Year: 2019

The previous article focused on the advantage of deep sand bedding and choice of sand quality. Clean, deep-bedded sand has been associated with the best outcomes in cattle health, cleanliness, lying times, and cow’s preference. [Read More …]

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Central Plains Dairy Women’s Conference Nov. 5-6

Get informed, empowered and inspired at the 2019 Central Plains Dairy Women’s Conference, Nov. 5-6, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bloomington, Minn. Sarina Sharp, a dairy market analyst and risk manager for Ag Business [Read More …]

National Cancer Institute Endorses Dairy Council of California’s Nutrition Education

Nutrition Pathfinders Considered Effective Research-Tested Intervention Program Dairy Council of California, a quasi-state government nutrition education organization committed to elevating the health and wellness of children and families, announced its fourth grade Nutrition Pathfinders program was [Read More …]

CA: Geoff Vanden Heuvel’s California Update

I was in the dairy business for nearly 39 years in Chino in Southern California. I spent over 25 of those years on the board of Milk Producers Council. Since I retired from active dairy [Read More …]

Introducing New KUHN Hay Tools

GA 6930, 7530 & 8131 Twin-Rotor Rotary Rakes The GA 6930, 7530 and 8131 twin-rotor, semi-mounted rotary rakes provide operators with an even wider range of sizes to find a machine that best fits their [Read More …]

Dry Cow Rations: Rethinking The Value of Straw

Added as a way to prevent DAs and milk fever, straw in dry cow rations is up for review as new information comes forth: understanding rumen function and its relationship with microbiology allows for an [Read More …]

Power up your feed with BOVAMINE® Dairy Plus

“We often say, ‘We don’t feed the dairy cow, we feed the microbes in her rumen and lower digestive tract,’” says Keith Bryan, PhD, technical service manager, Silage and Dairy, at Chr. Hansen. That’s because [Read More …]

Lemken Offers Karat 9 for Maximum Versatility with Intensive Cultivation

Lemken, a global manufacturer and supplier of professional crop cultivation implements for strategic tillage, planting and crop protection, offers the Karat 9, a multi-purpose cultivator designed for maximum versatility. The Karat 9’s user-friendly engineering, durable construction [Read More …]

Magazine

Double S Liquid Feed Services Receives Distinguished Safe Feed/Safe Food Certification

Double S Liquid Feed Services is excited to announce it has been certified by the Safe Feed/Safe Food Certification Program. Administered by the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), the Safe Feed/Safe Food program means a [Read More …]

NMPF Statement on U.S. Response to Illegal EU Subsidies Under WTO

“Subsidies and barriers that handicap U.S. businesses in the global marketplace by violating international trade commitments shouldn’t be tolerated. We strongly support the World Trade Organization’s imposition of $7.5 billion in retaliatory duties on European [Read More …]

Vermont Cow Wins International Ayrshire Show

De La Plaine Bingo Stinger of Bridport, Vt. took home the Senior and Grand Champion titles, the $1,000 Udder Comfort Grand Champion Cash Award and the Allen Hetts Grand Champion Trophy during the International Ayrshire [Read More …]

DMC Payments Top $300 Million as Signups, Aid Exceed Previous Program

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The popular Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program signed up more than 22,000 dairy farmers – more than participated in the last year of the Margin Protection Program (MPP) that it replaced — and paid out [Read More …]

Comestar Holstein Invests in Robotic Milking

The Quebec-based dairy farm known across the globe for its outstanding genetics, including famed Laurie Sheik, signed an agreement to purchase a total of eight DeLaval VMS™ V300 with Herd Navigator™ A pillar of the [Read More …]

DeLaval donates $8,500 to National 4-H Dairy Conference

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For 36 years and counting, DeLaval has been supporting the next generation of dairy producers through a donation to the National 4-H Dairy Conference. This year’s donation of $8,500 was made possible through sales of [Read More …]

UW–Madison dairy science department to hold fall visit day Oct. 22

Madison’s Department of Dairy Science invites prospective students and their parents to visit campus on Tuesday, October 22, 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., to explore what the program has to offer. Those attending will get [Read More …]

Reviewing 2019 County-Level Cash Rents

Despite a prolonged downturn in the price of many farm commodities, USDA’s state-level estimates of cash rents for cropland and pasture in 2019 revealed the national average rental rate for all cropland at $140 per [Read More …]

CoBank Quarterly Economic Review: Volatility Continues to Roil U.S.

Uncertainty over trade policy, weather and African Swine Fever dominated agricultural markets last quarter, causing greater volatility across the industry that’s affecting producers, supply chains and end users, according to the latest Quarterly Rural Economic [Read More …]

Randi Muzumdar speaks about INTL FCStone’s Vision 20/20: Global Markets Outlook

This week the topic is INTL FCStone’s international conference… Vision 20/20: Global Markets Outlook. Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News talks with Ms. Randi Muzumdar, head of the dairy / foods division in the Americas for [Read More …]

News

CA dairy farms reach major milestone in climate goal

Methane reduction efforts on track for positive impacts on climate and more The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) reported this month that California’s dairy farms will soon be more than halfway to achieving [Read More …]

Fuel Up to Play 60, Chelan Fresh Collaborate on Breakfast Cart Program

Carts will serve estimated 1.1 million meals in schools the nation’s leading in-school wellness program founded by dairy farmers and the NFL – is teaming with Chelan Fresh to increase access to more nutritious foods [Read More …]

Vermont Cow Wins International Ayrshire Show

De La Plaine Bingo Stinger of Bridport, Vt. took home the Senior and Grand Champion titles, the $1,000 Udder Comfort Grand Champion Cash Award and the Allen Hetts Grand Champion Trophy during the International Ayrshire [Read More …]

Women in Dairy Conference offers opportunity for learning, networking

Conference will be held December 3, in Harrisburg Women involved in the dairy industry will have an opportunity to learn about key production practices and to network with peers at an upcoming conference offered by Penn [Read More …]

Blanche is Back at the International Milking Shorthorn Show

2017 Grand Champion, Eichlers Md Blanche-ET, owned by Peter Vail & Hillpoint Partners of Englewood, Fla., returned to the colored shavings to be named Senior and Grand Champion of the 2019 International Milking Shorthorn Show [Read More …]

Kristin Peck Promoted to CEO of Zoetis

Zoetis Inc. (NYSE: ZTS) today announced that Kristin Peck will succeed Juan Ramón Alaix as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2020, and join the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Alaix, who has been CEO [Read More …]

Northeast Dairy Management Conference

The Northeast Dairy Management Conference is designed for producers and agriservice professionals to interact and relate to the latest thinking and issues in the dairy industry. Dynamic and informative sessions will challenge your thinking to [Read More …]

Webinar highlights activity monitoring systems

Oct. 23 DCRC webinar features Use of Activity Monitors and Implications to Fertility The Oct. 23 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) webinar features Use of Activity Monitors and Implications to Fertility (Estro: Uso de Monitores [Read More …]

Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Opens 55th Store In Georgia with Shop in Athens

Bruster’s Real Ice Cream may have been founded and headquartered in Pennsylvania, but its largest market is Georgia with a significant concentration in the Atlanta area. Bruster’s in Athens brings approximately 2,000 square feet, including [Read More …]

NASS announces release of 2017 Census of Agriculture Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Profiles

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today released 2017 Census of Agriculture data tabulated by race, ethnicity, and gender. Located on the NASS website, these national, state, and county-level data profiles [Read More …]

Farm secretary: No guarantee small farms will survive