Year: 2018

November 14-16, 2018 The Westin Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana PLEASE NOTE: Due to contractual obligations, the 2018 meeting goes back to the Wednesday night welcome reception, Thursday – Friday pre-conference symposium, general and breakout sessions. The new [Read More …]

The 2018 Honorary Recognition Awards

HONORARY RECOGNITION Each year CALS recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to their communities, their chosen career fields, and the citizens of the state and the nation. CALS has three awards: the Honorary Recognition [Read More …]

WFU: focus on long term solutions

Trade strategy should focus on long-term security, not short-term emergency aid U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced Aug. 27 the details of the administration’s emergency aid package for farmers affected by the escalating [Read More …]

Trade Aid Round One: A State Perspective

Trade Aid. Trade mitigation package. Assistance for farmers impacted by unjustified retaliation. No matter what you call it, we can all agree that the agricultural community has been eager to learn exactly how USDA would [Read More …]

DeLaval Robotics PROductivity Tour

Join DeLaval at World Dairy Expo for a special opportunity to see a robotic dairy and a rotary setup on the same, FREE tour. A bus will depart World Dairy Expo at 7 AM and [Read More …]

Australian Dairy Farms goes organic with acquisition of infant formula company

Australian Dairy Farms Group (ASX: AHF) has made a move to capitalise on increasing domestic demand for premium organic foods with the $1.5 million acquisition of Sydney-based Flahey’s Nutritionals, producer of organic infant formula products including [Read More …]

Canada: Dairy looms as 11th hour NAFTA irritant as Trump advisers press for concessions

Canada’s protected supply-managed dairy industry emerged as a major 11th-hour irritant as the Trudeau government returned Tuesday to what could be the final, pivotal round of talks to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement. [Read More …]

Taking a Page Out of a Different Playbook: NIAA Strategy Forum on Livestock Traceability Speaker Chip Kemp

“My goal is to challenge everyone to coalesce around the fact that we need beef producers to want this, not just make them use it,” says Chip Kemp, Director of International Genetic Solutions (IGS) and [Read More …]

Pyles Named 2018 MMPA Outstanding Young Dairy Cooperators

Paul and Nancy Pyle of Zeeland, Michigan, were selected as the state winning 2018 Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) Outstanding Young Dairy Cooperators (OYDC) by a panel of judges represented by leaders in the Great [Read More …]

MCLANAHAN INTRODUCES THE MODULAR SMS12

McLanahan Corporation is excited to announce the official launch of the Modular SMS12. This system, similar to others manufactured by McLanahan, separates bedding sand from dairy cow manure. The Modular SMS12 utilizes proven equipment for [Read More …]

Study finds cheddar cheese does not raise cholesterol

A trial conducted by Food for Health Ireland (FHI) scientists at University College Dublin (UCD), has found that when Irish full-fat cheddar cheese was consumed by a group of individuals for six weeks, it did not [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Provides Scholarships to Four Future Agriculture Leaders

Farm Credit East recently awarded four scholarships to students involved in the National FFA Organization (Future Farmers of America) to provide financial support for the students’ Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE), a required activity in the [Read More …]

$25,000 up for grabs for college agriculture advocates

College Aggies Online scholarship competition kicks off next month College students are lining up for the chance to win more than $25,000 in scholarships while advocating for agriculture in the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 10th annual [Read More …]

USDA Announces Details of Assistance for Farmers Impacted by Trade Tariffs

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced yesterday details of the recently announced trade mitigation assistance for farmers. Of the up to $12 billion publicized last month, today’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement provides $6.4 billion in assistance to various agricultural [Read More …]

The Silver Bullet to Ensuring Quality Silage

Unfortunately, there is no single product or solution to create high-quality silage. The forages being harvested right now across North America will soon be feedstuffs. The goal of silage is to preserve the quality and [Read More …]

Dairy Cattle Genomics Workshop Scheduled for Tuesday, October 2, 2018 in Madison, WI

Two collaborative research and extension teams, which include faculty from Washington State University, University of Idaho, USDA-ARS, University of Florida, University of Missouri, Colorado State University, The Ohio State University, and Cornell will be offering [Read More …]

Yankee Farm Credit approves special cash patronage

Yankee Farm Credit members will receive $1.8 million mid-year patronage The Yankee Farm Credit Board of Directors recently approved the distribution of a mid-year patronage dividend of $1.8 million to their more than 1,400 members [Read More …]

Crops under water? Think about CREP

Lands in 50 Wisconsin counties are eligible for CREP Farmers whose corn or soybeans are standing in water after this week’s heavy rains in southern Wisconsin might think about enrolling those lands in CREP, says [Read More …]

Dairy farmer group applauds Mexico trade agreement

Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, representing the voice of milk across the Midwest, cheered today’s announcement by President Trump that the United States has reached a free trade deal with Mexico. While full text of [Read More …]

USDA Announces Details of Assistance for Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation by foreign nations. President Donald [Read More …]

GENEX employees recognized for dedication to members, co-op

Nine awards were recently presented to GENEX employees at the cattle genetics cooperative’s Dairy National Marketing and Sales Conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. “These employees are leaders in what they do and deserve to be recognized [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 2.5 Million Pounds of Cheese, Butter 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 557,770 pounds (253 metric tons) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, 119,050 pounds (54 [Read More …]

Chinese and Mexican Tariffs Will Cost Dairy Industry Billions If Left Unchecked

Retaliatory tariffs by China and Mexico could lower dairy exports by $2.7 billion and depress dairy farmers’ revenues by $16.6 billion over the next several years unless they are rolled back. Moreover, U.S. economic output [Read More …]

New development in groundwater monitoring

A web-based tool to monitor and visualize groundwater storage in Texas Groundwater is an important source for drinking, industry, and irrigated agriculture with the latter being the largest consumer of groundwater resources in Texas. In [Read More …]

Organic dairy farmers vow to compete

Number of U.S. dairy farms, including organic and conventional, fell 4 percent last year Small family operated dairy farms with cows freely grazing on verdant pastures are going out of business as large confined animal [Read More …]

Canadian dairy farmer to share perspective

As U.S. dairy farmer crisis continues, Ohio farmers hear what works in Canada Dairy Farmers of Ontario Vice Chairman Murray Sherk will visit Ohio on Aug. 28 to share his perspective on pros and cons [Read More …]

Legion Bio Chem Enters Soil-enhancement Market

Newly-launched Legion Bio Chem brings a new vision to the micronutrient and biologicals space Legion Bio Chem was recently announced as the newest player in the soil enhancement market. The GroWell Solutions Legion comes to [Read More …]

In Memory – Mike Ley September 29, 1960 – August 24, 2018

In Memory – Mike Ley: September 29, 1960 – August 24, 2018 Michael ‘Mike’ Ley – Washington, MO Michael Victor Ley, 57, passed away on Friday, August 24, 2018. Mike was born on September 29, 1960, [Read More …]

2018 Dairy Profit Seminars: Dairy One on the value of dairy records

The 2018 Dairy Profit Seminar Series at Empire Farm Days, sponsored by DairyBusiness, featured a presentation by Dairy One on the theme of getting more value from DHI records – Data to Dollars. The value [Read More …]

2018 ACE On-the-Farm Twilight Meetings THIS WEEK!