Month: December 2019

Each Cow Comfort Workshop is a day-long program held from 9:30 am to 3 pm Cornell CALS PRO-Dairy along with the Central New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops (CNYDLFC) team will be offering Cow [Read More …]

USDA improves crop insurance for coarse grains

Recent changes to the insurance policy for coarse grains will take effect in 2020 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced changes to crop insurance for coarse grains in 2020. USDA’s Risk Management Agency [Read More …]

International Dairy Federation welcomes Russia and Kenya to its membership

The International Dairy Federation (IDF), the leading global source of science-based dairy expertise since 1903, has welcomed Russia and Kenya as official members of IDF, raising the overall number of member states within the Federation [Read More …]

Junior All American Winners of 2019 Announced by American Jersey Cattle Association

Twenty-three Jersey youth between the ages of 9 and 20 from nine states have been recognized by the American Jersey Cattle Association as the owners of the Junior All American winners for 2019. The winners [Read More …]

An evening of food, socializing, and education

December 3, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Call Fillmore or Houston County Extension offices to RSVP by Dec. 10 The Fillmore and Houston County Extension offices would like to invite all local cattle producers to a viewing party for this year’s Cattle [Read More …]

FDA Nomination Heads to Senate Floor With NMPF Hopeful for Progress on Fake Milk

The National Milk Producers Federation today expressed hope that the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee vote to send Dr. Stephen Hahn’s nomination to be commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to [Read More …]

NFL Players to Showcase Passion for Fuel Up to Play 60

December 3, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

10 NFL players to recognize program during ‘My Cleats My Cause’ games Ten National Football League (NFL) players will vividly showcase their passion for the farmer-created Fuel Up to Play 60 program during games played [Read More …]

National Young Cooperator Chairs Paul and Nancy Pyle Highlight Challenges Affecting Dairy’s Next Generation

Dairy’s future will depend on its next generation of farmers, many of whom are already hard at work on farms across the country. Young farmers are an important part of the agricultural landscape, and their [Read More …]

UnitedAg awards $11,750 in Vocational Scholarships

Recipients include 10 deserving students in California and Arizona AJ Cisney, Chair of the Board of Directors for UnitedAg and the Education Committee (AEF), announced that the Directors awarded 10 Vocational Scholarships for the 2019-2020 [Read More …]

KUHN Wins Two ASABE Awards

December 3, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

KUHN was recently awarded two AE50 awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). AE50 awards were given to the KUHN OptiSense™ belt stall indicator on the MM 890 Merge Maxx® hay [Read More …]

DairyBusiness and DHIA Release All-Inclusive News App

DairyBusiness News and NDHIA have produced a new mobile app for dairy professionals DairyBusiness News, in partnership with the National Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA), have released a new mobile app today for dairy producers [Read More …]

2019 All-National Honorees

Congratulations to all of the breeders, owners, and exhibitors! You can view the top 10 at www.holsteinusa.com/allnational2019.

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Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame welcomes six new inductees for 2019

December 2, 2019 DairyBusiness News Yoda 1

Six exceptional Canadians were formally inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame at a special ceremony last night in Quebec City. JoAnne Buth, Marc Comtois, Cynthia Grant, the late Louis Latimer, Laurent Pellerin and [Read More …]

Cows on Russian Farm Get Fitted with VR Goggles to Increase Milk Production

The VR headsets will hopefully relax the cows, offering them sun-filled summer views of green pastures. If you walked onto the RusMoloko dairy farm near Moscow, in Russia, you may think you’ve arrived onto a [Read More …]

Holstein Journal Publisher Peter English Dies at 76

G. Peter English, 76, the retired owner and publisher of the Holstein Journal in Canada died on Nov. 29 in hospital at Newmarket, Ont. He grew up on the Enghill Holstein farm of his parents, [Read More …]

The 2020 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) Program in 4 Minutes

Senior Vice President of Membership Services and Strategic Initiatives Chris Galen discusses 2020 signup for the USDA’s Dairy Margin Coverage program.

Alycia Drwencke Joins New SWNY Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program

Cornell Cooperative Extension continues to provide programming to assist agricultural producers “ Alycia Drwencke joins the SWNY Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program from Cornell University Cooperative Extension as the Dairy Management Specialist and [Read More …]

RCI Announces Acquisition of Ag-Bag

RCI has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Ag-Bag product line from CNH Industrial America. Ag-Bag, based in St. Nazianz, Wisconsin, is the global leader in ag-bagging of forages and other agricultural commodities. “We [Read More …]

Vilsack optimistic about dairy exports in 2020

The USDEC president and CEO says the U.S. dairy industry is in the export business “to stay and to win.” Despite trade policy challenges in China and other markets, U.S. Dairy Export Council President and [Read More …]

J.R. Simplot Company Agrees to Acquire Pinnacle Agriculture

Boise, ID and Loveland, CO – The J.R. Simplot Company, a privately held food and agribusiness company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, and Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings, LLC, a leading agricultural retailer, have announced Simplot’s agreement to [Read More …]

2019 H-2A Sets Records, While a 2020 AEWR Wage Increase Approaches

Q4 Info The fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 saw a 6% increase in the number of certified positions compared to Q4 2018. This is the most modest Q4 increase since DOL began making quarterly data [Read More …]

Registration Open – 2020 Anaerobic Digestion Process and Fundamentals Shortcourse

Anaerobic Digestion Process Fundamentals and Management Shortcourse for Agricultural, Food Processing, Industrial and Municipal Operations January 15 – 16, 2020 Cornell University Ithaca, New York Target Audience: Current anaerobic digester system owners, operators, and managers, [Read More …]

All American Winners of 2019 Announced by American Jersey Cattle Association

The official Jersey All American and Reserve All American winners of 2019 have been announced by the American Jersey Cattle Association. The All American events are held annually in Louisville, Ky., in conjunction with the [Read More …]

Market outlooks with Dan Basse Dec. 18th

While the weather continues to wreak havoc across all sectors of agriculture, an increase in U.S. milk price has been a welcome change to dairy producers. Economist Dan Basse will help make sense of the [Read More …]

Corporate Citizen of the Year: Sargento Foods