Month: November 2018

November 6, 2018 – MIN-AD, Inc., producer of MIN-AD®, a calcium magnesium carbonate supplement for dairy and beef cattle, has updated its website at MIN-AD.com to better meet the needs of feed mills, nutritionists and producers, according to Mike [Read More …]

Using Robots, Drones & AI to Feed the World

Plant breeders are using a new arsenal of tools to feed the world’s population ITHACA, N.Y. — Digital innovations in agriculture, including robots, drones and artificial intelligence (AI), are part of a new arsenal of [Read More …]

Alltech Opens Manufacturing Facility in India

November 6, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Facility will be home to Asia’s largest organic trace mineral manufacturing operation [PUNE, India] – Alltech, a global leader in animal nutrition, officially opened its state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Pune, India, on Oct. 27, 2018, with [Read More …]

Schumer calls for changes in how feds classify greek yogurt

Senator Charles Schumer is calling on the federal government to alter a policy to create easier access to greek yogurt in schools. The senator was at Chobani’s New Berlin facility on Friday. Chobani was founded [Read More …]

Jobs Report Indicates Both a Strong Economy and Potential Future Inflation

November 5, 2018 DairyBusiness News JH 0

There was very little not to like in this month’s jobs report. The Bureau of Labor Statistics pegged job growth at a cool 250,000 new slots. With labor force participation up by 0.2 percent to [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Offers Program for Young Ag Leaders Looking to Develop Management Skills

A successful manager is required to master many aspects of business. To help the next generation develop the necessary business and financial skills, Farm Credit East is hosting multipleGenerationNext seminars across the Northeast this fall into [Read More …]

2019 PDPW Managers Academy: Successfully Navigating Today’s Dairy Industry

November 5, 2018 DairyBusiness News JH 0

PDPW Executive Training to be Held Jan. 15-17, 2019 in Charleston, South Carolina Managing a dairy farm in today’s stormy seas of market volatility, input pricing and labor challenges requires not only a steady hand, [Read More …]

Farmers Proactively Prepares for Crisis Before it Happens

November 5, 2018 DairyBusiness News JH 0

Dairy Professionals Come Together for PDPW Crisis Management Training Dec. 11 in Madison, Wis. Having a comprehensive crisis plan personalized to your dairy business is key to business sustainability, brand protection, and vital to successfully [Read More …]

Land O’Lakes, Inc. announces expansion of its Cooperative Farmer Member Health Plan into Nebraska

The expansion marks the country’s first self-insured multi-state association health plan (AHP) formed under the recently released final AHP regulations Land O’Lakes, Inc. is the first organization to sponsor a self-insured multi-state group health plan [Read More …]

Alton and Koopmans achieve 100,000 A.I. services

Throughout the year, East Central/Select Sires, based in Waupun, Wis., and serving dairy and beef producers throughout southern Wisconsin, honors employees who hit certain milestones. In recent months, two East Central/Select Sires artificial insemination (A.I.) [Read More …]

Agropur launches first dairy accelerator in North America

Inno Accel is an open innovation initiative in the North American dairy industry. Agropur, Canada, launched Inno Accel, what is said to be North America’s first accelerator for dairy businesses. The first cohort of five [Read More …]

7th Annual UW Discovery Farms Conference

Registration is open for the UW Discovery Farms Conference set to be held December 12, 2018. Register today for the 7th Annual UW Discovery Farms Conference set to be held on December 12, 2018 at the [Read More …]

2018 Corn Silage Overview

Joe Lawrence, Allison Kerwin and Tom Overton share insights on what to expect from this year’s corn silage in a Forage Management fact sheet. “For many areas of the state corn silage harvest got off [Read More …]

Academy for Dairy Executives Deadline Extended

There’s still time to apply! The deadline for Academy for Dairy Executives (Academy) is extended until November 9. The next Academy will be held in Northern NY, starting in December. Academy is an education opportunity [Read More …]

California’s First Cluster of Dairy Digesters

Calgren Renewable Fuels and Maas Energy Works Partner with a Dozen Dairies An open house on Oct. 25 highlighted California’s first cluster of dairy digesters. A partnership organized by Calgren Renewable Fuels will be processing [Read More …]

Has the formula for dairy farm profit changed?

We are in for a bumpy ride in milk prices for the remainder of 2018 This will be the fourth year in a row that milk prices have not allowed most farms to make enough [Read More …]

“Poking the Box”

I recently finished reading a great book by Seth Godin entitled Poke the Box. I would encourage you to read it as well. It certainly got my thinking going about changes I want to initiate [Read More …]

Class I Milk Crash Accelerates

November 4, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

There are lots of headlines in the dairy news that milk production is continuing to grow. There may be fewer cows, but the remaining cows are producing more milk. This post will look at the [Read More …]

Designing a Large Herd Dairy with Robotic Milking Units

Herd management, milk transport, cow walking distances, manure management and ventilation are viewed in a whole new light when designing a barn for a large herd. However, cow comfort and flow, labor efficiency, design flexibility [Read More …]

National Association of Animal Breeders Holds 72nd Annual Convention

The Annual meeting of the National Association of Animal Breeders (NAAB) was held September 18-19, 2018 at the Radisson Hotel and Convention Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Meeting agenda included the Business session, election of [Read More …]

Five Secrets to Winter Teat Health

Update your milk quality program now to be ready when winter hits. Frozen teats? Ouch. Elevated somatic cell counts and clinical mastitis? No, thank you. It’s time to prepare your milk quality program for winter. [Read More …]

Avoiding the Dreaded Silage Slump

In “The corn conundrum,” we looked at some of the causes of the dreaded “fall slump.” Now we will look at some of the ways to prevent the slump as well as tools to help [Read More …]

Repeat Breeders: The Challenges And Opportunities

It is well known that approximately 60% of dairy cows during the first 100 days will fail to conceive to the first insemination, and therefore, will be subjected to additional management such as resynchronization and subsequent inseminations. A cow that [Read More …]

Technology Changing Life on the Dairy Farm

Technology is changing the way dairy farmers work, especially when it comes to data. More and more resources are available to collect data on nearly every aspect of a dairy, but with that opportunity comes [Read More …]

CA: What Does President Trump’s Water Memo Mean?

On October 19, President Trump called a press conference, and with Congressmen Valadao, Nunes, McCarthy, Denham and McClintock looking on, signed a Presidential Memorandum on promoting reliable supply and delivery of water in the West. [Read More …]

CA: Alltech Crop Science Attains Organic Certification in California

Alltech Crop Science, the agronomic division of Alltech, has attained organic certification for three of its products: Specify®, Turn® and Viable®. The micronutrient fertilizers, distributed by Simplot Grower Solutions in California, are derived from fermentation technology [Read More …]

GENEX introduces UdderLife™ OptiShield™ teat sealant