Dairy
Dairy
Overview
Georgia's dairy industry became commercially successful in the 1930s. Today nine firms have a hand in the processing of milk and milk products in Georgia.
The dairy industry includes farmers, processors and manufacturers, who provide all the services needed to produce a variety of dairy products, and retailers who bring the products directly to consumers.
While the number of dairy farms in Georgia has declined over the years, the amount of milk per cow has greatly increased. Improved methods of selecting, breeding and feeding cows help ensure plentiful supplies of milk.
Publications
Featured Publications
Improving Dairy Heifer Reproductive Management (C 914)
This brief management guideline provides producers with specific management tactics that may minimize the potential for short- and long-term problems. These tactics, categorized in order of early, advanced, and severe drought stages, are based on specific characteristics including water loss, forage growth, and rainfall.
Commercial and Professional Publications
- Freeze Branding Cattle
- A Review of Georgia's Animal Feeding Operation Regulations
- Managing Mastitis in Dairy Heifers to Improve Overall Herd Health
- Improving Artificial Insemination Techniques
- Feeding Sprouted Wheat to Cattle
- Bull Buyer's Guide
- Production Costs vs. Feeding Value of Forages
- Considerations for Using By-Product Feeds
- Dairy Reproduction Benchmarks
- Solving Postpartum Breeding Problems
- Heat Detection Strategies for Dairy Cattle
- Setting Goals to Improve Breeding Strategies
- Dairy Herd Synchronization Programs
- Cooling Systems for Georgia Dairy Cattle
- Dairy Business Analysis Project: Financial Opportunities and Constraints on Georgia and Florida Dairies
- Somatic Cell Count Benchmarks
- Dairy Genetic Benchmarks
- Dairy Business Analysis Project: 1999 Summary for Florida and Georgia Dairies
- Guidelines for Using Feeds Containing Aflatoxin in Dairy Rations
- Feeding Whole Cottonseed to Dairy Cows and Replacements
General Publications
- Dairy Judging Terminology: A Guide to Saying What She is and Not What She Isn't
- Resolviendo Problemas Después del Parto
To see other publications, go to the CAES Publications site or the FACS Publications listing.
News
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Georgia FACES.
News you can use about Georgia family, agricultural, consumer and enviromental sciences.
- UGA faculty training a new generation of international livestock matchmakers
- Georgia Guardsmen return to UGA to present base flag
- Atlanta ice cream selected as 2012 Flavor of Georgia food contest overall winner
- Madison dairy wins Ga. environmental stewardship award
- Georgia farmer picked best in Southeast
- As the economy begins to pick up, so are food prices
- Outlook brighter for Georgia agriculture in 2010
- Georgia farms will need more water in the future
- Unpasteurized milk poses serious health risks
Websites
UGA-affiliated sites
- Approximate Feed Requirement for Dairy Cows on Dry Matter Basis
Table detailing approximate amounts of required feed on both a dry matter basis, as well as on as-fed bases. - Dairy Cattle
Research-based information about dairy production and management from Animal and Dairy Science. - Impact Statements: Dairy
Descriptions of Extension efforts to improve knowledge and practices related to dairy.
External sites
- American Dairy Science Association
Provides leadership in scientific and technical support to sustain and grow the global dairy industry through generation, dissemination, and exchange of information and services. - Georgia Milk Producers Inc.
Features pertinent information for Georgia's dairy producers. Sections include MILC payment program information, weather conditions and forecasts, dairy policy updates, newsletters, exchange quotes, an events calendar, and a classifieds section. - History of Dairy Industry in Georgia
Details the history of Georgia's dairy industry, from colonial times and the introduction of Jersey cows to Putnam County in 1876, to the industry's advancements and innovations of present day.
