History and Milestones
History and Milestones from Texas Dairy Dates: 19 articles for readers in Texas and beyond.
January 12, 2026: Dairy Margin Coverage Enrollment Opens
The headline says Dairy Margin Coverage enrollment opens January 12. Here is how enrollment works, what to prepare and…
May 1, 2026: SBA’s Expanded International Trade Loan Program Begins
What an SBA international trade loan is, who might ask about one in dairy and how to verify the headline's expanded…
June 5, 2026: Avian Influenza Detected in a Texas Dairy Herd
What dairy producers should know when avian influenza is reported in a herd: who to call, biosecurity basics and where…
August 5, 2026: The DCHA Vision and Training-Workforce Seminar in Plainview
A guide to using a dairy training and workforce seminar in Plainview: how to confirm the event, what to learn and how…
August 31, 2026: The Ranchers First Initiative Is Announced
A new agriculture initiative is in the headlines. Here is how to read announcements, check official sources and decide…
September 8, 2026: A Second Case of HPAI Confirmed in a Texas Dairy Herd
A headline reports a second HPAI case in a Texas dairy herd. Here is what to check, who to call and how to protect…
October 27, 2026: The SPUR Guaranteed Loan Program Begins Accepting Applications
A new guaranteed loan program is in the headlines. Learn how guaranteed loans work, what to ask lenders and where to…
1900: The Birth of the Modern Texas Dairy Industry
A headline marks 1900 as the birth of modern Texas dairy. Here is how to check that claim, what changed in dairy over…
1940: The Rise of Milking Machines in Texas
A headline says milking machines rose in Texas in 1940. Learn how milking technology works in general and how to check…
1970: The Shift to Large-Scale Confinement Dairies
A headline places the shift to large confinement dairies around 1970. Here is how to research the trend, weigh…
1990: The Emergence of the Texas Panhandle as a Dairy Hub
How the Texas Panhandle grew into a major dairy region, what drew producers to the High Plains, and how to verify the…
2000: The Rise of Robotic Milking
What robotic milking is, why dairies adopted it, what it changes about daily work, and the questions to ask before you…
2010: The Growth of the Texas Dairy Processing Sector
Why processing capacity matters to Texas dairy farms, how plants and cooperatives connect to the milk check, and how…
2020: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Texas Dairy
How the pandemic disrupted Texas dairy markets, labor and supply chains, and what the experience taught producers…
2024: The First Case of HPAI in Texas Dairy Cattle
What the first HPAI detection in Texas dairy cattle meant, how avian influenza works in herds, and where to find…
The Best Time to Review Your Dairy Margin Coverage
When to review Dairy Margin Coverage: how the program works in general, why to check before each enrollment period and…
The Timeline of the Next Generation Taking Over the Farm
A step-by-step timeline for handing a dairy to the next generation, from first conversations to ownership transfer…
The Timeline of a Calf’s First Year
A plain-English timeline of a dairy calf’s first year, from colostrum and the calf pen to weaning and the move into…
The Timeline of the Texas Dairy Industry: The Next 100 Years
A look ahead at the next century of Texas dairy: water, climate, markets, technology and people, framed as planning…