Month: July 2018

Any regulatory standard for the labeling of bioengineered food ingredients must ensure that consumers receive clear, accurate information about the foods they eat, and not stigmatize bioengineering when scientific evidence proves otherwise, according to the [Read More …]

OECD expects dairy fat consumption to increase

Consumers’ preferences are influenced by the science on dairy fat and its impact on a healthy diet, the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2018-2027, has noted in its publication which was released today. Welcoming the report IDF [Read More …]

The 2018 Mid-Year Global Dairy Business Review

See the significant mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, new facilities, executive hires and marketing initiatives for the first six months of 2018. The U.S. Dairy Export Council tracks global dairy business developments every day from news and [Read More …]

Lallemand Forward Welcomes Summer Marketing Intern

Take Action Against Foliar Diseases With These 5 Steps

The 2018 growing season is off to a great start in most areas of the Corn Belt, but variable weather and heavy rain in some areas can make scouting for foliar diseases more important. Protect [Read More …]

Direct marketing butter improves profits

The Rivington Family moved to Central New York in the year 2000 from Canada. They quickly realized the climate and the topography was well suited to a grazing dairy. Over the years “Red Gate Farm” [Read More …]

Zoetis Announces Bovine Match Sweepstakes Winner

Wisconsin producer takes home grand prize Sara Bahgat-Eggert of Clayton, Wisconsin, was randomly selected from nearly 300 sweepstakes entries to take home the Bovine Match Sweepstakes grand prize — a $2,500 gift card from Zoetis. [Read More …]

DeLaval Hosts Robotic Milking Conference, Recognizes Top Herds

The 2018 Robotics World Series came to an end by recognizing 13 Voluntary Milking System VMS™ producers who knocked it out of the park, each earning top honors at the VMS PRO North America awards [Read More …]

Bree Muilenburg recognized as CowManager Specialist of the Year

Bree Muilenburg of NorthStar Cooperative was honored at the 2018 Select Reproductive Solutions® (SRS®) Conference as the CowManager® Specialist of the Year. The annual conference was held in Battle Creek, Mich., June 4 to June [Read More …]

Cox and Gudex take top honors at East Central/Select Sires Employee Awards Banquet

O’Leary, Parsons, Goke, and Dieter achieve highest outstanding-effort honors East Central/Select Sires, based in Waupun and serving southern Wisconsin, held their annual employee awards banquet on Saturday, June 30, 2018, at the Sheraton Madison Hotel, [Read More …]

News

Nominate high-quality milk producers for NMC’s NDQA program

Platinum NDQA winners earn trip to the NMC Annual Meeting Nominations are open for National Mastitis Council’s (NMC) prestigious National Dairy Quality Awards (NDQA) program. The nomination deadline is Aug. 31. Coordinated by NMC, [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 6.9 Million Pounds of Cheese and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 1.186 million pounds (538 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese and 5.690 million pounds (2,581 metric [Read More …]

The Colored Shavings are Calling – WDE Entries Open

World Dairy Expo® is now accepting entries for its 52nd annual Dairy Cattle Show, October 2-6, 2018, in Madison, Wisconsin. Online and paper entry forms are due August 31 by 11:59 p.m. (CST). Late entries [Read More …]

Global Dairy Trade marks its 10th anniversary

Ten years ago, Global Dairy Trade held it first online auction on the GDT Events platform with the aim of being the most credible and comprehensive provider of prices across core dairy ingredients. By the [Read More …]

ADM Announces Proposed Acquisition of Neovia, Establishing a Premier Global Leader in Value-Added Animal Nutrition Solutions

€1.535 billion addition marks another major milestone in the execution of ADM’s strategic plan and portfolio transformation Addition of Neovia, a France-headquartered global provider of value-added animal nutrition solutions, offers geographic expansion on three continents [Read More …]

Beneficial-Use Water Pilot Test Solves Key Water Issues

Agriculture Company, Encore Green, Turns Oil Well Produced Water into Beneficial-Use Water Wyoming based agriculture company, Encore Green, LLC has just released the results of their pilot water test, which took barrels of produced water [Read More …]

Agri-Mark calls for wholesale price floor for dairy goods

The Northeast dairy cooperative Agri-Mark is seeking federal assistance to help mitigate the effects of tariffs on dairy prices. Cooperative officials, who represent 950 member farms throughout the Northeast, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary [Read More …]

Farm Bureau welcomes farm bill passage

CFBF works to protect family farms on behalf of nearly 40,000 members statewide New federal farm legislation passed by the U.S. Senate includes many of the top priorities identified by the California Farm Bureau Federation. [Read More …]

USDA highlights benefits of Tax Cuts & Jobs Act

USDA Economic Research Service has released a report on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today highlighted a new report showing the positive impacts of President Trump’s Tax Cuts [Read More …]

Bipartisan farm bill passes Senate on 86-11 vote

Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 passed Senate on strong bipartisan 86-11 vote One large step closer to delivering on promised certainty, U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today [Read More …]

Farm Aid 2018 sells out in 4 hours

Fans can watch the live webcast of the day-long music and food festival on farmaid.org Farm Aid announced today that for the second year in a row, the organization has sold all available tickets for [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers Face Uncertain Future With New Tariffs (podcast + video)

USDEC President and CEO Tom Vilsack says new tariffs will remove a competitive U.S. advantage in Mexico while making it harder to sell dairy products to fast-growing China. U.S. dairy exports got off to a [Read More …]

American Farmland Trust Supports Senate Farm Bill

According to President John Piotti, the American Farmland Trust applauds the passage of the Senate Farm bill today and commends Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow for this bipartisan and [Read More …]

54th Florida Dairy Production Conference, September 26, 2018

You are invited to the 54th Florida Dairy Production Conference on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Program Welcome and opening remarks (Thomas Obreza, Senior Associate Dean for Extension, University of Florida) Team building to maximize performance [Read More …]

Soybeans Finally Crowned King

On June 29, USDA released its annual June Acreage Report. This report updates planted acreage estimates from the March planting intentions report and is among the most anticipated of the year. This is one of several [Read More …]

How to Focus on What You Can Control in a Challenging Market

Dairy producers have been through challenging times before and are some of the most resilient and resourceful people I know. Multiple years of low milk prices, market volatility and constrained margins can take an emotional [Read More …]

Ready…Set…Harvest Silage Safely How to get it all done without getting hurt

Silage harvest is an exciting time of year! Finally, after months of growing crops, it turns to valuable feed in a matter of hours. We are either exhilarated or stressed out – or both! Don’t [Read More …]

Manure Management Lessons to be Learned

It is now quite clear where the new reality for dairy farmers across America will lie. Following the initial settlement from the Cow Palace dairy case, where cow manure and specifically its sulfur content, was [Read More …]

Robots help carry on dairy family traditions

For dairy farmers, sustainability means making decisions today by considering how those choices will serve the animals, the environment, and their family and community well into the future. California dairy farmers have been advancing their [Read More …]

Knigge Family Proves Farmers Are Fond of Innovation