Month: January 2019

The California Energy Commission has released a grant funding opportunity for eligible renewable energy projects installed on agricultural operations. Awarded grants can range from $25,000 to $350,000. Applications will be accepted until March 5, 2019, [Read More …]

NYFB on Cuomo’s State of the State, budget

NY Farm Bureau statement on Governor Cuomo’s State of the State, proposed budget The following statement can be attributed to NYFB President David Fisher: “New York Farm Bureau is grateful for the historic commitment Governor [Read More …]

Vytelle Licenses Use of Reverse-Sort Technology from Sexing Technologies®

Vytelle announced today a partnership with global livestock reproductive services innovator Sexing Technologies® (ST) for the use of ST’s proprietary reverse semen sorting technology. This partnership will allow beef and dairy producers to access gender-specific [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Cares Donates $60,190 to Northeast Charitable Organizations

Farm Credit East announced today that the Farm Credit East Cares Community Fund donated $60,190 to various charitable organizations throughout the Northeast. This included a $25,000 Farm Credit East contribution supported by the Board of [Read More …]

Endowment Honors UF/IFAS Extension Dean, Supports 4-H

When the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences receives a donation in someone’s honor, it’s often in memory of someone who has passed away. But that’s not how Larry and Debbie Swindle [Read More …]

Norwegian Red Cows Take Credit For World Class Cheese

Norway’s ‘Big Cheese’ As we move into 2019, what better time to reflect on the international success of one Norwegian dairy herd. Jørn Hafslund from Ostegården – and his herd of 12 Norwegian Red cows [Read More …]

Wisconsin dairy review and outlook

How Wisconsin’s dairy industry fared in 2018 and what lies ahead Lorre Kolb: How Wisconsin’s dairy industry fared in 2018 and what lies ahead. We’re visiting today with Mark Stephenson, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension in the [Read More …]

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CDFA announces vacancies on feed board

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is announcing three vacancies on the Feed Inspection Advisory Board. The board makes regulatory and enforcement recommendations to the department to help ensure that commercial feed inspections [Read More …]

Blackburn Named Vita Plus Loyal Dairy Specialist

Jarrod Blackburn recently joined the Vita Plus Loyal team as a dairy specialist. Based in central Wisconsin, Blackburn will provide customized feed and nutrition strategies as well as management expertise for every area of the [Read More …]

2019 CDEP Management Symposium – A Unique Management Education Opportunity

A Unique Management Education Opportunity February 26 – 27, 2019 Doubletree Hotel 6301 State Route 298, East Syracuse, New York 13057 AGENDA Topic Area 1: Lean Manufacturing Lean manufacturing is a systematic method for waste [Read More …]

TechMix Hires Ryan Proffitt

TechMix has hired Ryan Proffitt as Eastern Bovine Territory Manager. There is no substitution for hands-on experience in relating to customers – and Ryan has tremendous amounts of this. Over his career, he has worked [Read More …]

Irwin Named Southeast Sales Manager for Allflex Livestock Intelligence North America

Allflex Livestock Intelligence announces the hiring of Jason Irwin as southeast monitoring sales manager. In his new role Irwin will oversee sales and customer support responsibilities in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South [Read More …]

3 tips to keep profit-robbing subclinical mastitis in check

A high individual cow somatic cell count (SCC) can be like a high interest rate — it undermines your ability to make progress and ultimately robs profit from your investment. In fact, if you don’t [Read More …]

FSA offices opening for limited time

In an interesting turn of events, some federal agencies are being brought back to work. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that many Farm Service Agency offices will reopen temporarily in the coming days [Read More …]

Winter Season Best Care Practices for Dairy Calf Health

Dairy farms face a variety of challenges, including how cold weather affects their animals. Progressive research by the farmer-led Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) is advancing the science-based understanding of how climate and [Read More …]

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New Appointments Made to the Producer Review Board

California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross appointed four new members to the Producer Review Board (PRB) recently. They are Will Dyt of Corona, Kerri Vander Poel of Shafter, Art Van Beek of [Read More …]

PDPW Dairy Wellbeing Workshop to Feature Leading Experts on Cow Behavior and Health

Two One-Day Workshops in Green Bay, Set for Feb. 12 and 13, 2019 Understanding the behavioral health of cattle and making continuous improvements to facilities and management practices will help today’s dairy farmers provide the [Read More …]

Social Media Strategy Workshops Set for Feb. 7 in Madison, Wisconsin

Dairy farmers and allied industry come together to build a social media strategy plan for their dairy business The evolution of social and digital media has created an environment that allows for engagement direct to [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 6 million Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted 28 offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 4.453 million pounds (2,020 metric tons) of Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Gouda cheeses; 454,152 [Read More …]

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CA: Save the Date! Ag Day set for March 20

Save the Date! Ag Day set for March 20

AFBF gives agricultural trade outlook for 2019

Workshop at the organization’s 100th Annual Convention discusses USMCA, trade issues American Farm Bureau Federation policy experts gave an overview of the issues expected to affect farmers and ranchers in 2019 in a workshop at [Read More …]

Florida investigates uptick in reports of cattle deaths

Investigators focusing on one particular brand of feed after increase in cattle deaths Florida officials are investigating an apparent increase in cattle deaths across the state, with investigators focusing on one particular brand of feed. [Read More …]

International Agri-Center ready for ?World Ag Expo

In 2018, 106,700 people came from 49 states, 63 countries to attend World Ag Expo The International Agri-Center® is set to hold the 52nd World Ag Expo® February 12-14, 2019. The largest annual agricultural exposition [Read More …]

Trump promotes his trade policies to farmers

President Trump at American Farm Bureau Federation convention President Donald Trump on Monday left a city shut down by a funding dispute with Congress and the year’s first snowfall to promote his trade policies and [Read More …]

Vilsack Says ‘Canada Has to be More Transparent’ on Agreement to End Class 7 Dairy Pricing

As Congress prepares to review a new trade agreement replacing NAFTA, the U.S. dairy industry remains wary that a Canadian protectionist pricing policy could return under another name. In a question-and-answer exchange with Farm Journal Editor Rhonda Brooks, U.S. Dairy [Read More …]

Defend Yourself By Protecting Your Milk Price

The American Dairy Coalition welcomes dairy producers and industry allied businesses to participate in our free, informative webinar entitled: “Dairy RP: Put Money In Your Pocket When You Need It.” January 25 th , 2019 8:30 a.m. [Read More …]

Animal Agriculture Alliance debuts Sustainability Impact Report

Report highlights animal agriculture’s commitment to continuous improvement Today, the Animal Agriculture Alliance released its “Sustainability Impact Report” focusing on animal agriculture in the United States. The report highlights how the animal agriculture industry shares [Read More …]

“Leading Wisconsin Forward” with Community Leaders, Elected Officials and Farmers at 2019 Agricultural Community Engagement® Meeting

PDPW, Wisconsin Counties Association and Wisconsin Towns Association to Host January 29 Meeting in Madison Working together to build vibrant, growing communities will be the goal of the 2019 Agricultural Community Engagement® (ACE) Meeting hosted by [Read More …]

DCHA returns to Madison, Wisconsin, for 2019 annual conference

Registration is now open for the 2019 Dairy Calf & Heifer Association (DCHA) Annual Conference, April 9-11, at the Madison Marriott West, Middleton, Wis. With a conference theme of “Joining forces. Reaching higher.” attendees will [Read More …]

China F&A Outlook 2019: Navigating the Slowdown and Industry Changes