Month: April 2020

Spanish-Language Training for Farm Workers and Farmers on Coronavirus April 13 | 6:30 PM EDT Registration is required and questions can be submitted in advance. The Cornell Farmworker Program and the Finger Lakes Community Health [Read More …]

IDFA: Navigating the CARES Act – An Analysis for Dairy

The CARES Act, signed in late March by President Donald Trump, enacts $2 trillion worth of emergency provisions to help protect employers and employees during the COVID-19 crisis. The bill contains provisions designed to keep [Read More …]

DMI Outlines Business Plan Shift In Letter to USDA’s Perdue

Checkoff efforts aim to help farmers navigate changing environment Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) leaders outlined a shift in its business plan in a letter to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue that will help farmers weather the [Read More …]

IDFA Fights For Dairy During COVID-19

Dear Dairy Community, Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, our industry has stepped up to ensure a reliable, safe and nutritious food supply for our fellow Americans. In turn, IDFA has been hard at work in Washington [Read More …]

Gordon Joins World Wide Sires Team

World Wide Sires is pleased to announce that Laura Gordon has joined World Wide Sires (WWS) as Area Director of Marketing. In her new role, Laura will be responsible for sales and marketing in several [Read More …]

DCHA Annual Conference features thought-provoking topics

More than 200 dairy producers, calf and heifer raisers, veterinarians, nutritionists, educators and dairy consultants attended Dairy Calf and Heifer Association’s (DCHA) Virtual Conference, held April 8-9. The participants represented 28 states, four Canadian provinces [Read More …]

Ashlie Johnson of Brooke Human Resource Solution on financial information for payroll with COVID-19

Dairy farm operators can find help for working with employees and financial information for payroll as we deal with COVID-19. Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness speaks with Ashlie Johnson of Brooke Human Resource Solutions, who gives [Read More …]

U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers That They Cannot Retaliate Against Workers Reporting Unsafe Conditions During Coronavirus Pandemic

The U.S Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers that it is illegal to retaliate against workers because they report unsafe and unhealthful working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic. Acts [Read More …]

Farmer sentiment plummets

Ag Economy Barometer recorded its largest one-month drop in sentiment during March The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer recorded its largest one-month drop in sentiment during March. The barometer dipped 47 points to a reading of 121, [Read More …]

Coronavirus causing hardship to dairy industry

The loss of contracts and sales has a massive negative financial impact on the dairy industry Members of Northeast Dairy Foods Association, Inc., as well as dairy producers and others in the food supply chain [Read More …]

2020 National Holstein Convention

“These are certainly unprecedented times. Canceling the June 2020 National Holstein Convention, set to take place in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was not a matter we took lightly,” said Holstein Association USA President Corey Geiger. “We [Read More …]

Vote in 2020 Farm Credit East Director Elections

The 2020 director candidates were formally introduced at Farm Credit East’s Annual Meeting in March, and following, voting stockholders were mailed their ballots to vote in the 2020 Director Elections. As a customer-owned cooperative, the [Read More …]

Video: Small Scale Farming: The Benefits of Rotational Grazing

Learn about the benefits of managed rotational grazing, how you can partner with the NRCS to develop a grazing management plan and apply to install conservation practices for a successful grazing system

DATCP’s Wisconsin Farm Center is Here to Help

With Wisconsin farmers facing an unprecedented series of challenges brought on by low commodity prices, unfavorable weather patterns, uncertain global markets and now, challenges posed by COVID-19, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer [Read More …]

Speakers to cover farm security topics at 2020 Virtual Summit

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The Virtual Summit is one month away! The Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2020 Virtual Stakeholders Summit will leave you primed and prepared with the tools you need to take action and protect the future of animal [Read More …]

Rabobank Economists Predict Global Recession, Dairy Price Slump into 2021

Dairy commodity prices and therefore farmgate milk prices will be under pressure from “three waves of market movement,” according to a report on global dairy markets issued Apr. 7 under the byline of Mary Ledman, [Read More …]

Why farmers are dumping milk

Farmers Union and other groups urge USDA to step in and buy surplus dairy products Kara O’Connor is Government Relations Director for Wisconsin Farmers Union, a member-driven organization committed to enhancing the quality of life [Read More …]

Three-part webinar series offered to dairy team facilitators

Online series is approved for three hours of RACE continuing education credits As dairy team facilitators work to practice social distance amidst COVID-19 and use virtual communication to guide their clients, the Center for Dairy [Read More …]

Goals for small grains breeding

Program has already produced improved wheat and rye elite lines Small grains are an integral part of the forage-livestock system in the Oklahoma/Texas region as they can be grazed from late fall to spring, when [Read More …]

Dairy United as NMPF, IDFA Submit Request for Aid to Farmers, Processors

The National Milk Producers Federation, the largest organization of U.S. dairy farmers, and the International Dairy Foods Association submitted a request for assistance to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern offered [Read More …]

Rescheduling the Dairy Cattle Welfare Symposium

The Board of the Dairy Cattle Welfare Council has made the very difficult decision to RESCHEDULE the 2020 Dairy Cattle Welfare Symposium till next year due to the current COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. We sincerely apologize [Read More …]

Be there for farmers; they are always there for you

The COVID-19 public health emergency has forced all of us to think about what is essential in our lives. While some decisions are difficult, others are clear. Food and agriculture are essential. Food and those [Read More …]

Syngenta now accepting entries for seventh annual #RootedinAg Contest

Applications for the seventh annual Thrive #RootedinAg Contest are now open online at www.syngentathrive.com/contest. Syngenta will award three contest finalists with mini touch-screen tablets and one grand prizewinner with a $500 gift card, plus the [Read More …]

U.S. Department of Labor Announces Availability of $42.5 Million In Youth Apprenticeship Grants

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) today announced the availability of $42.5 million in Youth Apprenticeship Readiness grants to support the enrollment of in-school or out-of-school youth apprentices (ages 16-24) into [Read More …]

Coronavirus Causing Over Surplus of Milk, Financial Hardship on Dairy Industry

Members of Northeast Dairy Foods Association, Inc., as well as dairy producers and others in the food supply chain have been greatly impacted by the Coronovirus, putting the nation’s dairy farmers and milk processors business’ [Read More …]

Farm Credit West Distributes $120,000 to Food Banks in California and Arizona