Top 5 posts of 2024
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Here’s a recap of the top five posts from 2024. The headlines of these posts are what likely drew them to get the most views.
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Wisconsin group launches initiative to give farmers their carbon footprint score
Professional Dairy Producers (PDP) based in Wisconsin recently announced a first-of-its-kind, farmer-led sustainability initiative to empower dairy producers to know the environmental footprint of their farms. The initiative will give farmers the opportunity to measure carbon and methane emissions on their specific farm and retain control of the data fi…
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Four years later, a major milestone
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MIT takes note of CRISPR potential for cattle genetics
Agriculture should take heart that MIT is throwing its weight behind CRISPR technology. The institute’s technology review recently published an entire issue about how to use technology to improve agriculture and food production. Specifically, the magazine highlighted the potential of CRISPR technology to solve for methane emissions in cattle. This is a …
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Are we witnessing the beginning of the next bST battle?
Concerns about the methane-reducing feed additive Bovaer went viral recently in the U.K. While consumer concerns are not based in actual research data or fact, the recent incident highlights that consumers are still ultrasensitive to anything – I’ll use the word “engineered” – that’s used in food production.
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Dairyman, sons innovate a new way to clean teats
What began as a project to use ozonated water as pre-dip has become a vortex-generating parlor tool to clean and stimulate teats without human touch. The innovation is already winning awards. Recently the New York dairy farmers who invented it received a $20,000 award for …
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If you’re a regular reader, you know that posts contain links to stories besides those listed in the headlines. Here were the top 10 most clicked story links in 2024:
1. Scientists are trying to get cows pregnant with synthetic embryos
2. Why misinformation about a cow feed additive prompted people to throw milk away
3. Scientists may have found a radical new way for making your hamburger less bad for the planet (Subscription required)
4. Even Ireland's milking parlours are not safe from computer hackers (Subscription required)
5. How a breakthrough gene-editing tool will help the world cope with climate change
6. Cool stuff we saw at World Dairy Expo 2024
7. World’s first carbon tax on livestock will cost farmers $100 per cow
8. Calf monitoring is next dairy tech frontier
9. Sainsbury’s Pioneers AI technology for enhanced dairy farm animal welfare
10. Will your dairy be profitable in 2024?
By the way, the 2025 Zisk Report is available now. Will your dairy be profitable in 2025?