Month: April 2018

National Mastitis Council (NMC) invites milk quality enthusiasts to its regional meeting in Guelph, Ont., Canada, June 20-22, on the beautiful University of Guelph campus. The NMC Regional Meeting, hosted jointly with the Ontario Association [Read More …]

National Cheese Company to Build $25 Million Plant in Capital Region

A national cheese manufacturer that already has a facility in Schenectady will build a new $25 million plant at the Glenville Business and Technology Park, Empire State Development officials announced Thursday. Belgioioso Cheese, of Green [Read More …]

ACES Twitter Chat April 26:

What are the major pathogens affecting crops like corn and soybean? How will the winter we just had affect insect pests in 2018? What is the difference between a sign and symptom? What are the [Read More …]

The Two Professors Come to California

By Geoffrey Vanden Heuvel The author, a dairyman in Chino, Calif., is a board member and economics consultant for the Milk Producers Council. This piece appears in the MPC newsletter dated Apr. 20 and is [Read More …]

Secretary Perdue Announces New Senior Leaders at USDA

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the selection of senior leaders in several U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies. Perdue appointed Ken Isley as Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Administrator, Joel Baxley as Rural [Read More …]

DCHA Annual Conference Takes the Gold

The Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA) annual conference offered a diverse lineup of speakers and producer panels, unveiled new industry insights and provided unmatched networking. More than 500 dairy calf and heifer growers, dairy [Read More …]

UW–Madison Dairy Science Students Win Contest

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Students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Dairy Science took first place at the National Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge, held April 12-14 in Visalia, California. Dairy Challenge is an applied dairy management competition that requires [Read More …]

Lee Mielke’s Market Report April 20

is a veteran dairy journalist and broadcaster, currently carried in a dozen Ag newspapers nationally. This column is prepared especially for the readers of DairyBusiness. Based in Lynden, Wash., he can be reached by email [Read More …]

This Week in Dairy Video with Annie AcMoody, Dairy Economist with Western United Dairymen: April 20, 2018

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Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News speaks with Annie AcMoody, dairy economist with Western United Dairymen. A producer information meeting, one of three in California hosted by WUD, had just finished on Apr. 18 in Tulare, [Read More …]

Good News for Farmers Looking for Land in N.Y.

The recently adopted 2018-19 New York State budget offers good news for a new generation of farmers looking for farmland in New York. The budget includes funding to create the “Farmland for a New Generation [Read More …]

Feeding Strategies With Low-Priced Cottonseed

Cottonseed prices are hovering just above March’s historical lows, with spot prices ranging from $145 in North Carolina to $217 in Wisconsin. The feed ingredient’s outlook is good for dairy farmers as prices are expected [Read More …]

NRCS State Conservation Engineer Named

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California has selected Greg Norris as its new State Conservation Engineer. Norris, who has worked as an engineer for NRCS since 1992, will oversee a staff of approximately 50 professionals. “I [Read More …]

NMPF Backs Dairy Safety Net Improvements in House Ag Committee Farm Bill

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) lauded the House Agriculture Committee for approving a draft of the 2018 Farm Bill that contains key dairy policy improvements, a significant first step toward enacting a new Farm [Read More …]

30th Anniversary Labor & Employment Relations Law Seminar

You are invited to join hundreds of legal counsel, business executives, and human resources professionals from across the region for a day of networking and education on hot topics in labor and employment law. Date: [Read More …]

NLPA Announces New CEO Kraig Roesch

“We are very excited to start a new chapter at NLPA with the hiring of our new CEO, Kraig Roesch,” says Gary Smith, a 5th generation Iowa farmer and Chairman of the Board of the [Read More …]

Univ of Illinois Joins Initiative to Demonstrate Impact of Ag Research

A new effort to boost federal investment in agricultural research—FedByScience—launched in Washington, D.C., bringing together the University of Illinois with 15 other public and private universities. The initiative, timed with the release of the 2018 [Read More …]

If Perception is Reality, U.S. Ag Has Work To Do

For those who farm, Earth Day is every day. And there’s plenty to celebrate. Consider that the carbon footprint of a gallon of milk decreased 63 percent from 1944 to 2007. From 1980 to 2011, [Read More …]

Protect the Future of Agriculture

A national workshop that will help America raise its next generation of farmers and ranchers has been scheduled for Aug. 14-15 in Marshfield, Wis. The Child Agricultural Injury Prevention Workshop is all about working together [Read More …]

New Exciting Flavor Limited Edition Milk from The Farmer’s Cow

The Farmer’s Cow is a group of six family-owned dairy farms in Connecticut that offer high-quality fresh dairy products including milk, cream, ice cream, half & half, and other locally produced products. The farmers of [Read More …]

Radical Animal Rights Extremism and Responding to Activist Tactics

Two expert panels will explore how the animal rights movement is impacting farmers, ranchers and the agriculture industry at the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2018 Stakeholders Summit set for May 3-4 at the Renaissance Capital View [Read More …]

DCHA Management Transitions to Gardner & Gardner Communications