Month: April 2020

USDA Rural Development has taken a number of immediate actions to help rural residents, businesses and communities affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Rural Development will keep our customers, partners, and stakeholders continuously updated as more [Read More …]

Dumped milk no joke for Georgia dairies

The Johnson Family wasn’t playing an April Fool’s joke when they posted a video on their Providence Dairy Facebook page showing about 5,400 gallons of milk gushing from their milk tank down the drain. The [Read More …]

COVID-19 could alter ag trade relationships

COVID-19 has raised questions about diversifying suppliers for world-wide trade While progress was being made on the U.S.-China Phase One agricultural deal with changes to regulations on non-tariff barriers, COVID-19 has raised questions about diversifying [Read More …]

How USDEC cuts red tape to keep U.S. dairy exports moving during COVID-19 pandemic

When Mexico issued a decree that could have reduced U.S. dairy exports by $120 million, USDEC worked around-the-clock to get that decision reversed. In 2019, USDEC’s Market Access and Regulatory Affairs (MARA) team freed up [Read More …]

Scouting Small Grains Diseases for Improved Fungicide Decision Making

Commit to scouting and growth staging your small grain to understand if the disease intensity warrants a fungicide application. Deciding to apply or not to apply fungicides in your small grain crops should be on [Read More …]

Rebalancing Production Can Speed Market Recovery, NMPF’s Vitaliano Says

National Milk Producers Federation Chief Economist Peter Vitaliano says government support for dairy producers to reduce production in coming months can speed dairy’s recovery from coronavirus-driven price declines. Production balancing is part of the NMPF [Read More …]

Growing Great People: Training Skills for Dairy Farmers

Become an Effective On-The-Job Trainer The four hands-on regional training workshops “Growing Great People: Training Skills for Dairy Farmers. Become an Effective On-The-Job Trainer” scheduled in April by Cornell Ag Workforce Development in partnership with [Read More …]

World Food Prize Foundation Laureates and Experts Featured in 2020 Digital Dialogue

The World Food Prize Foundation (WFPF) announced this week its first virtual series, Digital Dialogue. The series will address critical issues in developing a resilient global food system. The first webinar will focus on the [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 3.8 Million Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted 32 offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 2.070 million pounds (939 metric tons) of Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack cheese, 275,578 [Read More …]

NMPF Launches Social Media #dairyneverstops Campaign

Following the release of its joint Milk Crisis Plan with the International Dairy Foods Association earlier this week, the National Milk Producers Federation today began a social-media campaign geared toward dairy farmers and their allies, [Read More …]

Health and Wellness Superstars Join NxGEN

Select Sires added two sires to the NxGEN® lineup and continues to expand the offering of the industry’s most elite genomic young sires to nine. 7HO15097 T-Spruce Nugnt GRANADA (+2898 GTPI®) and 7HO15115 Aurora RAGNAR [Read More …]

NMPF Asks Labor Department, USDA to Offer H-2A Relief for Dairies

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) is asking the Labor and Agriculture Departments to accept and approve H-2A visa applications from dairy farmers offering temporary immigrant farmworker employment for up to 364 days in a [Read More …]

What’s With All of the Milk Dumping?

Cornell Cooperative Extension Specialists Share Information about the Current Dairy Situation The Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program would like to reassure the region’s consumers that there is no reason [Read More …]

NMPF Applauds USDA Move on Milk Disposal, Urges Further Action

The National Milk Producers Federation thanked the U.S. Department of Agriculture for allowing discarded milk to be counted toward milk marketings for the Dairy Revenue Production (DRP) or as actual marketings for the Livestock Gross [Read More …]

Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship welcomes Sullivan

Angie Sullivan joins DGA’s core administrative staff as Apprenticeship Director Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA) is pleased to announce that Angie Sullivan has joined its core administrative staff as Apprenticeship Director. Sullivan will be overseeing daily [Read More …]

Volatility Reigned In The Markets Again This Week

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending April 10, 2020 Volatility reigned in the markets once again this week. After much back and forth, nearby Class III futures finished even lower than last Friday. [Read More …]

Next dairy industry conference call scheduled for April 14

Dairy producers are encouraged to join the call to address their COVID-19 concerns Approximately 400 dairy farmers and industry professionals participated in a dairy industry conference call this week to address their questions and concerns [Read More …]

AFT launches Farmer Relief Fund

Because it’s simple: No Farms No Food® The coronavirus pandemic is impacting businesses that rely on direct contact with their customers, including farmers and ranchers that primarily sell their products through farmers markets and to [Read More …]

Detlefsen Predicts Protective Equipment Shortages in Food Chain to Linger into Summer

Clay Detlefsen, senior vice president of regulatory and environmental affairs for the National Milk Producers Federation and the private-sector chair of the Food and Agricultural Sector Coordinating Council – says that while shortages of grocery [Read More …]

Milk Crisis Plan- Needs a Fix to A Flaw

ADC applauds the hard work of NMPF & IDFA in pulling together the Milk Crisis Plan, but a very important change is needed by USDA to ensure the true intention of the milk production decrease [Read More …]

USDA Addresses Milk Dumping, Authorizes Other Flexibilities To Help Producers Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is ensuring that milk producers are not inappropriately penalized if their milk must be dumped because of recent market disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, RMA is extending [Read More …]

Krone Recognizes Top 10 North American Dealers

Krone North America, a leader in hay and forage equipment, announces its Top 10 Retail Sales Volume Dealers for 2019. Leading the list is Noble Equipment of Nobleford, Canada, earning the #1 spot in North [Read More …]

Crop and livestock prices plunge under uncertainty

Nearby futures prices for nearly all the major crops have dropped by double-digit percentages Updated analysis by the American Farm Bureau Federation shows crop and livestock prices falling to levels that threaten the livelihoods of [Read More …]

Protecting Farm Worker Health And Planning For The Future

Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program is committed to continuing to support farms in the region as they work daily to provide safe and abundant food for consumers. While [Read More …]

Diverse Offering Joins Progeny Proven Lineup at Select Sires

Fourteen sires graduate to the daughter-proven ranks in the Select Sires, Accelerated Genetics and GenerVations lineups. Graduating sires include 10 Holsteins, two Jerseys, one Brown Swiss and one Milking Shorthorn. Select Sires remains committed to [Read More …]

Virtual Antique Tractor Parade Announced