Year: 2019

What a weather anomaly this year has been! It started this spring with the bomb cyclone in March in the western part of Nebraska and the flooding on the central and eastern portion of the [Read More …]

California Dairy Activities

Giacomazzi Dairy Complete Dispersal One of the oldest continuous dairy farms west of the Rockies closed out its milking operations on Oct. 25 with a complete dispersal at the dairy in Hanford, Calif. Four generations [Read More …]

CA: 2019 Western Alfalfa & Forage Symposium

Optimizing Yield and Quality in Irrigated Forages 19-21 November, 2019, Grand Sierra Hotel, Reno, NV CE Units Provided (24 units CCA, 3 units PCA) Early-Bird Registration will close Nov. 8 for this comprehensive program which features 62 [Read More …]

CA: Drought-tolerant crop being studied in Central Valley – from ABC 30

Big research is happening at the Kearney Agriculture and Extension Center in Fresno County. Sorghum, a crop that looks similar to corn, is under a microscope. Jeff Dahlberg, director of the center, said that sorghum [Read More …]

The FeedTyme feed pricing platform helps dairies

The FeedTyme feed pricing platform helps dairies and feed mills move quickly to securely buy, sell and manage feed ordering while on the go. FeedTyme’s goal is to significantly improve and modernize the business landscape [Read More …]

Peak Serum Supports Safety and Standards of Northern Colorado Dairy Supply Chain

Peak Serum, Inc., a Wellington-based privately owned and independent supplier of life science laboratory products has established a partnership with Longs Peak Dairy in Pierce, Colorado. Longs Peak has enlisted Peak Serum’s support of production [Read More …]

New Vettec Bovi-Bond 210cc Cartridge Holds 30% More Material

Vettec, Inc. has introduced a new cartridge system for its Bovi-BondTM block adhesive that has 30% more urethane adhesive per cartridge so dairy farmers can block more cows in less time. The new 210cc cartridge [Read More …]

How California’s Blackouts Are Affecting The State’s Dairy Farmers

Many dairy farmers in California are struggling to adapt to frequent power outages. Farmer Cody Nicholson Stratton talks with NPR’s Ailsa Chang about how it has impacted his livestock and business. Transcript: AILSA CHANG, HOST: [Read More …]

Idaho dairies launch new Farm Workforce Modernization Act

The Idaho Dairymen’s Association welcomed the introduction of The Farm Workforce Modernization Act in the U.S. House of Representatives today. “This bipartisan bill would provide a great deal of certainty and stability on one of the [Read More …]

Manage both Finances and Cows

Operating a successful dairy in today’s unpredictable dairy business environment requires not only top-notch management of animals and employees, but also a solid understanding of financial management. The PDPW Financial Literacy for Dairy® seriesis the [Read More …]

Working together is the heart of dairy

The cooperative principle of working together lies at the heart of the dairy industry Dairy is a quirky commodity. It’s a highly perishable product “harvested” every day. It’s in all 50 states. And more than [Read More …]

Texas A&M Deploys DRAGEN

November 1, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

First American Academic Institution Install for Agricultural Applications Analyzing heaps of sequencing data is about to get orders of magnitude faster at the Texas A&M AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Service. Illumina’s DRAGEN (Dynamic Read Analysis [Read More …]

Checkoff Support Helps McDonald’s Launch Reformulated Chocolate Milk

Support from dairy checkoff food scientists has helped McDonald’s USA produce a reduced-sugar, low-fat chocolate milk that will be unveiled nationwide in January. The new formulation has 25 percent less sugar than McDonald’s previous chocolate [Read More …]

Labor Bill Provides Critical Opportunity for Dairy Farmers

Edge urges Congress to move forward amid farm labor crisis Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, one of the largest dairy co-ops in the country, issued a statement about a new congressional proposal introduced today aimed at providing [Read More …]

Don’t miss out on USDA’s $60-million Branded Export Promotion Fund

The “best kept secret in export assistance” lets suppliers tap FAS programs to offset promotion costs for branded export initiatives. The Southern United States Trade Association (SUSTA) calls it the best kept secret in export [Read More …]

2019-20 PDPW Financial Literacy for Dairy

Join the 2019-20 PDPW Financial Literacy for Dairy training series this fall and winter, held at PDPW Headquarters in Juneau, Wis. The multi-level, multi-session financial development program is designed to provide dairy farmers, veterinarians, nutritionists, [Read More …]

NMPF Eager to Work With Congress as House Agriculture Guest Worker Bill Introduced

October 31, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation today announced its support for the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a bipartisan immigration bill that advances agriculture immigration reform sponsored by Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Congressman [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast Features Wisconsin Dairyman Discussing Dairy’s Need for Change

Episode 5 of DairyVoice Podcast features Wisconsin Dairyman Pete Kappelman DairyBusiness has released Episode 5 of the DairyVoice Podcast, featuring Wisconsin Dairyman Pete Kappelman. Pete is a fourth generation Wisconsin dairyman who has moved from [Read More …]

Farm Bankruptcies Rise Again

Chapter 12 Filings Increase 24% Compared to Year-Ago Levels USDA currently projects farm income in 2019 to reach $88 billion – the highest net farm income since 2014’s $92 billion, but still 29% below 2013’s [Read More …]

NYS Ag Society’s 188th Annual Meeting

NYS Department of Ag & Markets, Cornell University CALS sponsors event State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball today announced that the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets is partnering with the College of [Read More …]

The future of dairy relies on research

October 31, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy Task Force 2.0 endorses a plan to increase funding for dairy research Years of low milk prices, rising costs, and trade policy turmoil have taken their toll on our state’s dairy farmers and the [Read More …]

Dr. Michael Dykes of IDFA speaks about dairy exports and the USMCA trade agreement

Speaking with Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News at Hilmar Cheese Company in California, Dr. Michael Dykes urges Congress to pass the USMCA trade agreement. As head of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Dykes was [Read More …]

New One-Dose Adjuvant Saves Time, Cost by Removing Need for Booster Shots

Newport Laboratories, Inc., a leader in custom-made vaccines, today launches Bio One™, a new, proprietary one-dose adjuvant that helps reduce time, labor and expense by removing the need for booster shots. Many bovine custom-made vaccines [Read More …]

The Rockefeller Foundation Launches $2 Million Competition to Inspire Dramatic Change to the World’s Food System

The Rockefeller Foundation today announced the Food System Vision Prize – inviting organizations, universities, institutions, companies, cooperatives, and partnerships from around the world to create compelling and progressive visions of the world’s system by 2050. [Read More …]

House introduces The Real MEAT Act

Bill to address misleading labels on alternative proteins U.S. House of Representatives members Anthony Brindisi (D-NY) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) have introduced the The Real Marketing Edible Artificials Truthfully (MEAT) Act of 2019 to combat [Read More …]

Industry Wide Food Safety Initiative Focuses on Small/Artisanal Ice Cream Companies

The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy announced that food safety resources for small and artisanal ice cream manufacturers, including an online class and technical support, are now available. These initiatives, which are similar to tools [Read More …]

Michigan Dairy Ambassador Program Gearing Up for 2020, Applications Due Jan. 17

Any Michigan high school and college students interested in dairy and/or pursuing a career in the dairy industry have until Jan. 17 to apply for the 2020 Michigan Dairy Ambassador Scholarship and Leadership Program. Continuing [Read More …]

CountryMark CEO retires after oil industry career

Board names Matt Smorch new leader After 17 years as CountryMark’s chief executive officer and president, Charlie Smith will retire from the company this December. “Our employees are what makes this company great, and I [Read More …]

USDA ESTABLISHES DOMESTIC HEMP PRODUCTION PROGRAM