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2024 State of Dairy: 'Hanging on' in the Southeast

March 12, 2024

New processing capacity in West Virginia and Georgia is bringing optimism to the dairy community in the Southeast. However, 2023 weakened the financial positions of many dairy producers across the region.

Silvopastures in the southeast U.S.

Ecosystem services provided by silvopastoral systems are mediated by specific management practices, environmental conditions and overall design of the system.

February 13, 2024

Miguel Castillo

Silvopastures are characterized by the intentional integration and management of trees, forages and livestock.

[Podcast] 5 dairy producers explain what agritourism looks like on their operations

September 12, 2023

In this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast, host Kimmi Devaney visits with five dairy producers representing a variety of herd sizes and geographic regions about what agritourism looks like on their farms, how they got started, their advice for other producers interested in doing something similar and much more.

Keeping things simple and profitable

April 26, 2023

Martha Hoffman Kerestes

Chad and Kim Woods of Spring Crest Farms LLC manage specialty finished beef production and horse hay sales on 175 acres in central North Carolina. Chad represented North Carolina at the American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC) forage spokesperson contest in January, speaking about “making it work” – a philosophy that guides the whole operation.

Appalachian: Similar concerns, diverse answers

Like Southeast and Florida FMMOs, the Appalachian FMMO is heavily dependent on the Class I fluid milk market.

March 1, 2023

Dave Natzke

Milk producers and handlers supplying the Appalachian Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) cover five states: Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Like their neighbors to the south, they share similar concerns and diverse outlooks.

Connections key to sustainability at Grayhouse Farms

June 23, 2022

Dave Natzke

Grayhouse Farms has its family roots in dairy and its passion for sustainability dating back to the 1950s. Instilled by Reid and Peggy Gray, those attributes have been carried on for decades, a connection with the past that extends to the next generations.

The State of Dairy 2021: Postcard from North Carolina: Moving toward innovation

March 12, 2021

Dave Natzke

Even though it ranks just outside the list of “major” dairy states, North Carolina’s dairy producers and industry aren’t immune to the same forces affecting other states, noted Brittany Whitmire, North Carolina State University dairy extension associate.

NC dairy survives sweltering summer with smart planning

January 28, 2019

Jennifer Bradley

Dr. Ben Shelton (Rocky Creek Veterinary Services) moved his dairy from Apex to Olin, North Carolina, in 1992 with 400 cows on 450 acres. Today, the farm has 1,400 cows with 2,200 acres, where Shelton also owns and operates Rocky Creek Vet Service on the farm.

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2024 State of Dairy: 'Hanging on' in the Southeast

Silvopastures in the southeast U.S.

[Podcast] 5 dairy producers explain what agritourism looks like on their operations

Keeping things simple and profitable

Appalachian: Similar concerns, diverse answers

Connections key to sustainability at Grayhouse Farms

The State of Dairy 2021: Postcard from North Carolina: Moving toward innovation

NC dairy survives sweltering summer with smart planning

Congress extends farm bill, averts gov't shutdown

The financial condition of Idaho agriculture: 2024

Boost cattle health and performance with sustainable deworming

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