VT Dairy--Home of the Dairy Extension Program at Virginia Tech

 

Current Dairy Industry Stats

  
   VA DHI cows as of 8/31/08: 59,146
   VA DHI herds as of 8/31/08: 383
   VA DHI average herd size 8/31/08: 154
   Apr Mailbox Price for Virginia was $20.21
   More Mailbox prices...
   US cows for Feb 2008: 9,248,000
   VA cows for Feb 2008: 98,000
   VA dairy (cow) herds as of 9/02/08: 708
   VA herds by county: map | county list

 

Announcements, News and Events

 

New Bull Proofs posted...  
       
    
 New Pasteurizer Spreadsheet (xls) -- Manual (pdf)
         

 New
2008 Cow College proceedings

 New Summary of Virginia Forage Nutrient Info

  New Dairy Guidelines: (All Dairy Guidelines and HTML access)

  Hoard's Articles:

 Milk Culturing

 

Monthly Publications

 Dairy Pipeline Sept 08 (pdf)
 DHI Notes...

 

Program Areas

 DHIA/Records
 Environmental Stewardship
 Forage Testing
 Genetics
 Nutrition & Forage Quality
 Replacements
 Youth

Additional Topics

 Animal ID Program
 Johne's Disease
 Mastitis Prevention Resources
 Organic Dairy Matters
    

Links:

VT Dairy Extension Personnel
VA Dairy Contacts

 

Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation
Natural Resources & Conservation Service
United States National Agricultural Library

 

Natural Resource, Agriculture, & Engineering Service
Virginia Milk Commission
Dairy Commodities
Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory

Southeast Dairy Extension
Dairy Farming Today
Professional Dairy Heifer Grower's Association

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Last Updated: September 12, 2008
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