Year: 2018

Select Sires is proud to partner with CowManager®, the leading cow monitoring company, to introduce Fertility Insights. New data integration capabilities within the CowManager system accelerate cow fertility insights and have been designed to collect, [Read More …]

As U.S.-China Dispute Escalates, Farm Groups See Added Risk With No Escape

Commodity prices are falling in the wake of President Trump’s threat of round after round of tariffs on China, and on Tuesday, groups representing wheat and soybean growers warned that the White House is making [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 2.5 Million Pounds of Cheese and Butter Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 2.460 million pounds (1,116 metric tons) of Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack cheese and 55,116 [Read More …]

News

NMC conference highlights solutions to emerging milk quality issues

Participants learn from industry experts, cardiologist and university professors After a 12-year hiatus, National Mastitis Council (NMC) returned to Canada for its regional meeting, held June 20-22, in Guelph, Ont., Canada. The event attracted nearly [Read More …]

CDFA-funded dairy digester project by Calgren Dairy Fuels wins industry award

Funded by California Climate Investments, CDFA’s Dairy Digester Research and Development Program (DDRDP) provides financial assistance for the installation of dairy digesters in California, resulting in reduced greenhouse gas emissions. To date, CDFA has awarded $8.2 [Read More …]

Donald Trump will protect American farmers from China’s trade retaliation according to Sonny Perdue

The US has to stand up to China’s abusive trade practices like intellectual property theft. And we won’t leave farmers to face Chinese bullying alone. In 2011, a group of Chinese nationals dug up genetically engineered [Read More …]

Reactions to passage of House farm bill

Secretary Perdue Statement on 2018 Farm Bill Passing the House of Representatives U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed their version of the 2018 Farm Bill: [Read More …]

News

NMC conference highlights solutions to emerging milk quality issues

Participants learn from industry experts, cardiologist and university professors After a 12-year hiatus, National Mastitis Council (NMC) returned to Canada for its regional meeting, held June 20-22, in Guelph, Ont., Canada. The event attracted nearly [Read More …]

PDPW: Will we see you Tuesday? Water Matters.

It’s this Tuesday June 26, 2018 Join us for tours, discussions, solutions, and answers to your water quality questions UW Discovery Farms and Professional Dairy Producers (PDPW) have teamed up once again to showcase water-quality innovations [Read More …]

House action on farm bill fosters stability for dairy community

A group representing hundreds of Midwestern dairy farmers issued a statement regarding passage today of the farm bill by the U.S. House of Representatives. The vote for the bill, called the “Agriculture and Nutrition Act [Read More …]

American Farmland Trust Celebrates Legislative Victories for Farmland Protection

American Farmland Trust, the organization behind the national movement No Farms No Food, supports today’s passage of the House Farm Bill as an important milestone for farmland and ranchland protection and a vital step in [Read More …]

House Subcommittee Approves Precision Ag Bill

A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee last week approved Farm Bureau-supported legislation that will help close rural America’s digital divide by creating a task force to focus on the needs of precision agriculture. The Precision [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers Of America Honored As A Finalist For Foodbev Media’S World Dairy Innovation Awards

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Recognition for “Best Cheese” and “Sustainability/CSR Initiative” Categories Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a global food cooperative owned by family farmers, was recently honored as a finalist in two categories for FoodBev Media’s World Dairy [Read More …]

The internet of cows arrives in Canada

Generations of farmers have relied on knowledge and family expertise to grow food, but the sector is set for a surge of disruption at the hands of made?in?Canada artificial intelligence?powered systems. AI is now helping farmers across the country to increase [Read More …]

UC Davis to lead national cow genomics effort

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The cattle industry is the largest agricultural commodity in the United States, generating more than $100 billion in farm cash receipts in 2016. Despite cattle’s economic importance, scientists still have a long way to go [Read More …]

As carbon dioxide levels rise, major crops are losing nutrients – from NPR

Plants need carbon dioxide to live, but its effects on them are complicated. As the level of carbon dioxide in the air continues to rise because of human activity, scientists are trying to pin down [Read More …]

Professional Dairy Producers Foundation (PDPF) Awards June Grants

Education is the key to healthy and vibrant dairy communities. The dairy community is controlling its own destiny and addressing its ongoing needs through the Professional Dairy Producers Foundation competitive grant program. PDPF funds educational [Read More …]

Tariff Threats Roil Crop Markets

Following a late-May price rally that coincided with a “cease fire” in the tit-for-tat trade tensions between the U.S. and China and a commitment by China to “ramp up” purchases of U.S. agricultural commodities, many [Read More …]

NMPF Applauds House Passage of Farm Bill as Crucial Step Toward Final Enactment in 2018

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today commended House passage of the Farm Bill as a key step toward enacting a bipartisan, bicameral bill into law by Sept. 30. Among the provisions of significance to [Read More …]

This Week in Dairy Featuring Interviews With Jack and John Postma, featuring their new Lely Robots

Brothers Jack and John Postma milk 1700 cows near Modesto, Calif. Last fall they moved part of the herd into a 600-cow freestall barn equipped with Lely robots. Recently TDR, the local dealer, organized an [Read More …]

UW dairy science grads prepared for careers

Coursework and Dairy Challenge prepare students for careers Although Logan Voigts hadn’t been to this dairy farm before, he was pretty sure he’d find problems with the calves. Sure enough, when he got to the [Read More …]

Select Sires Inc. Introduces Summer Interns

Select Sires Inc. is pleased to welcome 13 interns to their summer internship program. Thomas Allen, Saul Boysel, Sydney Good, Matthew Hall, MaryKate Harrod, Lauren Hendel, Kennedy Horn, Sarah Lehner, Max McCoy, Samantha Oftedahl, Jacob [Read More …]

USDA appoints members to national milk board

10 members appointed to fill vacancies on Nat’l Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue recently announced the appointment of 10 members to fill vacancies on the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board. [Read More …]

Winners Announced in the Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese Foodservice Recipe Contest

Results are in for the Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese Professional Chefs’ Recipe Contest, featuring Crave Brothers Fresh Mozzarella or Crave Brothers Mascarpone. Cheese-loving foodservice professionals submitted their favorite original recipes—side dishes, entrées or desserts. Winning [Read More …]

Trump is p****d about Canadian dairy, but he might have a point

A major Canadian dairy processor says Trudeau should ease up on tariffs against American dairy products. President Trump’s planned tariffs against Canada have drawn widespread criticism, but representatives of one industry say he has a [Read More …]

New online tool helps farmers, applicators time manure applications with weather

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has teamed up with the National Weather Service to design a tool that helps farmers and commercial applicators determine the best time to apply manure. The Runoff Risk Advisory Forecast [Read More …]

PA: Dairy farmers agree, it’s time to talk

As the region’s dairy farmers face their worst economic crisis in decades, dairyman and Wayne County Commissioner Brian Smith, joined by the local ad hoc committee Wayne Agriculture Tomorrow, will convene a Wayne Dairy Farmers [Read More …]

Farm Credit awards efforts to promote agriculture

Provided funding to 21 organizations for their efforts to promote northeast agriculture The Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Program, a joint effort of Farm Credit East, Yankee Farm Credit and CoBank, recently provided funding to 21 organizations [Read More …]

2018 Dairy Twilight Tour slated for July 10

Attendees will be able to visit the displays and exhibits set up by the tour sponsors Ohio: The Wayne-Ashland Dairy Service Unit invites all dairy producers, dairy service industries, businesses and anyone with an interest [Read More …]

Canada can end dairy trade dispute with U.S.