Year: 2019

Legislation would grant farmworkers the right to organize to demand better wages, conditions New York state lawmakers will hold hearings on a proposal to repeal an 80-year-old law that prevents farmworkers in the state from [Read More …]

Four outstanding individuals honored by AWA

Dane County Dairy Promotion Board, Barb Lee, Maureen DeBruin and Kaitlyn Riley honored Four outstanding individuals were honored on April 13 by the Association of Women in Agriculture at the 46th annual AWA Day. Dane [Read More …]

EPA has 90 days to justify use of pesticide

At issues is the use of chlorpyrifos, which is widely sprayed on citrus fruit & other crops A federal appeals court has given the Environmental Protection Agency 90 days to justify why a widely used [Read More …]

FAS Administrator Isley to lead Taiwan trade mission

USDA’s first-ever trade mission to Taipei, Taiwan to take place April 22-25 Representatives from 49 U.S. agribusinesses and farm organizations will join Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Administrator Ken Isley on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s [Read More …]

Farm groups request action on disaster relief

Organizations highlighted the year’s unprecedented destruction in the letter A group of 135 farm organizations and banks that supply seasonal loans to farms and ranches today called on President Trump and Congress to put aside [Read More …]

Cattlemen’s Beef Board names Hanes CEO

Hanes comes to the CBB from the U.S. Meat Export Federation The Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion & Research Board (CBB) has named Gregory Hanes of Colorado as their new chief executive officer, effective June 17, 2019. [Read More …]

Second dairy safety net payment triggered

USDA announces February 2019 income over feed cost margin triggers payment USDA’s Farm Service Agency announced this week that the February 2019 income over feed cost margin was $8.22 per hundredweight, triggering the second payment [Read More …]

Winterkilled or delayed alfalfa termination

Should you consider planting soybean? Plans change. Perhaps you planned to terminate an alfalfa stand last fall but the weather made tillage impossible to complete. Or, the winter weather has severely damaged your alfalfa stand. [Read More …]

Scholarship opportunity available to dairy students

Deadline for interested students to apply for Center’s Student Leader Scholarship is June 1 The deadline for students to apply for the Student Leader Scholarship is June 1. Individuals pursuing an education in a dairy-related [Read More …]

Dairy Cow Management | Seminarios Web en Español- Días Miércoles

Manejo de Vacas Lecheras The Basics of TMR Feeding | Los Básicos de la Alimentación del RTM (Ración Total Mezclado) April 24, 2019@12:30-1:00pm | 24 de abril del 2019@12:30-1:00pm Presenter/Presentador: Fernando Soberon, PHD, National Tech [Read More …]

Bill Young Accepts New Title at Select Sires

Bill Young of Collingwood, Ontario, assumes new responsibilities at Select Sires Inc. as the vice president of subsidiaries and will also continue in his current capacity as chief executive officer of Select Sires GenerVations. In [Read More …]

Speakers discuss positive marketing and engaging unexpected allies for animal ag

Online registration open through May 6 The Animal Ag Alliance’s 2019 Stakeholders Summit, themed A Seat At The Table and set for May 8-9 at the InterContinental at the Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, will [Read More …]

Alfalfa Remains Country’s 3Rd Most Valuable Field Crop

According to figures released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), alfalfa continues to be the third most valuable field crop produced in the U.S., valued at over $9.9 billion. “Alfalfa [Read More …]

Earth Day for a dairy farmer: Thinking decades down the line

What U.S. dairy farmers of today are doing to preserve our environment I’ve had the honor of working with dairy farmers for years, and a lot of what you think about them is true. They’re [Read More …]

Earth Day on the Farm: Celebrating Soils, Science and Solutions

When we celebrate Earth Day, we come together to recognize our earth as a giant, complex ecosystem that we – humans – have pushed out of balance. Why is it a celebration? Because in recognizing [Read More …]

Drag hose manure injection demos planned

PikeSide Ag Machinery, Bazooka Farmstar holding demonstrations across the northeast PikeSide Ag Machinery, and Bazooka Farmstar will be working with premier host farms around the northeast this spring to highlight the advantages of drag hose [Read More …]

(12 Photos) U.S. Ambassador Sends Goodwill Message to China’s Food Industry at Conference, USDEC Reception

Dairy business relationships continue as the U.S. and Chinese governments hold high-stakes talks about tariffs and trade. The China Chamber of Commerce of Foodstuffs and Native Produce (CFNA) has more than 6,000 member organizations devoted to agriculture, including more [Read More …]

On-farm training for agribusiness professionals

PDPW presents APPs training for non-farm professionals, May 21-23, 2019 The Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) announce the 2019 PDPW Agricultural Professional Partnerships® (APPs) training for non-farm agribusiness professionals. The training will be held on three Wisconsin [Read More …]

2019 DCHA conference in review

Attendees left with renewed energy and enthusiasm for raising calves and heifers Dairy Calf and Heifer Association just wrapped up a successful annual conference. Many thanks to the 2019 DCHA Annual Conference Planning Committee: Co-chairs [Read More …]

China fails to fulfill WTO commitments

U.S. wins dispute finding China’s grain tariff-rate quotas breaches WTO commitments U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel found that [Read More …]

USMCA Passage Critical to Preserve and Strengthen Dairy Export Markets

April 22, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) released an economic analysis of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) today and dairy industry officials eager to see USMCA’s passage welcomed this key step in the trade agreement approval process. [Read More …]

Aurora Organic Dairy Officially Launches Columbia (MO) Milk Plant

The facility expands the company’s product assortment and enters aseptic processing market State and local officials gathered for a special ceremony today to officially open Aurora Organic Dairy’s 127,000 sq. ft. milk production and storage [Read More …]

News

Early Preplant (EPP) Herbicide Applications…How Early Can They be Sprayed

How early can herbicides be sprayed before corn or soybeans are planted? The below article provides some information about early preplant applications. Historically, we have not recommended early preplant herbicide (EPP) application in our region [Read More …]

World Health Organization Drops Its High–Profile Endorsement of the EAT–Lancet Diet

British Medical Journal reports that the World Health Organization (WHO), the arm of the United Nations charged with monitoring global health, has dropped its endorsement of the EAT–Lancet Commission’s planetary health diet—a much–ballyhooed, well–publicized attempt [Read More …]

Dairy Team workshop to address calf weaning

Workshop to be held April 24 at Good View Farm in Bradford County from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Register now for this classroom and hands-on learning experience to learn proper feeding and management of [Read More …]

Dairy Farmer Funded Research is Working for Whole Milk