Year: 2019

Ariana Negreiro was recently selected as the Vita Plus dairy nutrition and management fellowship student at Michigan State University. Negreiro is the sixth student to participate in the program. She will spend two summers and [Read More …]

Wisconsin Cheese CMO receives award

Deli Business Magazine recognizes Suzanne Fanning with People’s Award Suzanne Fanning is the lead marketer behind the nation’s most awarded cheese brand and her efforts are being recognized by Deli Business Magazine as “the best [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Awards 32 College Scholarships

Farm Credit East, the Northeast’s largest agricultural lending cooperative, recently awarded $49,500 in college scholarships to 32 student recipients. Farm Credit East’s scholarship program supports students with diverse career aspirations in agriculture, commercial fishing and [Read More …]

How Milk Is Really Priced in the U.S.

Milk Price Discovery is Not Broken, but it Can be Improved In the U.S., minimum milk price regulations enforced by Federal Milk Marketing Orders are based on a system of mandatory dairy price reporting, milk [Read More …]

Forage Seeding Timing

A number of questions have been coming in regarding establishing a forage seeding. In many places things have dried enough to work some of this fallow ground. The idea of getting a new seeding established [Read More …]

NATIONAL JERSEY LEADERSHIP NAMED AT ANNUAL MEETINGS

Officers and directors of the USJersey organizations were elected during the Annual Meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) and National All-Jersey Inc. (NAJ) held June 26 through June 29, 2019, in Saratoga Springs, [Read More …]

Results Matter, and the DMC Delivers

Getting results for members is central to the mission of any trade organization. Fortunately, thanks to a great deal of hard work by our expert staff, NMPF has important achievements to point to that will [Read More …]

We All Scream for Ice Cream! Celebrate Ice Cream Month in July

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative joins dairy organizations across the country in supporting July as National Ice Cream Month. Nothing satisfies on a hot day like a cool ice cream cone. Our member farms are selling their [Read More …]

It’s a Game-Changing Day in the Dairy Industry: Say Hello to the Industry’s First Fresh Milk and Plant Blended Beverage (A Daily Dose of Dairy/BerryOnDairy.com exclusive)

It takes a lot for me to say wow. I’m rolling out the red carpet for this innovation. And guess what? I knew about it for a few months and was able to keep a [Read More …]

Land O’Lakes, Inc. announces expansion of its Cooperative Farmer Member Health Plan into Kansas

The expansion marks the second expansion for the self-insured health plan intended to aid farmers in the Land O’Lakes Cooperative system obtain more affordable health care Land O’Lakes, Inc. continues to find ways to assist [Read More …]

National Dairy Shrine Announces 2019 Scholarship Recipients

The National Dairy Shrine is pleased to announce the recipients of the NDS scholarships for 2019. National Dairy Shrine will provide 40 scholarships worth $47,000 to students at their annual scholarship & awards banquet on [Read More …]

Alltech hosts 8th annual Family Dairy Day soccer tournament

July 16, 2019 DairyBusiness News Yoda 1

Nearly 200 employees, friends and families from area dairies gathered at Pioneer Park in Brookings, South Dakota, on June 27 to participate in Alltech’s eighth annual Family Dairy Day. Alltech hosts this event every June [Read More …]

First DMC Payments Providing Critical Aid to Dairy Farmers in Need

The National Milk Producers Federation thanked the U.S. Department of Agriculture for meeting the timeline Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue promised in February for dairy-program payments under the 2018 farm bill. Dairy farmers began receiving checks [Read More …]

Checkoff Leaders Discuss How Collaboration is Key to Industry Success

In the newest episode of Dairy On the Air, host Lucas Lentsch joins fellow CEOs Chad Vincent, Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin and Doug Ackerman, Dairy Alliance, to discuss how their collaborative approach to guiding the work [Read More …]

DairyBusiness News (USDA, Flickr/Creative Commons)

2019 Women in Dairy Conference set for Dec. 3

Women-specific conference offers the chance to network with others involved in dairy Now is the time to plan for the 2019 Women in Dairy Conference, scheduled for Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. [Read More …]

USDA paying for Dairy Margin Coverage program

Authorized by the 2018 Farm Bill, DMC replaces the Margin Protection Program for Dairy The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency opened enrollment for the Dairy Margin Coverage program on June 17 and has [Read More …]

Extension course to address optimal reproduction

Penn State Extension is offering a hands-on workshop on Aug. 22 in Lancaster County Optimizing reproductive performance is fundamentally important to the success and profitability of dairy operations. Penn State Extension is offering a hands-on [Read More …]

Nestle Tests Public Blockchains For Dairy Supply Chain

Over the past year, numerous mainstream companies, such as Walmart and Bumble Bee Foods, have jumped into the blockchain space, harnessing the tech to improve their respective supply chains. Global foods giant Nestle is now diving into [Read More …]

Fonterra CFO Marc Rivers rejects foreign ownership talk

Fonterra has dampened down speculation it is in crisis and under threat of sale to foreign bidders. Chief financial officer Marc Rivers rejected any notion of a fire sale of assets, saying New Zealand’s largest [Read More …]

Lemken Introduces Rubin 10 for Efficiency and Fuel Savings

Lemken, global manufacturer and supplier of professional crop cultivation implements for strategic tillage, sowing and planting protection, offers the Rubin 10 high-speed disc for intensive mixing at shallow depths and in difficult soil conditions. A [Read More …]

American Simmental Association’s Fall Focus