From Dairy Herd Management If there was such an award for dairy term of the year, “price volatility” would have won it four times in 2009 through 2012. But long before that, the McCarty family wanted to take control of volatility on their farm by vertically integrating their dairy. McCarty Family Farms' on-farm processing plant condenses milk into three products; cream that … [Read more...]

By Jennifer M. Latzke, High Plains Journal With 4,000 cows, the folks at MasCow Dairy of Moscow, Kansas, figured the bilingual play on words was an appropriate name. “Mas cow” in Spanish means “more cows,” after all. And the production and marketing advantages that come with “more cows” are working for MasCow Dairy and the other two dairies operated by Ag Oasis. MasCow is … [Read more...]

Topeka, Kan. – Surrounded by Kansas dairymen and Kansas FFA members, Governor Sam Brownback signed the proclamation declaring June as Kansas Dairy Month. Glasses of milk were raised in toast to a month that celebrates dairymen who get ice cream, cheese, yogurt and other dairy food favorites from farm to plate. “Kansas dairymen are dedicated to innovation and adding economic … [Read more...]

A report issued by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS), shows Kansas’ milk production grew at the fastest rate in the United States, growing 7.3 percent, in 2013. Kansas posted the third largest increase in total pounds of milk production in 2013, only trailing dairy giants Wisconsin and New York. The dairy … [Read more...]