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best milking practices online course

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR3QU2UYMIM&w=563&h=374] Penn State Extension are running a best milking practice course for professionals in the dairy industry who want to learn about problems on dairy farms that result from mastitis. […]

Posted: November 20 2017
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graziers wanted in NY

Dairy farmer apprenticeship training program opportunities in NY state.

Posted: February 27 2017
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milk: the new crude oil?

NPR's The Salt, on why the USDA is purchasing $20,000 worth of cheese to help US dairy farmers-- and why it doesn't really make a difference to the big dairy industry. […]

Posted: August 27 2016
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maine dairy: eight generations and counting

[vimeo 12225749 w=640 h=360] Meet Your Farmer - Tide Mill Farm from Pull-Start Pictures on Vimeo, featuring Aaron Bell and Carly DelSignore and their four children. Aaron is the 8th generation […]

Posted: August 23 2016
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heritage grass discovered in wisconsin

A forgotten forage grass imported from Europe in the 1800s could soon begin to help boost cattle and dairy production in parts of the Upper Midwest. U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

Posted: January 21 2016
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dairy farm impact by tpp in maine

Posted: July 9 2015
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A training facility for low-input and small scale dairy in new england

*they're also hiring! Wolfe’s Neck Farm Secures Major Grant from Stonyfield to launch an Organic Dairy Farmer Training and Research Program FREEPORT, Maine — For many years, the story of […]

Posted: September 22 2014
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a great revision of a classic

A well-worn favorite on our bookshelf, Keeping A Family Cow, is out again in a revised and updated edition!  Joann S. Grohman wrote the book back in the early 1970s, […]

Posted: October 9 2013
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dairy grazing apprenticeships

http://www.dairygrazingapprenticeship.org/welcome Earn while you learn! The Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship is the first legally recognized, fully accredited apprenticeship for farming in the United States. Mission The Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship of GrassWorks, […]

Posted: May 18 2013
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sending milk

The faces and places that send milk by Skye Chalmers for the Burlington Free Press Skye Chalmers is the photographer behind a new book, Sending Milk, which features images of […]

Posted: August 22 2012
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report from MOSES Organic Farming Conference in Wisconsin

Severine reports in from Wisconsin. I'm at the MOSES Organic Farming conference in downtown Lacrosse, Wisconsin. A wonderful small town in the "riftless" region on the state border with Minnesota […]

Posted: February 24 2008