﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="/cms/includes/rss.css"?><!--RSS generated by AgWeb.com at Fri, 24 May 2013 00:22:30 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0"><channel><title>Blogs</title><link>http://www.agweb.com</link><copyright /><generator>AgWeb.com</generator><item><title>Dairy Is a Team Sport</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Dairy_Talk_199/dairy_is_a_team_sport/</link><description>Dairy producers must work together with their consultants and employees to get through the next 12 months. </description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Dairy producers must work together with their consultants and employees to get through the next 12 months. ]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Jim Dickrell</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:41:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>28202</guid></item><item><title>Manage Risk in a Volatile World</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Dairy_Talk_199/manage_risk_in_a_volatile_world/</link><description>It comes as little surprise that price swings and volatility are increasing for dairy producers.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[It comes as little surprise that price swings and volatility are increasing for dairy producers.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Jim Dickrell</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 22:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>28198</guid></item><item><title>Dannon Holds Kansas Dairy to a Higher Standard -- and That’s a Good Thing</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Dairy_Today_Expo_Extra_159/dannon_holds_kansas_dairy_to_a_higher_standard_--_and_that’s_a_good_thing/</link><description>When McCarty Family Farms of Rexford, Kan., sealed a sole-supplier deal with Dannon Company late last year, the agreement did more than provide a secure market for the dairy.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[When McCarty Family Farms of Rexford, Kan., sealed a sole-supplier deal with Dannon Company late last year, the agreement did more than provide a secure market for the dairy.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Catherine Merlo</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:55:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>28197</guid></item><item><title>Fluid Milk on the Skids</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Dairy_Talk_199/fluid_milk_on_the_skids/</link><description /><dc:creator>Jim Dickrell</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:29:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>28190</guid></item><item><title>Risk Management Gains Traction</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Dairy_Today_Expo_Extra_159/risk_management_gains_traction/</link><description>In a sign of dairies’ growing sophistication and need, risk management took a front seat during yesterday’s Virtual Farm Tour at World Dairy Expo.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[In a sign of dairies’ growing sophistication and need, risk management took a front seat during yesterday’s Virtual Farm Tour at World Dairy Expo.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Catherine Merlo</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>28185</guid></item><item><title>Lame Duck Farm Bill</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Dairy_Talk_199/lame_duck_farm_bill/</link><description>Jerry Kozak, CEO and President of the National Milk Producers Federatio nbelieves rational minds will prevail on the Farm Bill debate beginning Nov. 7.&amp;#8203;</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Jerry Kozak, CEO and President of the National Milk Producers Federatio nbelieves rational minds will prevail on the Farm Bill debate beginning Nov. 7.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Jim Dickrell</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>28174</guid></item><item><title>PETA Comes to Expo</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Dairy_Today_Expo_Extra_159/peta_comes_to_expo/</link><description>People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is here at World Dairy Expo this week in the form of an earnest young man whose mission is to end the practice of de-horning calves.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is here at World Dairy Expo this week in the form of an earnest young man whose mission is to end the practice of de-horning calves.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Catherine Merlo</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>28173</guid></item><item><title>Vilsack Favors Dairy Supply Management</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Dairy_Talk_199/vilsack_favors_dairy_supply_management/</link><description>In a town hall meeting here at World Dairy Expo yesterday, Vilsack spent nearly two hours dissecting the Farm Bill, a petition to increase Federal Order prices and a host of other topics.
</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[In a town hall meeting here at World Dairy Expo yesterday, Vilsack spent nearly two hours dissecting the Farm Bill, a petition to increase Federal Order prices and a host of other topics.
]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Jim Dickrell</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>28163</guid></item><item><title>South Dakota Knows How to Recruit Dairies</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Dairy_Today_Expo_Extra_159/south_dakota_knows_how_to_recruit_dairies/</link><description>It’s got 21 new dairies and nine processing plants to show for its efforts.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s got 21 new dairies and nine processing plants to show for its efforts.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>Catherine Merlo</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>28164</guid></item><item><title>See You at Expo!</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Dairy_Talk_199/see_you_at_expo/</link><description /><dc:creator>Jim Dickrell</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>28140</guid></item></channel></rss>