Year: 2018

ProPath utilizes synergistic absorption pathways to optimize mineral metabolism Zinpro Corporation announces ProPath® – its most versatile Performance Minerals® innovation for the U.S. and Mexico to optimize trace mineral nutrition for multiple species. The ProPath [Read More …]

E.M. Tharp and World Ag Expo® “We Believe in Growing” Scholarship Applications Now Available

World Ag Expo® and E.M. Tharp, Inc. have teamed up again to provide the “We Believe in Growing” scholarship, created to support agricultural education. High school seniors from Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Kern counties [Read More …]

What’s the cost of an unmanaged crisis?

Crisis Management Workshop December 11, 2018, Madison, WI In sessions led by communication expert Judy Rupnow of MorganMyers, this workshop will take you deeper into risk managment for your dairy. By the time you’re headed [Read More …]

Continental Dairy Facility hiring 115 people ahead of 2019 opening inside old Littlefield denim mill

Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest LLC is set to be fully operational in March of 2019 and is looking for employees to staff its production plant in Littlefield on the property formerly housing the American Cotton [Read More …]

Reviewing Dairy Revenue Protection Participation

It has been slightly more than one month since Dairy Revenue Protection was made available to dairy farmers on Oct. 9. Dairy-RP is an area-based quarterly insurance policy designed to protect against declines in the [Read More …]

Tariffs: Growth for Dairy Jobs May Have Soured, but Still Flows for Bourbon Jobs

November 13, 2018 by Nick Bunker Trade wars seem to be hurting the dairy industry, but tariffs haven’t yet made an impact on the overall labor market. How much has the ongoing trade war affected the US [Read More …]

Take Note of MOO-d Music Ideas for Holiday Entertaining with Crave Brothers Cheese

Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics Cheese knows you’re probably going to be serving cheese at get-togethers this holiday season, and offers some harmonious suggestions to add to your playlist that will complement a melody—oops, make that [Read More …]

Midwest Dairy Over the Moon About Reaching the Next Generation of Consumers

Moo Lab pop-up events at Iowa State University and University of Minnesota catch dreamy results. Got milk? If you’re a member of the Frappuccino-sipping Generation Z, the answer is yes, but with a twist. Gen [Read More …]

News

Ornua postpones board meeting due to ‘governance issues’

The Ornua board meeting that was scheduled to take place tomorrow (Wednesday, November 14) has been postponed due to “governance issues” at board level. The postponement comes amid growing concerns over potential challenges posed by the [Read More …]

Field to Market, Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN announce new capability for farmers to quantify stewardship

Truterra™ Insights Engine to integrate sustainability metrics from Field to Market’s updated Fieldprint® Platform Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture and Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN today announced the forthcoming availability of Field to Market’s [Read More …]

Removing guesswork from wastewater disposal

Food processors, UW collaborate on wastewater program For more than a century, cheesemakers and vegetable processors have applied water remaining after production to open fields and farmland. The wastewater was used to wash vegetables, or [Read More …]

Similar Farm Bill Choices, Different Farm Economy

Before the end of 2018, Congress will need to pass a new Farm Bill or an extension of the 2014 bill. With that in mind, this week’s post considers the current price environment as it [Read More …]

Milk prices force more farmers out of operation

Federal program might provide some help for reeling dairy farmers High production costs and falling commodity prices over the past four years are forcing more and more dairy farmers out of business in Iowa and [Read More …]

Genetic Data Analyst at the Interbull Centre (Quantitative Geneticist)

Exciting opportunities The Interbull Centre is a section of the Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden. It has been contracted by the International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) to be the operational [Read More …]

Feed Dealers Seminars

Register now to attend seminars! The Feed Dealer Seminars are specifically targeted for nutritionists, veterinarians, crop and management consultants, extension educators, and dairy producers with specific interest in nutrition-oriented topics. They are designed to blend [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers Advance Business Savvy in PDPW Financial Literacy for Dairy Training

Multi-Session Training Series Offered in Marshfield, Wis. Operating a successful dairy in today’s complex and volatile dairy business environment requires not only top-notch management of animals and employees, but also a solid understanding of financial [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 3.5 Million Pounds of Cheese, Butter and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted 20 offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 2.048 million pounds (638 metric tons) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, 606,271 pounds [Read More …]

Colin Tizzard’s UK milk empire runs its course

It is goodbye Daisy, Buttercup, Marigold and Henrietta. Well, not quite, as most modern dairy cows answer to a three-figure number stamped on their backsides, but 60 years of milk production at Venn Farm will [Read More …]

Achieving Genetic Potential

We know the importance of colostrum at birth, good calf nutrition and sound weaning protocols in assuring calf health. We’re now learning more, however, about how the cow’s nutritional status during gestation can affect the [Read More …]

Scholarship Opportunities Total $15,000 in 2019

Select Sire Power will award up to $15,000 to students in 2019. Students who have completed their first full year of college in an agricultural study are encouraged to apply for the Wayne Dudley Scholarship program. The [Read More …]

Ag Bankers Sound Alarm On Rising Interest Rates For Farmers

Financial data from Midwest crop farms still looks better than you’d expect after more than five years of low grain prices, but lenders gathered at the National Agricultural Bankers Conference in Omaha, Nebraska Sunday got [Read More …]

NMPF Urges Congress to Put Farmers First in Lame-Duck Session

Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), urged Congress to make passing a new farm bill a top priority in its lame-duck session that starts tomorrow, saying that dairy farmers [Read More …]

Dairy Economic Forecast and Upcoming Trends on Tap for Nov. 21 PDPW Webinar

Dan Basse Will Share U.S. and Global Market Insights in PDPW World Class Webinar What’s in store for 2019 dairy markets in the U.S. and around the world? The next PDPW World Class Webinar – [Read More …]

PDPW Dairy Food & Policy Summit Scheduled for Dec. 19-20

Two-Day Event to Feature National, State Experts on Food, Trade, Environmental Topics For the dairy industry, 2018 has been a whirlwind year of economic, trade, and regulatory policy news that have impacted international markets and [Read More …]

Administration Prepared to Take on EU Trade Practices

Most of the talk about agricultural trade centers around China, Asia, Canada, and Mexico. But the Trump administration is gearing up for a trade battle with the EU. American farm exports totaled $143 billion in [Read More …]

Dairy Digester Benefits Calculator Tool

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is accepting public comments on its Draft Dairy Digester Research and Development Program (DDRDP) Benefits Calculator Tool and supporting Draft DDRDP Quantification Methodology until November 16, 2018. The calculator was developed to estimate the greenhouse [Read More …]

Pedigree Analysis of 2018 National Holstein Show Winners Now Online