and structure of the U.S. dairy industry have changed considerably during the last 30 years with larger herds representing an increasing proportion of the nation’s overall dairy cow inventory ...

The demand for ultra high temperature processed and aseptically packaged dairy foods is growing throughout the U.S. The technology provides value-added food preservation for many foods including flavored milks, puddings, ...