Month: September 2018

Trump administration officials and Canadian negotiators worked into Wednesday night, trying to strike a deal that would keep Canada in a North American trade bloc with the United States and Mexico. “Teams are remaining [Read More …]

Land O’Lakes supporting dairy start-ups

Land O’Lakes, Inc. has accepted six start-ups in an accelerator program created to support the dairy industry. During a three-month course, participants will meet with business mentors and Land O’Lakes executives and will attend seminars [Read More …]

Nate Donnay INTL FCStone speaks of international demand and impact on U.S. milk prices (Video)

Nate Donnay, Director of Dairy Market Insight for INTL FCStone Financial, provided an overview of global dairy markets in his article in the September 3 issue of DairyBusiness Digital. In this conversation with Joel Hastings [Read More …]

Nebraska Farm Bureau identifies top five farm bill priorities

NeFB shares priorities in correspondence to members of Congressional delegation The Nebraska Farm Bureau has identified the organization’s top five priorities for the new farm bill, as representatives of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate [Read More …]

Missouri farm built in 1930s to be dismantled

Pettis County farming history being dismantled After weathering nearly eight decades and two notable tornadoes, a piece of Pettis County’s farming history is slowly being dismantled. The Reine dairy barn, built in 1939 by Robert [Read More …]

Farm Bureau president meets with Trump, Pence

Russell Boening said Trump told the group that agriculture is very important to him Texas Farm Bureau President Russell Boening was among a small number of U.S. agricultural leaders to meet with President Donald Trump [Read More …]

Applications due Dec. 1 for Jersey Youth Academy

Academy is an educational program sponsored by the American Jersey Cattle Association Dec. 1 is the deadline to submit applications for the sixth Jersey Youth Academy, scheduled for July 14-19, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio. Jersey [Read More …]

2019 NYFVI RFP: seeking proposals

Applications are due by November 14, 2018 The New York Farm Viability Institute (NYFVI) is seeking applied research and education proposals for its 2019 competitive grant program. Successful proposals will have a clear relevance to [Read More …]

Milking cows on an industrial scale arrives in western Minnesota, and some farmers shudder

The milking carousel at Louriston Dairy turns 22 hours a day and milks more cows in half an hour than most dairies do all day. Cows step onto the slow-moving merry-go-round in single file. A [Read More …]

CDFA Awards $21.6 Millioh For Alternative Manure Management Projects

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has awarded $21.6 million in grant funding to 40 alternative manure management projects across the state. These projects, part of the Alternative Manure Management Program, or AMMP, [Read More …]

Eight Positive Things in The Farm Economy

For agriculture, it has felt like the bad news won’t stop coming this summer. While the challenges and uncertainties playing out in 2018 will likely be a talked about for a while, we thought it [Read More …]

Group Unleashes $300 Million Ag Investment Fund

Based on the latest agricultural news headlines, the sector may not seem like one that would be attracting investment. But that’s not the sentiment at Alden-Iowa based Summit Agricultural Group. Recently, the investment and farm [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 10.4 Million Pounds of Cheese, Butter and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted 15 offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 1.98 million pounds (896 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese, 317,466 pounds (144 metric tons) [Read More …]

USDA launches trade mitigation programs

Stopgap measure will allow President Trump time to strike long-term trade deals U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Tuesday launched the trade mitigation package aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified [Read More …]

Hurry, Registration for MN Nutrition Conf Closes Sep 12

Hurry! Pre-registration for the 79th Minnesota Nutrition Conference Closes at 11:59 PM on September 12, 2018. Save $25 on the registration fee and save time at check-in by pre-registering before the deadline. Register today at: [Read More …]

Sentera Announces Series A Funding

Investment to accelerate adoption of AI and drone provider’s analytics platform Sentera, a Minneapolis-based digital agriculture technology provider, announces that it has raised an additional $14 million in Series A funding. A premier group of [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Releases Report on Grants and Incentives

There are a number of grants and incentives available for Northeast agriculture businesses, but learning about their availability and navigating the application can be a challenge. To help with this process, Farm Credit East recently [Read More …]

UC Davis has encouraging early research findings on cows, seaweed and methane

University of California researchers are feeding seaweed to dairy cows in an attempt to make cattle more climate-friendly. UC Davis is studying whether adding small amounts of seaweed to cattle feed can help reduce their [Read More …]

Amelicor Herd Conference Keynote Speaker Announced

Meet Sean Haynes Sean co-founded AgriCFO in 2015 with the belief that agriculture based businesses must be able to analyze and communicate their financial health, gain access to adequate capital, and have a comprehensive risk [Read More …]

New class selected for ag leadership program

24 individuals selected for Class 49 of the California Agricultural Leadership Program Twenty-four individuals have been selected for Class 49 of the California Agricultural Leadership Program, an advanced leadership development experience for emerging agricultural leaders. [Read More …]

Rotational benefits from alfalfa to corn

Corn grown after alfalfa usually has increased yield Corn grown after alfalfa usually has increased yield, reduced nitrogen requirement from fertilizer or manure, and reduced pest pressure compared to when corn follows other crops. The [Read More …]

Workshops on sustainable ag funding

Workshops will explain the grants’ purpose, help participants refine their ideas Purdue University Extension is hosting a series of free workshops to help farmers, educators and researchers with projects related to sustainable agriculture get the funding [Read More …]

Cattle Industry Works Together on Traceability at NIAA Strategy Forum

“The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and NIAA have often worked together on issues that impact the beef industry,” says Jennifer Houston, 2018 NCBA President-Elect and Opening Speaker at the 2018 NIAA Strategy Forum on [Read More …]

Canadian dairies fret impact of US milk

Farmers say denting supply management in NAFTA deal would be ‘devastating’ Nearly 1,000 kilometres from Washington, where a team of top Canadian negotiators sit in 11th-hour NAFTA discussions, Peter Strebel works under a cloud of [Read More …]

Farmer sentiment rises

Opinions split over potential impact of aid package Agricultural producer sentiment increased modestly in August after dipping sharply in July according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer reading. The barometer, which is based on [Read More …]

Zoetis introduced Core EQ Innovator™

Helps protect horses from all five core equine diseases in one smooth vaccine Zoetis introduced Core EQ Innovator™, the first and only equine vaccine to contain all five core equine disease antigens — West Nile, Eastern [Read More …]

Reducing cow methane emissions with diet