Month: May 2020

Lloyd Holterman is convinced that breeding the right kind of cow is the key to his dairy farm’s profitability. With his wife Daphne, and their two partners, they milk 1000 cows near Watertown, Wisconsin. Holterman [Read More …]

Merck Animal Health Introduces New Dairy Care365® Biocontainment Training Module

Merck Animal Health today announced the release of its next Dairy Care365® training module on biocontainment. This is the second module of a two-part bioawareism series featuring biosecurity expert Danelle Bickett-Weddle, D.V.M., Iowa State University [Read More …]

Borden Dairy Awarded USDA Contract to Provide 700 Million Servings of Nutritious Dairy Products

Borden will supply milk to non-profit organizations across the country through the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program Borden, one of America’s favorite dairy companies founded in 1857, was awarded the U.S. Department of [Read More …]

Coronavirus Trade Data: One Month In

Last week USDA released import and export trade data for March 2020, an important new piece of information in understanding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. While the first stay-at-home orders didn’t begin until mid-March, [Read More …]

What farmers need to know about PPP and EIDL

Join the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (WSBDC) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension for a webinar about the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) business support programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and [Read More …]

May ‘Protecting Your Profits’ webinar to feature guest speaker

Business Consultant Matt Lange Will Share Benchmarking Strategies with Dairy Farmers On Wednesday, May 27 at noon, the Center for Dairy Excellence will host its monthly “Protecting Your Profits” webinar. Matt Lange, business consultant with [Read More …]

House COVID Bill Provides Key Livestock-Industry Support

The Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) supports livestock provisions included in the House HEROS Act, particularly a Dealer Statutory Trust to improve recovery in payment defaults and additional funds for producer payments to compensate cattle price [Read More …]

It was the Worst of Times

May 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

With non-farm payroll employment dropping by 20.5 million, the April 2020 jobs report was the worst in my lifetime. Despite what the numbers are making glaringly obvious, it is difficult to comprehend such a massive [Read More …]

Velvet Ice Cream Introduces Fruit-Forward Season with NEW Premium Flavors

Velvet Ice Cream, a fourth-generation ice cream maker in Utica, Ohio, and mid-west distributor of premium craft ice cream and novelties has introduced a variety of new flavors across their product lines, sure to please [Read More …]

Animal Agriculture Alliance hires Emily Solis as communications specialist

May 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Beginning May 11. In this role, Solis will work to execute the Alliance’s issues management and communications strategy. Solis joins the Alliance team from her previous role as communications manager at Maryland Farm Bureau, communicating [Read More …]

ADSA Elects New Vice President and Board Members

May 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

The American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA®), the international organization of educators, scientists, and industry representatives who are committed to advancing the dairy industry, recently elected new leaders for the organization’s 2020–2021 term that begins in [Read More …]

CJHA Cow Camp Cancelled

May 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dear Junior Members and parents, I have to make the sad announcement that Cow Camp is cancelled for this summer. Given all the uncertainties surrounding COVID-19 and restrictions on gatherings, this decision is somewhat beyond our [Read More …]

IDFA Applauds AG CHAIN Act for Essential Food Industry Workers

May 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

For weeks, the dairy industry as represented by the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), has supported bipartisan efforts by Congress to provide targeted financial relief to food industry workers on the front lines of the [Read More …]

Grow-NY to Host Virtual Briefing on Business Competition Tomorrow

Past winners and competition stakeholders to speak on the impact of Grow-NY on regional economies The team behind Grow-NY, a global food and agriculture business competition, announced today that they have organized a virtual briefing [Read More …]

Searching for an answer to rising costs?

Activity monitoring systems with cow locating help reduce labor and animal care costs Many dairy farmers are searching for ways to control costs without compromising cow comfort, health or performance. Activity monitoring systems (AMS) with [Read More …]

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National Farmers: treat milk markets as one system

May 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 1

National Farmers says it’s time to recognize U.S. has one Federal Order Milk Market, not 11 National Farmers Organization dairy leader says it’s time for milk regulators to recognize U.S. milk markets should be treated [Read More …]

Thank a dairy farmer today

Farmers are still feeding and milking their cows every day Recently, you may made have heard how dairy farmers have been struggling in the wake of the corona virus pandemic, and this is certainly [Read More …]

Cornell Extension to distribute hand sanitizer

Will be May 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, and 20th Cornell Cooperative Extension in partnership with New York State Agriculture and Markets is distributing FREE hand sanitizer and face coverings to producers. The goal is to [Read More …]

From astronaut to economist, the Alltech ONE Virtual Experience announces stellar keynote lineup

On-demand insights from leading experts in agriculture and beyond launches May 18, 2020 Alltech has announced the keynote speaker lineup to be featured in the Alltech ONE Virtual Experience when the digital program launches on [Read More …]

New Dairy Management Webinar Series

Join us in June! June 3 – July 1, 2020 1:00 PM EDT Weekly on Wednesdays The Northeast Dairy Management Webinar Series is a five-part presentation series to re-energize businesses and improve performance, even in [Read More …]

Webinar: Long Term Decisions Through Milk Supply Management

Registration now available! Join us for the Long Term Decisions Through Milk Supply Management live webinar for a discussion on how COVID-19 has caused major disruption in the milk supply chain. Many farms will have [Read More …]

IDFA Applauds Significant Dairy Purchases in USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program

May 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The International Dairy Foods Association applauds the USDA for moving quickly, aggressively and creatively to formulate the Farmers to Families Food Box program. Not only will this effort purchase roughly $3 billion in food from [Read More …]

CDFA Schedules Hearing to Consider the “Stop QIP” Petition

On May 8, CDFA announced a re-scheduled a hearing to consider the Stop QIP petition to immediately terminate the California quota program under Chapter 3.5 of the Food & Agriculture code. The hearing was originally [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 2.9 Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

May 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted 11 offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 1.270 million pounds (576 metric tons) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, 1.118 million [Read More …]

DFW partnership efforts keep Wis. milk moving

Partnerships find innovative ways to move oversupply of dairy Since the Safer-at-Home order, Wisconsin dairy farmers, processors, and communities have joined forces to provide over 10 million pounds of Wisconsin milk and other dairy (more [Read More …]

Registration Open – 2020 Virtual Advanced Dairy Nutrition Shortcourse

Virtual Advanced Dairy Nutrition Shortcourse June 1 – 4, 2020 | 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. daily The Advanced Dairy Nutrition Shortcourse is designed primarily for experienced nutritionists and allied industry professionals seeking a more [Read More …]

COVID-19 Will Likely Push Farm Bankruptcies Higher

March 2020 Data Shows a 23% Increase in Farm Bankruptcies Given the challenges to the farm economy in recent years, i.e., low commodity prices, retaliatory tariffs and natural disasters, it’s no surprise that farm bankruptcies [Read More …]

Tariff revival and soybean exports