Month: October 2018

Join the 350+ Industry Leaders Already Confirmed to Attend the California Dairy Sustainability Summit Exciting momentum is building for this inaugural event, which will spotlight California’s world-leading achievements in sustainable dairy farming. More than 100 [Read More …]

Nutritional superiority of grass-based dairy produce underlined in Ireland

The advantages on the nutritional composition and properties of milk and dairy products from grass-fed dairy systems will be a key topic at the ‘Grass-Fed Dairy Conference’. The Teagasc-organised event gets underway today (Thursday, October [Read More …]

Global lessons learned at World Dairy Summit

The International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit has given Dr Tim Mackle, “more perspective on what’s going on globally with dairy.” DairyNZ’s chief executive caught up with The Country Early Edition’s Rowena Duncum to talk [Read More …]

Professional Dairy Producers Foundation funds the urgent needs of the dairy community.

The Professional Dairy Producers Foundation (PDPF) awards grants to non-profit organizations that share the Foundation’s passion and vision for education in dairy communities. Grant dollars are available to those organizations with new, unique ideas that [Read More …]

Ohio’s dairy creates $23.44B economic impact

Dairy farming families milk more than 261,000 dairy cows on about 2,200 dairy farms Ohio’s dairy farmers do more than just produce milk — they create jobs, contribute to their communities and help drive Ohio’s [Read More …]

Breunig starts Filament internship

October 26, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

Filament announces the hiring of Allie Breunig as a marketing communications school-year intern. Breunig will assist the Filament team on communications projects spanning advertising and social media to media relations and writing. Breunig is a [Read More …]

A2 milk claims referred to FTC

Claims at issue were initially challenged by the National Milk Producers Federation The National Advertising Division has referred advertising claims made by The a2 Milk Company for its a2 Milk product to the Federal Trade [Read More …]

French dairy denies it sold contaminated milk

French authorities said 30+ babies fell ill last year from contaminated products French dairy company Lactalis has denied claims made by an investigative newspaper that it sold 8,000 tons of milk powder potentially contaminated with [Read More …]

Register for Growing for the Future!

Growing for the Future is a unique online, interactive conference focused on beginning farmer and rancher issues, including cooperatives, USDA programs, women and veterans in farming, conservation, and much more! Speakers from Farmer Veteran Coalition, USDA Farm Service [Read More …]

Why are cows getting a bad rap in debate?

Framing of debate is reducing a complex topic down to a simple good vs. bad dichotomy A battle royal is brewing over what to call animal cells grown in cell culture for food. Should it [Read More …]

New summer program helps UW freshmen get ‘QuickStart’

The cows plod into a barn for milking around 4:30 a.m., where Austin Vandertie, his mom, and dad – all slightly bleary-eyed – start cleaning teats and attaching cups, claws and tubes. There’s no time to waste [Read More …]

This Week in Dairy with Michael Boccadoro of California Dairy Cares

A dairy sustainability summit? That’s the topic DairyBusiness and Publisher Joel Hastings discusses with Michael Boccadoro, Executive Director of California Dairy Cares. This association of producers, processors and industry supporters says its mission is “the [Read More …]

NMPF Asks USDA to Bolster Dairy Aid Package

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) needs to better reflect the dairy-farm incomes lost to tariff retaliation when it calculates its next round of trade mitigation payments, the National Milk Producers Federation said today. In [Read More …]

The Future of Your Farm Relies on Healthy Calves

Enroll now in the final webinar of our free series, hosted by calf expert Dr. Robert James. Dr. Robert James, Ph.D., PAS, Professor Emeritus from Virginia Tech University, leads the Calf College series, uncovering the [Read More …]

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Attention California Producers: Federal Milk Marketing Order Pricing Starts

October 25, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 3

On Oct. 17, the first advanced pricing announcement was released by the California Federal Market Administrator. You can view the two-page document here. Also, recently released was a four-page Market Administrator’s Bulletin that can be [Read More …]

Dairy farmers drowning in surplus milk

A decade ago, Greek yogurt was ascendant in America. In New York state, the hope among farmers and politicians was that their fortunes would benefit as well. But in the years that followed, Greek yogurt [Read More …]

Haul cattle? This program is for you!

BQA launches new transportation training and certification program The checkoff-funded Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program has launched a new training and certification program for cattle transportation. The program, known as Beef Quality Assurance Transportation (BQAT), [Read More …]

USDA receives interest in hosting ERS & NIFA

USDA has received 136 expressions of interest from parties across 35 states U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has received 136 expressions of interest from parties [Read More …]

Share this with your calf manager

Nov 13, Fennimore; Nov 14, Eau Claire; Nov 15, Chilton General Session The Salmonella Heidelberg Problem – Dr. Donald Sockett Smart bugs are getting smarter and stronger. Learn from the industry’s number-one expert on this [Read More …]

Applications are open for the largest global university-level agriscience competition

Since its inception in 2005, the Alltech Young Scientist (AYS) has had participation of over 60,000 students from more than 70 countries and has awarded $1 million in prizes. It is considered one of the [Read More …]

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Dairy farmer-owned AMPI invests in new technology

New equipment and technology at the Associated Milk Producers Inc.’s (AMPI) Paynesville, Minn., plant will produce more cheese as Americans love for Cheddar continues to grow. Consumption reached an all-time high in 2017 at more [Read More …]

CDFA’s work to regulate antibiotics in livestock

A report issued last week by a consortium of environmental groups on antibiotics in the meat supply chain highlights the importance of work being undertaken by California Department of Food and Agriculture as the first [Read More …]

Gain Insight from Industry Experts at the Inaugural California Dairy Sustainability Summit

Join us November 27-28 at the Sacramento Convention Center to be a part of an important discussion about California’s world-leading achievements in sustainable dairy farming. To see the full speaker roster and agenda, visit CADairySummit.com. [Read More …]

Advanta Seeds Appoints Barry Lubbers as Business Director – North America

Advanta Seeds, a global agriculture company specializing in seeds and agricultural solutions, announces Barry Lubbers as Business Director for North America. Lubbers is a proven leader in agricultural sales, marketing and business development. He has over [Read More …]

USDA-AGIL Position Announcements

The Animal Genomics Improvement Laboratory (AGIL), located in Beltsville, MD as part of USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, has two open positions to fill. The first is a full-time, permanent position for an animal scientist who [Read More …]

New SPCC Chair: Piercristiano Brazzale

Excited by his new role, Piercristiano Brazzale intends to work closely with the chairs of the IDF Standing Committees and Task Forces, and the IDF Team to deliver on the IDF Work Plan for 2019-2021. [Read More …]

Global dairy expertise showcased at World Dairy Summit 2018

The dairy sector demonstrated their global expertise at the IDF World Dairy Summit 2018 which bore the theme ‘Dairy for the Next Generation!’. The international speakers outlined the dairy sector’s contribution to nutrition and health; [Read More …]

The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) Launched 2018 Sustainability Report at 2018 Global Conference on Sustainable Beef

Stakeholders from 25 countries across the globe joined together at the Global Conference on Sustainable Beef to showcase regional impacts driving continuous improvement in modern beef production. At the Conference the European Roundtable for Beef [Read More …]

Irish Processors “Who Already Underpay” intent on ‘Talking Down’ farmer price

Based on current milk price announcements from Irish milk processors, the Irish milk price seems likely to remain at the bottom of the league in the EU, according to the Chairperson of ICMSA’s Dairy Committee. [Read More …]

McDonald’s dairy grants available for Arla Foods farmers in UK