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“Count on Us” Program Connects Lenders and Dairy Producers

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Scholarships for Financial Development Training Program Levels Two and Three of PDPW Financial Literacy for Dairy Program to Be Held January through March A clear understanding of financial concepts and how they can be used [Read More …]

Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program offers support for farmers and ranchers

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Application period has begun Governor Newsom recently announced the creation of a $500 million California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program. The application period for round one begins today and lasts until January 8, 2021. [Read More …]

Funding for Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Earlier this week, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) helped pass a spending package in Congress that allocates $22 million in funding for the Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives in 2021. The Dairy Business Innovation Alliance (DBIA), [Read More …]

Dairy Promotion Checkoff: Evolving for Success

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

When dairy’s plans were upended early in 2020 due to COVID-19, the dairy promotion checkoff seized the opportunity to lead and execute a refocused marketing plan still aimed at building sales and trust for dairy [Read More …]

How to Get the Most Out of Your TMR Audit

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Feed and nutrition management have influential impacts on the health of your herd. Diet consistency can play a large role in whether a farm is profitable, or even if a cow is productive and healthy. [Read More …]

Lessons 2020 Taught Us

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

If you would look back on headlines about dairy from a year ago, you would read that 2020 was expected to be an average or maybe even better than average year, with milk prices and [Read More …]

Dr. Kenneth Kalscheur’s investigations into the nutritive value of canola meal

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

DairyBusiness has been in the forefront of extending some of the groundbreaking findings regarding the use of canola meal in dairy rations, with articles published November 2, 2019 and July 17, 2020. On March 16, [Read More …]

When Will You Find Time?

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

This is a question I recently asked a new client of mine. Please allow me to explain my thought process. During our initial discussions and analysis, we had discovered several areas of his operation that [Read More …]

How Did 2020 Compare with 2018 and 2019?

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

This post will show how 2020 YTD is compared to 2018 and 2019 for the dairy industry. Although not all data is in for 2020, there is enough available data to show how 2020 was [Read More …]

APHIS celebrates 2020 accomplishments

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is celebrating the agency’s many successful efforts over the past year. “This has been a year like no other,” said USDA Under [Read More …]

Someone at the Farm Tested Positive for COVID-19 — Now What?

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

At this writing in Mid-December 2020, community spread of COVID-19 is gaining momentum in rural areas of New York. As employers, farmers have certain responsibilities when one of their workforce tests positive for COVID-19. Because farmworkers [Read More …]

Coaching vs Evaluations to Improve Ag Employee Performance

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

One of the most difficult things farm managers have to master is coaching employees. Coaching enables employers to optimize the performance they desire. Once mastered you will see employees that understand goals and expectations more [Read More …]

The Case for Both DCAD Rations and Oral Calcium Near Calving

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Today’s dairy cows produce four times more milk than cows did a century ago.1 With this dramatic increase in production comes a greater demand for calcium, especially for colostrum and milk directly after calving. To [Read More …]

Compost bedded barns as an alternative housing option for lactating cows

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Introduction Compost bedded pack barns have become more prevalent in the last few years. This barn style started in the 1980’s in Virginia1 , and the idea is to improve cow comfort and longevity2 . [Read More …]

Software Innovation Allows Livestock Producers to More Quickly Determine Soybean Feed Value, Formulate Rations

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Illinois Soybean Association, Dalex reduce time required to identify soybean feed value at the variety level from three weeks to about two hours When the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) checkoff-funded High Yield PLUS Quality (HY+Q) [Read More …]

CA: Highlights from the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Scientific Report

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Today, people are more concerned than ever about their health and well-being. The global COVID-19 pandemic has created a sense of anxiety and brought to light the alarming disparities that exist in the U.S. healthcare [Read More …]

John Ellsworth talks about dairy production efficiencies and consideration of risk management on DairyVoice

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

As 2020 winds down, financial consultant John Ellsworth of Success Strategies reflects on the roller coaster year and looks ahead to 2021 in his conversation with host Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News. He encourages his [Read More …]

Dairy Organizations Applaud Affirmation Of Dairy’s Role in New Dietary Guidelines

December 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The newly released 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans reaffirms the importance of consuming dairy daily as part of healthy dietary patterns for positive health outcomes. Daily inclusion of low-fat and fat-free dairy foods is recommended [Read More …]

Thank You For Your Advocacy And Support On The Dietary Guidelines for Americans

December 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dear Dairy Community, Thank you for participating in our advocacy on the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Thanks to your efforts, we preserved three daily servings of dairy and dairy as a separate food group [Read More …]

Dairy Industry Welcomes New Dietary Guidelines That Embrace Dairy’s Central Role in a Healthy Diet

December 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Recommend More Dairy Consumption Across Key Demographics IDFA Applauds USDA and HHS for Making Dairy a Key Recommendation Beginning After 6 Months of Age The International Dairy Foods Association, representing all segments in the U.S. [Read More …]

Mailbox milk prices expected to normalize in 2021

December 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The pandemic in 2020 caused unprecedented market volatility in dairy prices, leading to lower milk checks for dairy producers. However, the price spread is expected to realign in the first half of 2021, bringing normalcy [Read More …]

Farm Credit West Announces an Increase in Cash Dividends Amid Pandemic

December 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Farm Credit West, ACA recently announced the Board of Directors has voted to distribute a patronage dividend to customer-owners equal to 150 basis points (bps) or 1.50% of eligible average outstanding loan balances in 2020. [Read More …]

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Adding grazing to cover crops can benefit bottom line

December 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Growing dual-purpose wheat for both grazing and grain production is an important agricultural practice in the Southern Great Plains. But of late, more Texas Rolling Plains producers want to know if alternative systems to dual-purpose [Read More …]

Veterans receive tuition support for online classes

December 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Funding will be available beginning Spring Semester 2021 until August 31, 2022 Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA) is pleased to announce that U.S. military veterans will qualify for reimbursement of tuition for classes taken through its [Read More …]

Proposal shifts livestock biotechnology regulations to USDA

December 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Secretary Perdue announces proposal to transfer ag animal biotechnology regulatory framework to USDA U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a significant step in modernizing regulations of agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering. [Read More …]

SouthCentral MN – Winter Dairy Series planned

December 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Series will consist of six conversations on a variety of topics relevant to dairy farmers University of Minnesota Extension, in collaboration with the Minnesota Dairy Initiative- SouthCentral Region, have announced the upcoming Winter Dairy Series. [Read More …]

Year in Review & More Disruption Ahead: A Look at Cellular Agriculture

December 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

As we learned in school, cells are the building blocks of all living things. Now, innovators are taking it a step further, using cells as the foundation of your next meal. In a special year-end [Read More …]

Are You Prepared for the Post-COVID Landscape?

December 29, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

January 25th – 28th, 2021 COVID-19 is a humanitarian crisis with vast global impact on the world at large and far reaching impacts on dairy. Where is the dairy industry today and what might define [Read More …]

We Believe in Growing Scholarship Applications Available

December 29, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

E.M. Tharp & World Ag Expo® “We Believe in Growing” Scholarship Applications World Ag Expo® and E.M. Tharp, Inc. have teamed up for the 14th annual “We Believe in Growing” scholarship, created to support agriculture [Read More …]

Reminder: Virtual Operations Managers Conference

December 29, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Operations management on dairy farms is integral to success of the farm business. Presented by Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY and the Northeast Dairy Producers Association, the Operations Managers Conference provides an opportunity for the people responsible for day to day activities [Read More …]

Year: 2020

“Count on Us” Program Connects Lenders and Dairy Producers

Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program offers support for farmers and ranchers

Funding for Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives

Dairy Promotion Checkoff: Evolving for Success

How to Get the Most Out of Your TMR Audit

Lessons 2020 Taught Us

Dr. Kenneth Kalscheur’s investigations into the nutritive value of canola meal

When Will You Find Time?

How Did 2020 Compare with 2018 and 2019?

APHIS celebrates 2020 accomplishments

Someone at the Farm Tested Positive for COVID-19 — Now What?

Coaching vs Evaluations to Improve Ag Employee Performance

The Case for Both DCAD Rations and Oral Calcium Near Calving

Compost bedded barns as an alternative housing option for lactating cows

Software Innovation Allows Livestock Producers to More Quickly Determine Soybean Feed Value, Formulate Rations

CA: Highlights from the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Scientific Report

John Ellsworth talks about dairy production efficiencies and consideration of risk management on DairyVoice

Dairy Organizations Applaud Affirmation Of Dairy’s Role in New Dietary Guidelines

Thank You For Your Advocacy And Support On The Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Dairy Industry Welcomes New Dietary Guidelines That Embrace Dairy’s Central Role in a Healthy Diet

Mailbox milk prices expected to normalize in 2021

Farm Credit West Announces an Increase in Cash Dividends Amid Pandemic

Adding grazing to cover crops can benefit bottom line

Veterans receive tuition support for online classes

Proposal shifts livestock biotechnology regulations to USDA

SouthCentral MN – Winter Dairy Series planned

Year in Review & More Disruption Ahead: A Look at Cellular Agriculture

Are You Prepared for the Post-COVID Landscape?

We Believe in Growing Scholarship Applications Available

Reminder: Virtual Operations Managers Conference

Building Confidence Through Support

What is Causing Financial Volatility in the Dairy Industry? Digging Deeper – Part II

Rethinking Protein Quality: Why Canola Meal Stands Out for High-Producing Dairy Cows

Do You Care Enough to Fix It?