Month: January 2019

Meeting for dairy and field crop farmers includes a delicious hot buffet lunch Cornell Cooperative Extension’s South Central NY Area Dairy & Field Crops Team presents its annual Winter Crop Meeting on Tuesday, January 29th, [Read More …]

Rabobank: Consequences of a ‘Hard Brexit’ for Food & Agribusiness – EU Market Closes for UK, While UK Will See Food Price Inflation

In the absence of a Brexit deal – a so-called ‘hard Brexit’ – the UK will become a ‘third country’ to the EU on 30 March 2019. In practice, this will mean that UK companies [Read More …]

One dairy’s goal standard

Farm Transition Planning Workshop will be held Jan. 19, Feb. 16 and March 16 One day in 2014, a man stopped by Bill and Bonnie McMillin’s farm in southeastern Minnesota’s Wabasha County and offered to [Read More …]

#WEF19 ON AGRICULTURE

Below you will find our list of must-see sessions all relating to the world of agriculture today and plans for the future. View, share, and join the conversation!

Seats Available for February 2019 Experienced Applicator Training Course

Asmark, AGCO Offer Opportunity to Refresh Skills before Busy Herbicide Application Season AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO) and the Asmark Institute have created an applicator training course specifically for crop protection and crop nutrient applicators with more than three years [Read More …]

Holstein Association USA Recognizes Top BAA Herds

Holstein Association USA has released the lists of the top Holstein Breed Age Average (BAA%) herds for 2018 classifications. Herds participating in the Classic or Standard options of the Holstein Classification program receive an overall [Read More …]

Webinar Presentation from Cornell University Crop Insurance and Risk Management and Education Program and Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY

12:30 pm – 1:15 pm, January 24, 2019 Join the Webinar Presenters: Ron Robbins, Owner, North Harbor Dairy, Sackets Harbor, NY and Ed Gallagher, President, DFA Risk Management Robbins has used many tools to manage [Read More …]

#AFBF19 Market Intel Highlights

From the outlook on the overall U.S. economy to the impacts of tariffs and tax reform on farmers and ranchers, the American Farm Bureau Federation’s four economists shared their insights on a variety of topics [Read More …]

Dietz Lankhorst Named President and CEO of Krone North America

Krone, a leading global manufacturer of hay and forage equipment, announces that Dietz Lankhorst has been named President and CEO of Krone North America, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. Lankhorst will replace Rusty Fowler, who is [Read More …]

Roberts to lead Ag Committee in 116th Congress

Republican members of the Senate Agriculture Committee have been announced U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., has once again been tapped to lead the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, during the 116th Congress. “I am [Read More …]

Agricultural Worker Program Act introduced

Newly introduced legislation aims to shield farmworkers from deportation Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representative Zoe Lofgren (both D-Calif.) today introduced legislation to shield farmworkers from deportation and put them on a path toward earned legal [Read More …]

CAFO meeting at Marshfield Ag Research Station

Pre-registration is required by February 6 for lunch An update meeting for WPDES permitted CAFO, or farms approaching 1,000 animal units, will be held at the Marshfield Agriculture Research Station on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, [Read More …]

Cornell professor shares 2019 dairy economy predictions

An agricultural economist broke down in a discussion Wednesday how milk production, popular products, trade and other factors affect the dairy market. About 20 farmers watched, scribbled notes and raised questions during Cornell University professor [Read More …]

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K2 Insurance Services Acquires Leading Specialty Farm and Agriculture General Agency

K2 Insurance Services, LLC (K2) has announced the completion of the acquisition of the assets and operations of Mid-America Risk Managers, Inc. (MARM). MARM, based in Omaha, Nebraska, is a farm and agricultural focused specialty [Read More …]

Bishop Joins Vytelle™ as Director of Strategy

Vytelle™ announced today the addition of Michael D. Bishop, Ph.D., as director of strategy. In this role he will be responsible for helping set the direction for Vytelle, growing partnerships globally and increasing market penetration. [Read More …]

Are Retailers Destroying the Dairy Industry?

At a time when thousands of U.S. dairy operators of all sizes are starved for revenue, declaring bankruptcy or selling off multi-generational operations, the latest inequity is a particularly cruel twist of the knife. Squeezed [Read More …]

Survey: Only 1-in-5 Consumers Think Plant-Based Imitators Should be Called Milk

With only six days to go before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) comment period on fake milks ends, new consumer research shows Americans widely disapprove of dairy terms being appropriated by fake-milk producers, [Read More …]

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Regulators sign off on dairy farm in northwestern Indiana

Indiana regulators have a granted a key permit for an organic dairy farm that could become home to more than 4,000 cows in Newton County. Natural Prairie Dairy says its cows will graze on alfalfa [Read More …]

After Decades There’s a New Leader at Indiana Dairy Checkoff

Replacing a forty-one-year veteran and the retired CEO of American Dairy Association, Indiana will have its challenges, but filling the shoes of Deb Osza is a ten-year veteran of the dairy checkoff in Indiana, Jenni [Read More …]

USDA announces FSA offices back open during shutdown

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that all FSA offices nationwide will soon reopen to provide additional administrative services to farmers and ranchers during the lapse in federal funding. Certain FSA offices have been [Read More …]

Educational programming slated for cheese industry conference

The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association and Center for Dairy Research recently announced partnerships with Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy and the U.S. Dairy Export Council to deliver more educational programming [Read More …]

Sign up for Dairy Girl mentoring

The Dairy Girl Network is rolling out a national mentoring program, Inspire, but interested mentors or mentees better hurry, because the application deadline is Jan. 27. This program facilitates and encourages women to connect and expand [Read More …]

News

CWT Assists with 3 million Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted 15 offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 2.932 million pounds (2,020 metric tons) of Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Gouda cheese, and [Read More …]

Frye Presents to Future Ice Cream Leaders at 127th Penn State Course

Cary Frye, IDFA senior vice president of regulatory affairs, presented her 11th consecutive annual lecture last week to attentive ice cream industry up-and-comers participating in Penn State University’s globally renowned Ice Cream Short Course. The course [Read More …]

Holstein Association USA 2019 Judges Conference Registration Now Open

Registration is now open for the Holstein Association USA 2019 Judges Conference, to be held on Thursday, March 28, in Columbus, Ohio, in conjunction with the Mid-East Spring National Holstein Show. The conference includes judging [Read More …]

World Ag Expo Seminar – The Key to Producing High Component Cows

Presented by Shane Holt, Cargill Dairy Focus Consultant Tuesday, February 12, 2019 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Seminar Trailer 1 The emphasis on butterfat and protein reflects changing milk markets. High-component producing cows have one thing [Read More …]

Make Plans to Attend the 2019 PDPW Business Conference Mar. 13-14 in Madison, Wisconsin

Dairy’s Premier Educational Event Will Feature Best-in-Class Education and Networking World-renowned speakers will present dynamic educational sessions and workshops at “Dairy Forward,” the 2019 PDPW Business Conference, presented by Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) on March [Read More …]

Cornell Dairy Executive Program Management Symposium: Joint Ventures and Lean Systems

February 26 – 27, 2019 Doubletree Hotel Syracuse, New York Early bird registration discount by February 1 The CDEP Management Symposium is opportunity for CDEP alumni and other progressive dairy managers to continue their education in leadership [Read More …]

Focus on Risk for Dairy Farmers Webinar

12:30-1:15 pm, January 24, 2019 | Join the Webinar Presenters: Ron Robbins, Owner, North Harbor Dairy, Sackets Harbor, NY and Ed Gallagher, President, DFA Risk Management. Robbins has used many tools to manage milk price risks [Read More …]

Virtus Nutrition Welcomes Northeastern Sales Manager