Month: August 2019

Friday meetings in Beijing encourage collaborative partnerships as retaliatory tariffs take a toll on U.S. dairy exports. U.S. Dairy Export Council President and CEO Tom Vilsack met Friday with officials from Chinese government and [Read More …]

Holstein Assn encourages use of RFID ear tags

RFID ear tags speed up data collection and improve animal disease traceability USDA announced their implementation timeline for mandatory electronic animal identification for cattle earlier this year. By January 1, 2023 all dairy cattle will [Read More …]

Global Dairy Market Outlook

Recessions and Commodity Prices: Not Necessarily Linked We all remember what happened with dairy prices in the last recession. If you weren’t in the industry back then, ask someone who was, it was a pretty [Read More …]

Dairy margin coverage and market facilitation program informational meeting

Meeting will be September 10, at Berks County Agricultural Center Penn State Extension and the USDA Farm Service Agency will be offering an informational meeting for dairy producers on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 1:00 [Read More …]

National Dairy Shrine Banquet at World Dairy Expo

Every year the National Dairy Shrine has an annual awards banquet highlighting the past, present and future of the dairy world. Students receive numerous scholarships, current dairy leaders are honored for their success and prominent [Read More …]

We Can Do Better Than This

John Ellsworth of Success Strategies Recently, it seems like I hear a lot of comments about how people aren’t doing better, either because of the President, some Congressman, some policy or some other factor out [Read More …]

Safety Must Be a Priority on the Dairy

August 30, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

Anthony Raimondo, Esq. of Raimondo and Associates In California, Cal/OSHA has classified dairy as a “high hazard” industry, and nationwide, dairy occupations are among agriculture’s most dangerous. Manure lagoons, equipment, falling hay, and even livestock [Read More …]

Fluid Milk Sales Trends for First Half of 2019

Previously, in the June 5, 2019 post to this blog, fluid milk sales trends were reviewed through the first quarter of 2019. Data is now available to review milk sales in the second quarter of 2019. [Read More …]

Keeping Your Vaccines Viable

Vaccines are a vital part of keeping all livestock healthy. Vaccines help in the prevention of disease, which results in less utilization of antibiotics due to fewer sick animals. Vaccines provide protective immunity approximately 21 [Read More …]

Management Considerations for Immature and Frosted Corn Silage

The 2019 growing season in New York has again not been “normal.” Wet conditions delayed planting in many areas of the state. Later in the growing season, some areas were dry. On many farms, there [Read More …]

Tips to Manage Harvest Controllables

Proper silage harvest management is the key to quality feed all year long. We can’t always control or manage all aspects of harvest but there are several we can. With forage inventories being low this [Read More …]

Utah State Food Science Team Wins 2019 IMPA New Dairy Product Award

Meanwhile, last year’s winner licenses concept to major food manufacturer A team of food science students from Utah State University won the 2019 Idaho Milk Processors Association new product competition Aug. 10. They not only earned [Read More …]

CA: Last Call for the DMC Signup

The sign-up opportunity for the 2019 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program ends on September 20, 2019. USDA reports that as of August 11, only 44% of California’s eligible producers have signed up for the DMC [Read More …]

Recognizing the ‘itis’ Part of Mastitis Can Save Producers Time and Money

During mastitis treatment, focus on the infection instead of the inflammation The standard practice on dairies has been to treat mastitis until the inflammation is gone, which is why some five-day treatment regimens have become [Read More …]

New Holland Agriculture Launches the Great New Holland Haytools Giveaway in The U.S. And Canada

New Holland, a leading agricultural and construction equipment manufacturer, will launch The Great New Holland Haytools Giveaway in partnership with media leader Farm Journal at Farm Progress Show. The contest opens on August 27, 2019. [Read More …]

Hesston by Massey Ferguson Introduces MF1316S RazorEdge Pull-Type Disc Mower Conditioner

New design offers smooth crop feeding, better windrow formation and simplified service points The Hesston by Massey Ferguson® Model MF1316S RazorEdge™ pull-type disc mower conditioner is built to optimize crop throughput and quality, helping operators cut [Read More …]

New Fendt Products Include Row Crop-Friendly Tractor and Revolutionary New Planter

AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGCO), a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and solutions, continues to invest significantly in FendtTM North America by doubling Fendt dealer locations in the past year while introducing a row crop-friendly tractor and [Read More …]

Lemken Introduces the Heliodor 9 for Optimum Versatility And High-Speed Tillage

Lemken, a global manufacturer and supplier of professional crop cultivation implements for strategic tillage, sowing and planting protection, introduces the Heliodor 9 high-speed disc for one-pass tillage and seedbed preparation in a variety of field conditions. With high [Read More …]

Exploring innovative solutions for sustainable dairy wastewater management

IDF has today released a publication that explores pioneering wastewater treatments in dairy processing. Like all wastes produced by production plants, dairy wastewater must be treated before it is discharged into water bodies. Owing to [Read More …]

FARME Institute: July 2019 Management Report

Protein regained $0.40/lb, and fat advanced $0.03/lb. The price of Other Solids was flat. On a hundred-weight basis, Statistical Uniform Price (3.5% fat) increased $0.55/cwt and Class III price increased $1.28/cwt resulting in PPD decreasing [Read More …]

World Dairy Expo Entry Deadline Approaching

Time is running out to enter cattle to compete on the legendary colored shavings October 1-5 at World Dairy Expo; entry fees increase on Sunday, September 8 after 11:59 p.m. (CST). Electronic entries will remain [Read More …]

Labor Day quiz question: How many jobs does dairy support in YOUR state?

GotDairyJobs.com has fresh data on jobs, tax revenue, GDP, exports and more—all showing how dairy helps drive the economy. A clearinghouse of information managed by three dairy organizations has updated data and new resources that [Read More …]

Farm Bill funding opportunities for animal health

Two webinars will assist potential collaborators with the application process The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the open period to apply for 2019 funding for the [Read More …]

‘Choose PA Dairy’ promotional materials available

Dairy industry contributes more than 52,000 jobs and $14.7 billion to economy With the dairy industry contributing more than 52,000 jobs and $14.7 billion to Pennsylvania’s economy each year, the Choose PA Dairy campaign is [Read More …]

Darigold Selects Richard Scheitler and Monica Johnson as New Chief Information Officer and General Counsel

Both Scheitler and Johnson will bring significant experience from parallel industries including food and beverage and consumer products Darigold is pleased to announce today the hiring of Richard Scheitler as its new Chief Information Officer, [Read More …]

Borden Dairy Joins State Fair of Texas’ Wacky Food Lineup with Fun Flavored Milks

August 29, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Limited-edition Banana Taffy, Blueberry Cobbler and Cotton Candy milks available for fairgoers and shoppers in select markets State Fair of Texas® fanatics tasting this year’s new Fair food can look forward to enjoying it with a side of Cotton Candy [Read More …]

John Ellsworth on what cash flow analysis can mean for your dairy business

Ray Kroc, the entrepreneur behind the McDonald’s Corporation, once said, “I didn’t invent the hamburger. I just took it more seriously than anyone else.” Likewise, John Ellsworth of Success Strategies doesn’t make any claims about [Read More …]

Empire Farm Days focus on soil health

Seminars, farmer panels, demonstrations, and tours supported soil health practices Driving through the countryside of the Finger Lakes in summer, one passes fields of swaying corn, hears the rumble of tractors, while the waft of [Read More …]

Graeter’s Ice Cream’s Partnership with The Cure Starts Now Continues Its Fight To Find the Homerun Cure™ for Childhood Cancer