Year: 2018

New coverage option provides increased flexibility to producers Farmers now have a low-cost option for insuring small parcels of land in one county by combining them into a single enterprise unit with land in a [Read More …]

TechMix Global Hires Sjors Zuurhout

TechMix Global has hired Sjors Zuurhout to support its international business unit in marketing efforts and distributor relations. International business growth for TechMix Global has prompted the call for additional staffing. TechMix Global has built [Read More …]

Recognizing and preventing lameness in dairy cows

Lameness is one of the most expensive herd health problems Lameness in your dairy cows is detrimental not only to herd health, but to your bottom line as well. Economically, the results of foot disease [Read More …]

Charlie Daniels Band at 2019 Commodity Classic

The band will perform Saturday night to close the three-day event The Charlie Daniels Band will provide the Evening of Entertainment at the 2019 Commodity Classic, held Thursday, February 28 through Saturday, March 2 in [Read More …]

CDFA Accepting Public Comments On Draft Guidelines For New Demonstration Projects Related To Dairy Methane Reduction

CDFA is accepting public comments on draft guidelines for new demonstration projects designed to achieve reductions of methane emissions from California dairy and livestock operations. The demonstration projects are two new components of CDFA’s existing [Read More …]

Idaho dairy farmers back immigrant legal services

The Community Council of Idaho’s newly formed immigration legal services program, Familias Unidas, recently received backing from the Idaho Dairymen’s Association with a financial award to assist with services for migrant families. Familias Unidas provides [Read More …]

NAAB is seeking an Associate Service Director

NAAB is seeking an Associate Service Director for CSS and Associate Technical Director for NAAB with a primary focus on auditing programs and services of NAAB member organizations. For more information, see the attached position announcement [Read More …]

Farm Credit East to Host Informational Webinar on Finding and Applying for Grants for Northeast Agriculture

Northeast producers are invited to participate in a webinar that will provide information regarding grants, incentives and cost-shares available to Northeast agriculture. This webinar, hosted by Farm Credit East, will take place on Tuesday, December [Read More …]

UF/IFAS Professor Emeritus Wins International Award For Cattle Reproduction

A University of Florida animal sciences graduate research professor emeritus has won the 2018 International Ruminant Reproduction Symposium Pioneer Award (IRRS), given to scientists who have trained students and made major contributions to understanding reproductive [Read More …]

Novus Employees Surpass Goal for Local Giving

Since its formation, Novus International, Inc. and its employees have been working to support charities in their local communities through the United Way. This year, Novus employees and business partners have surpassed previous records raising [Read More …]

Get a complete mastitis cure the first time

Three steps to mastitis treatment success Mastitis is too costly to mess around with a treatment that may not provide a complete cure. If the tube you are using doesn’t clear up the clinical signs [Read More …]

State farm bureau honors local dairy farmer Marie Canon

Marie Canon enjoys sharing her knowledge of dairy farming and that passion is now being recognized. Canon was named this month as the state’s Outstanding Woman in Agriculture at the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau’s annual meeting [Read More …]

Registration Is Now Open for Winter Session of AFIA-KSU Feed Manufacturing Course

The American Feed Industry Association has opened registration for the winter session of “AFIA/KSU 500: Fundamentals of Feed Manufacturing,” an online course conducted in partnership with Kansas State University. The five-week education course will take place [Read More …]

Farm bankruptcies on the rise in Upper Midwest according to Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

The number of farms filing for bankruptcy is increasing across the Upper Midwest, following low prices for corn, soybeans, milk and beef, according to a new analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. The [Read More …]

Join the Conversation at the PDPW Dairy Food & Policy Summit

December 19-20 Event Features Conversations Between Farmers, Researchers, Policy Makers and More Progressive dairy farmers, industry CEOs, food system department executives, key decision makers and thought leaders from across the food value chain will come [Read More …]

Targeted Leadership Development for Dairy Professionals

Three Tracks Available in PDPW Cornerstone Dairy Academy to be Held March 12-13 in Madison, Wis. Leading with professionalism is critical to one’s success in today’s fast-changing dairy industry. The PDPW Cornerstone Dairy Academy™, presented [Read More …]

ImmuCell Team Expands

Vincent joins the ImmuCell team ImmuCell announces the hiring of Becky Vincent as the Sales and Marketing Manager for the Great Lakes Region serving the states of MI, OH IL, IN, KY, TN, AL, GA, [Read More …]

USDA Pennsylvania Weekly Livestock Trends Issued for November 19

Combined Livestock Receipts from Carlisle, Dewart, Greencastle, New Holland, Middleburg, and Vintage. Across Pennsylvania this week, cooler temperatures and our first snow of the season. Roads were a mess by midday on Tursday with road [Read More …]

Lakeland Dairy’s UK merger with LacPatrick under CMA “enforcement order”

The UK’s competition watchdog has imposed a so-called “initial enforcement order” into the planned merger between Ireland-based cooperatives Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies. In a proposed deal first announced in July, the planned amalgamation of the [Read More …]

Farm labor workshops in Missouri

Workshops to be held Nov. 29, Marshall, Dec. 6 in Springfield and Dec. 13 in Sikeston Major farm management decisions concern capital and labor. Too little attention goes to the labor side of farming, says [Read More …]

California dairy program celebrates 20 years

California dairy leads the nation in environmental stewardship In December of 1996 and January of 1997, a series of subtropical pineapple express storms washed over California. Watersheds were already saturated when the storms brought more [Read More …]

PDPW Human Resources Workshop Scheduled for Dec. 12

Human Resources Workshop Agenda General Session – Trevina Broussard Hire right: Spot the eagles among turkeys If you’re going to succeed in business, there’s one key area you have to master – how to find, [Read More …]

All Breeds Blog

AAVSB, ARPAS approve NMC’s continuing education applications

Veterinarians, animal scientists attending NMC event may earn CE credits The American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB) and American Registry of Professional Animal Sciences (ARPAS) approved National Mastitis Council’s (NMC) application for continuing education [Read More …]

Work begins on $555M Michigan dairy processing plant

November 26, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

Construction has begun in central Michigan on a $555 million diary processing plant that will have the capacity to process a quarter of the milk produced in the state each year. Irish food and nutrition [Read More …]

American Farmland Trust Announces Renewed Commitment to Combating Climate Change

American Farmland Trust, the organization behind the national movement No Farms No Food®, announces new commitments to combatting climate change, including hiring Jennifer Moore-Kucera as the new director of its climate initiative and simultaneously announcing its [Read More …]

Registration is Sold Out for the Inaugural California Dairy Sustainability Summit!