The 2020 milk price roller coaster has more and more dairy farmers considering their risk management options. Maryland & Virginia’s August member webinar focused on the various risk management programs available to members through the co-op and through government programs. Katie Burgess, Director of Risk Management for Blimling and Associates, will led the session. She […]
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Christmas at Worth the Wait Farm in Stevens, Pennsylvania, takes a lot of preparation. “We try to do only the bare necessities on Christmas Day,” explains owner and farmwife Laura Landis, that way she and her husband Christian can spend more time with their children and extended family. To prep, they take time on Christmas
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Everyone celebrates the holidays a little bit differently. When you have a couple hundred cows to tend, your Christmas morning routine tracks a bit different than most households. Member Caci Cook Nance of McConnells, South Carolina, looks forward to waking her children up at 4:30 a.m. to open presents on Christmas morning. “It’s a little
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Maryland & Virginia has released its annual scholarship application. Every year the cooperative awards five $1,000 scholarships to students pursuing careers in the dairy industry. Thanks to generous contributions from members, staff, industry partners and supporters, the cooperative is able to offer additional scholarships to deserving students. To be eligible, applicants must be the son,
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Maryland & Virginia’s field representatives have helped members troubleshoot and improve their farm operations since 1920. We have seen significant changes in how farmers farm, but the one constant is the high level of care and comfort our farmers provide for their cows. Going into 2020 we are changing our approach to bring more value
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For eleven years, Ag Choice has been running AgBiz Masters, a program designed to educate and support farmers, age 35 or younger with less than 10 years of farming experience. Participants in the program come from various types of farms and agriculture industry businesses. Over the past decade, Ag Biz Masters has educated more than
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The National Milk Producers Federation recently unveiled the FARM Animal Care Program Version 4.0. This latest evolution of FARM supports closer farmer-veterinarian relationships, requires continuing education for all employees and adds a new standard for pain management when disbudding animals. Significant changes go into effect beginning January 1, 2020. They include: 1. If tail docking
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By: Lindsay Reames, Director of Sustainability & External Relations Harvest time is exciting and hectic. It puts extra pressure on our normal routines. As the daylight hours shorten, we find ourselves working into the night to finish a field or get in one last run. We know the dangers of farming and how quickly injuries
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(RESTON, Va., August 16, 2019) – Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative commends members David and Marie Graybill of Mifflintown, Pennsylvania for being named a Dairying for Tomorrow award winner by the American Dairy Association Northeast. David and Marie accepted their award at Ag Progress Days in Rock Springs, Pennsylvania on Thursday August 15. “David
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March 28, 2019, Reston, Virginia – Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative honored two farm families as Producers of the Year and two families as Producer of the Year Finalists at its 99th Annual Meeting during the Member Recognition Luncheons held this week in Hickory, North Carolina, and York, Pennsylvania. The Producer of the Year
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