Year: 2018

Cargill Animal Nutrition announces the addition of Grant Stoddard to its Central U.S. dairy team. Stoddard brings his experience working in the dairy industry, and a level of expertise that will help strengthen customer offerings. [Read More …]

Kids+Cows: Dairy Council’s New Exhibit at the Cal Expo Farm

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross and State Fair CEO Rick Pickering joined Dairy Council of California leaders and volunteers at Cal Expo in Sacramento this morning to welcome two busloads of students from nearby Elk Grove to tour a fresh, [Read More …]

Justin Welsh, D.V.M., Named Executive Director, Food Animal Technical Services

Justin Welsh, D.V.M., has been named Executive Director of Food Animal Technical Services for Merck Animal Health’s U.S. Food Animal Team. In his new role, Dr. Welsh oversees the technical services and pharmacovigilance groups for [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Hosts Webinar on Dairy Farm Financial Report

Farm Credit East will host a webinar to discuss 2017 Northeast dairy farm results and the current dairy situation. Dairy farmers and other interested parties are invited to participate in this free webinar on Tuesday, [Read More …]

2018 Borlaug CAST Communication Award Goes to Marty Matlock

The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) announces that the 2018 Borlaug CAST Communication Award goes to Marty Matlock, an internationally recognized expert in agricultural sustainability metrics and assessment. Matlock has become the world’s [Read More …]

Pre-Birth Nutrition Can Impact Calf’s Life-Time Performance

Some aspects of a calf’s life-time performance are affected by nutrition while in utero. The nutrients present in the pre-birth environment can affect life-time productivity and influence if the calf becomes a good cow or [Read More …]

Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY Wednesday Webinars in Spanish

Monitoring Fresh Cows Monitoreo de Vacas Frescas April 25, 2018 @ 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm 25 de abril del 2018 Presenter: Martín H. Zincola DVM, PhD Candidate, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University Presentador: [Read More …]

Preliminary Report #3 – Dairy Farm Business Summary and Analysis Program

As dairy businesses across New York analyze their financial performance using the Dairy Farm Business Summary and Analysis Program, supported by Cornell University, Cornell Cooperative Extension and PRO-DAIRY, the changes that occurred on farms from [Read More …]

Spanish Wednesday Webinars | Seminarios Web en Español

Topic: Monitoring Fresh Cows Tema: Monitoreo de Vacas Frescas Presenter: Martín H. Zinicola DVM, PhD Candidate, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University Presentador: Martin H Zincola, estudiante de doctorado en Cornell University These webinars will [Read More …]

Thank Dairy for $64 Billion in Tax Revenues

As Americans meet their April 17 tax return deadline, it’s a good time to note how food and agriculture fund government. After graduating from law school and marrying my wife, Christie, I moved to Mount [Read More …]

Three Agriculture Scholarships Offered by UC ANR

Three scholarships are being offered to college students majoring in agriculture by the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The scholarships will be awarded for the fall 2018 semester or quarter. The [Read More …]

Staying Relevant To Tech-Savvy, Goal-Driven Gen Z Means Dairy Must Nourish Body, Mind

Dairy marketers have a tall order in staying relevant to the youngest generation, which demands products be minimally processed, ethically produced, provide strength for body and mind and of course – be Instagram-worthy. Over the past [Read More …]

Do Farm Tours Have Value?

Have you ever wondered if inviting people to your farm has value? Have you ever wondered if it is worth your time, resources and energy to coordinate a farm tour? I am passionate about connecting [Read More …]

Blizzard-Impacted Farmers Need to Take Action

In an effort to speed up potential relief efforts for farmers impacted by Wisconsin’s recent Blizzard Evelyn, the Wisconsin-based American Dairy Coalition (ADC) is asking those who sustained damage to contact their Farm Service Agency [Read More …]

Flavored milk returns to L.A. school districts

In 2011, the Los Angeles Unified School District eliminated flavored milk. After three-month pilot study with the district that was partly sponsored by Dairy Council of California, flavored milk has been reinstated. “Milk consumption increased [Read More …]

All Breeds Blog

NMC Heads to ‘The Royal City’ for June Regional Meeting

National Mastitis Council (NMC) invites milk quality enthusiasts to its regional meeting in Guelph, Ont., Canada, June 20-22, on the beautiful University of Guelph campus. The NMC Regional Meeting, hosted jointly with the Ontario Association [Read More …]

National Cheese Company to Build $25 Million Plant in Capital Region

A national cheese manufacturer that already has a facility in Schenectady will build a new $25 million plant at the Glenville Business and Technology Park, Empire State Development officials announced Thursday. Belgioioso Cheese, of Green [Read More …]

ACES Twitter Chat April 26:

What are the major pathogens affecting crops like corn and soybean? How will the winter we just had affect insect pests in 2018? What is the difference between a sign and symptom? What are the [Read More …]

The Two Professors Come to California

By Geoffrey Vanden Heuvel The author, a dairyman in Chino, Calif., is a board member and economics consultant for the Milk Producers Council. This piece appears in the MPC newsletter dated Apr. 20 and is [Read More …]

Secretary Perdue Announces New Senior Leaders at USDA

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the selection of senior leaders in several U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies. Perdue appointed Ken Isley as Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Administrator, Joel Baxley as Rural [Read More …]

DCHA Annual Conference Takes the Gold

The Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA) annual conference offered a diverse lineup of speakers and producer panels, unveiled new industry insights and provided unmatched networking. More than 500 dairy calf and heifer growers, dairy [Read More …]

UW–Madison Dairy Science Students Win Contest

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Students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Dairy Science took first place at the National Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge, held April 12-14 in Visalia, California. Dairy Challenge is an applied dairy management competition that requires [Read More …]

Lee Mielke’s Market Report April 20

is a veteran dairy journalist and broadcaster, currently carried in a dozen Ag newspapers nationally. This column is prepared especially for the readers of DairyBusiness. Based in Lynden, Wash., he can be reached by email [Read More …]

This Week in Dairy Video with Annie AcMoody, Dairy Economist with Western United Dairymen: April 20, 2018

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Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News speaks with Annie AcMoody, dairy economist with Western United Dairymen. A producer information meeting, one of three in California hosted by WUD, had just finished on Apr. 18 in Tulare, [Read More …]

Good News for Farmers Looking for Land in N.Y.

The recently adopted 2018-19 New York State budget offers good news for a new generation of farmers looking for farmland in New York. The budget includes funding to create the “Farmland for a New Generation [Read More …]

Feeding Strategies With Low-Priced Cottonseed

Cottonseed prices are hovering just above March’s historical lows, with spot prices ranging from $145 in North Carolina to $217 in Wisconsin. The feed ingredient’s outlook is good for dairy farmers as prices are expected [Read More …]

NRCS State Conservation Engineer Named