Month: October 2018

The 2018 World Dairy Expo ended on Sat., Oct. 6, after its five-day run welcoming a record 890 participating companies in the Trade Show, experiencing record participation in WDE Youth Contests and once again bringing [Read More …]

Dairy Strong 2019 registration is open!

January 23-24, 2019 Monona Terrace, Madison, Wis. An inclusive event moving us forward… Register Now Be inspired and re-energize with a diverse program of events. Learn about current research and new technologies, get updates on [Read More …]

National Dairy Council accepting entries for collegiate New Product Competition

Students will be tasked with developing a dairy or dairy-based product that satisfies consumers’ desire for performance nutrition. The National Dairy Council (NDC) and its New Product Competition is seeking the next innovative dairy product [Read More …]

What can you do to minimize risk within the dairy market?

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CT Broker and hedger Carl Babler will explain the newest tool for managing market volatility – Dairy Revenue Protection Insurance, offered through the USDA Risk Management Agency. [Read More …]

Initiative addresses emergent ag challenges

National FFA is working with technology companties to educate FFA student members Top technology and agriculture companies have announced a partnership with the National FFA Organization to empower and educate nearly 670,000 FFA student members. Amazon [Read More …]

Leaders across five decades unite to oppose USDA plans

Manifesting alarm over the USDA’s plan to reorganize and relocate its statistical and research agencies, 56 former USDA and federal statistical agency officials, including former deputy and undersecretaries, have written to Congress to warn of the likely [Read More …]

Cornell Food Venture Center completes upgrades

State-of-the-art research facility supports more than 500 companies annually Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the completion of $13 million in upgrades to the Cornell Food Venture Center Pilot Plant. The state-of-the-art research facility supports [Read More …]

Ireland farmers focus on efficiency ‘dovetails’ with climate change report

“Ireland’s focus on improving efficiency in the agriculture sector dovetails with key proposals contained in the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.” This is according to the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Environment Committee chairman, [Read More …]

Recombinetics Launches TARGET-TB with Researchers in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to Develop Genome Editing Solutions for Bovine Tuberculosis

Research aims to reduce the public health risk and financial costs associated with this disease Recombinetics announced today the launch of TARGET-TB, a tripartite collaborative research project with University College Dublin in the Republic of Ireland [Read More …]

Mold and Mycotoxin Problems in Livestock Feeding

This article explores effects of mycotoxins on animals, testing feeds for toxins, dealing with contaminated feeds, and limiting mycotoxin production. Introduction Weather conditions during growing and harvesting seasons may appreciably increase the incidence and degree [Read More …]

Driving Profitability — Tip #2: Improve Pregnancy Rates, Boost Profitability

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of Dairy Financial Driver Profitability Quick Tips. Information is based on work by Zoetis and Compeer Financial to analyze 11 years of herd data from 489 [Read More …]

No farm bill until after the election

The U.S. House of Representatives went out of session Sept. 28, eliminating any possibility that Congress would finish the conference report on the farm bill and vote on it before the Nov. 6 election. The [Read More …]

Prepare for Media Interviews at Leadership Workshop

PDPW to Present Media Training Workshop on Oct. 17 in Madison, Wis. The ability to successfully handle a media interview is a valuable skill for dairy producers and dairy industry professionals, but even the most [Read More …]

Florida pet, livestock movement requirements lifted

Putnam announces suspension of requirements to assist evacuations Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam announced today the temporary suspension of intrastate movement requirements for the transportation of animals from the areas expected to be impacted [Read More …]

Garrett Slavik Named Vita Plus Dairy Specialist

Garrett Slavik was recently named a Vita Plus dairy specialist and will serve dairy producers in central Michigan. He will work closely with farm teams to provide nutrition and management solutions to meet their goals. [Read More …]

Antelliq’s Allflex partners with Nestlé farms to monitor dairy cows’ wellbeing

Nestlé and Allflex Livestock Intelligence are cooperating on a plan to pilot Allflex’s SenseHub™ solution to monitor dairy cows’ wellbeing on farms producing milk for specific Nestlé products Allflex Livestock Intelligence, an Antelliq company, is [Read More …]

Dairy Cattle Reproductive Management Online Course

Have you… Been working with dairy cows and are looking to increase your knowledge of reproductive management? Had some formal training or course work but want a refresher on reproductive management? Been working with the [Read More …]

Hoosiers discuss tariffs

Business owners, farmers, policymakers, and economists raise concerns about trade Indiana business leaders, farmers, economists, and policymakers joined Sen. Richard Lugar at the International Center in Indianapolis for a town hall meeting to discuss the [Read More …]

Finding the leaks in your profitability pipeline

Join UW-Extension farm management specialists on Wednesday, October 10 Join UW-Extension farm management specialists on Wednesday, October 10 from 10:00 am -1:30 pm for a seminar on understanding the cost of production, dairy policy, federal [Read More …]

Last Chance to Pre-Register – 2018 Cornell Nutrition Conference

WHEN Tuesday, October 16, 2018 – Thursday, October 18, 2018 WHERE Doubletree Hotel 6301 State Route 298, East Syracuse, New York 13057 REGISTRATION FEE $225 per person DON’T MISS OUT!! PRE-REGISTER BY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11! [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 842,000 Pounds of Cheese and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted nine offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 709,889 pounds (322 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese and 132,277 pounds (60 metric tons) [Read More …]

Exports Reignite Dairy Farmer’s Impossible Dream

National Farmers Day is October 12, when the dairy industry shares inspirational stories about farmers like Daniel Perazzo, who latched on to a big goal when he was only 6 years old. The number appeared [Read More …]

2018-19 PDPW Financial Literacy for Dairy – Level 1 or 2

This is your chance to learn and study at new levels, and then apply what you’ve learned in your dairy farm business between sessions during the 2018-19 PDPW Financial for Dairy – Level 1 & [Read More …]

Connecting with John Meyer

John Meyer is the current CDCB Chair, serving from August 2017 to 2019. As Chief Executive Officer of Holstein Association USA, Meyer represents the Purebred Dairy Cattle Association on the CDCB Board of Directors. The [Read More …]

Global Data, Genetic Sectors Converge at CDCB Industry Meeting

CDCB hosted its 4th annual industry meeting at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., on Tuesday, October 2. The crowd of nearly 175 was comprised of dairy producers and representatives from artificial insemination (AI), genomic [Read More …]

Rain and Hail Sign Multi-Year Agreement with Bushel

Integration of Bushel into Chubb’s agriculture insurance to provide more efficiency for growers in sharing critical production information Rain and Hail, a division of Chubb’s agriculture business, the leading crop insurance franchise in the United [Read More …]

USMCA Breaks New Ground with Better Geographical Indications Policy as Defending Common Food Names Becomes a U.S. Priority

Companies in North America that produce foods that bear generic names are praising the U.S. government for the seminal language included in the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) regarding geographical indications (GI) policy and the protection [Read More …]

Asmark, AGCO Develop Training Course for Experienced Applicators

AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO) and the Asmark Institute have created a new Applicator Training Course specifically for crop protection and crop nutrient applicators with more than three years of experience. The two-day program was developed at [Read More …]

Land O’Lakes International Development awarded funds for new capacity building, food safety projects

USAID, USDA funding will support major new agricultural development efforts in Eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East Land O’Lakes International Development today announced it has been awarded funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) [Read More …]

Claims Filing Deadline in Syngenta Corn Seed Class Action Settlement is October 12, 2018