Production

News

• MU outlook for dairy is bullish
  Tuesday, April 16, 2013
  COLUMBIA, Mo.– Despite neutral supply and demand in dairy markets, the outlook is bullish, said an economist at the University of Missouri Extension Spring Ag Marketing Outlook Conference.
• Overcoming forage shortages in a drought
  Thursday, March 28, 2013
  COLUMBIA, Mo.–During the drought of 2012, producers with disappearing forage were seeking options to feed livestock.
• No decline in 2012 dairy cow numbers, despite Missouri’s drought, low profits
  Thursday, February 7, 2013
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – Facing drought-reduced feed and low profits, Missouri dairy producers maintained their milk cow numbers in 2012, according to a USDA cattle inventory.
• Dairy profitability will increase on higher prices and lower feed costs
  Tuesday, January 22, 2013
  COLUMBIA, Mo.–Missouri dairy farmers should see steady milk prices with increased profitability in the second half of 2013. That was the message a University of Missouri Extension dairy economist delivered at the Jan. 17 AgMarketing Outlook Conference.

Publications

• G3651, How to Compute Your Cost of Producing Milk
• M159, Missouri System of Dairy Heifer Production
• M178, Dairy Grazing: Reproduction
• M180, Dairy Grazing: Heifer Development
• MP691, How to Compute Your Cost of Producing Milk — Worksheets

You may be interested in these related publications:

• G2017, Pelvic Measurements and Calving Difficulty
• G2230, Body Condition Scoring of Beef and Dairy Animals
• G3030, Getting Problem Cows Pregnant
• G3050, Introduction to Pasture-Based Dairy Models
• G3051, Converting an Existing Dairy to the Missouri 75-Cow Grazing Model
• G3052, Starting a 75-Cow Intensive Rotational Grazing Dairy
• G3053, Starting a 150-Cow Intensive Rotational Grazing Dairy
• G3054, Starting a 300-Cow Intensive Rotational Grazing Dairy
• G3055, Starting a 600-Cow Intensive Rotational Grazing Dairy
• G3555, Raising Calves on Stored Colostrum