Month: June 2020

Farm Credit West recently announced the award of $24,000 in scholarships to sixteen high-achieving students enrolled full time in colleges this fall. The agriculture lending association joins with their local communities in celebrating these exceptional [Read More …]

Mastitis Vaccine Gets New Name and Marketing Push

Vaxxinova will market one-of-a-kind vaccine Vaxxinova US (formerly Epitopix) announces Vaxxon® SRP® Klebsiella as the new name for KLEBVax SRP, a mastitis vaccine recently marketed by Huvepharma USA. Vaxxinova indicates Vaxxon SRP Klebsiella is identical [Read More …]

Holstein Association USA Names 2020 Elite Performers

Holstein Association USA’s Elite Performer™ recognition is given to cows that any dairyman would love to milk – cows with desirable conformation, who calve in consistently and produce high volumes of milk components. In the [Read More …]

NGWA Reports over 729,000 Households on Wells in Counties Potentially Affected by Flooding in Early 2020

Exposure to E. Coli and Coliform Possible in Flooded Locations The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) reports over 729,000 households relying on wells potentially affected in counties with flooding in ten states during a series [Read More …]

Meyer receives agricultural sustainability award

Deanne Meyer receives Bradford-Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award Deanne Meyer, UC Cooperative Extension livestock waste management specialist, is this year’s recipient of the Eric Bradford & Charlie Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award, given by the [Read More …]

EPA offers clarity to farmers following dicamba ruling

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a key order providing farmers with needed clarity following the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ June 3, 2020 vacatur of three dicamba registrations. The cancellation order outlines limited and [Read More …]

NDFA announces Dairy Con 2020 webinar

2020 Northeast Dairy Convention has been cancelled; webinar Dairy Con 2020 planned Northeast Dairy Foods Association, Inc. (NDFA) has announced that in conjunction with Northeast Dairy Suppliers Association, Inc. (NDSA) and the Pennsylvania Association of [Read More …]

NYS Dairy Promotion Order Advisory Board members announced

Board administers the Dairy Promotion Order and evaluates dairy marketing promotion programs New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball today announced the members of the 2020 New York State Dairy Promotion Order Advisory Board. [Read More …]

U.S. Dairy’s sustainability success story told to global customers in seven languages

USDEC infographics showcase progress on water use, greenhouse gas emission, waste reduction, animal care and other advances. A concise handout created in seven languages tells the U.S. dairy industry’s sustainability success story to the world. [Read More …]

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Cattle and Hog Market Disruptions Renew Interest in Mandatory Country of Original Labeling

Major disruptions in the cattle and hog markets, one of the several fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic, have led to many conversations about policy options that might be helpful. One much-discussed solution is mandatory country [Read More …]

Cornell: June is Dairy Month!

Cornell Cooperative Extension specialists share information about dairy across southwest NY The Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program is excited to celebrate June Dairy Month by sharing information about the economic importance [Read More …]

The Bulls Charge Out of the Gate Once Again This Week

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week ending June 12, 2020 The bulls came charging out of the gate once again this week. But after a few days romping around LaSalle Street, they left abruptly, [Read More …]

DCRC schedules data organization webinar

“Data organization yields positive returns” headlines the Aug. 7 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) webinar, which starts at 2 p.m. Central time. Mark Kirkpatrick, Zoetis managing veterinarian, Dairy Technical Services, and Iowa State University adjunct [Read More …]

Beef Breed Organizations Unite to Strengthen Industry

An industry-wide collaboration is improving breeding tools. International Genetic Solutions (IGS), a group of more than 17 cattle associations and organizations, is working across the breed spectrum to provide resources and technologies that ensure cattlemen [Read More …]

Bel Cheese Canada: Cristine Laforest appointed General Manager

Bel Group is proud to announce the appointment of Cristine Laforest as General Manager of Bel Canada. She assumed her new role on February 1, 2020. With 20 years of experience in the agri-food industry, [Read More …]

Federal Reserve Board Expands Main Street Lending Program

The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced that it is expanding its Main Street Lending Program to allow more small and medium-sized businesses to be able to receive support. The Main Street Lending Program was [Read More …]

Fred Schonenberg of VentureFuel on the COVID-19 pandemic changes in dairy business, along with other food markets.

DairyVoice Podcast 20 Discusses The Changing Business Model in Dairy What are possibilities for the food industry and specifically in dairy as we move through the COVID-19 pandemic? In DairyVoice episode 20, the guest is [Read More …]

NMPF answers farmer questions concerning USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

Dairy farmers are eligible for direct support through USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). CFAP provides direct financial assistance to agricultural producers, providing them the ability to weather the economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19. USDA is [Read More …]

Dairy Producers: We Need to Hear from You!

Give Us Your Input and Share Your Needs Take the 2020 Dairy Producer Survey If you’re a Pennsylvania dairy producer, we encourage you to take the 2020 Dairy Producer Survey. The effects of COVID-19 have [Read More …]

The Power of Pizza is on Our Side

There is nothing like the resiliency of pizza. It more than weathered everything that came its way during the COVID-19 pandemic, not only surviving but outselling any other foodservice category in this recent period. Pizza [Read More …]

Dairy Revenue Protection Update – June 2020

Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) is a federally subsidized insurance program for dairy producers looking to minimize the impact of a decline in dairy prices. Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) is a federally subsidized insurance program for [Read More …]

PRO-DAIRY Webinar: NY Forward Business Safety Plan Support

Business Safety Plans Required For All Farms Cornell Cooperative Extension Webinar Series on developing safety plans for compliance and to reduce liability risk New York State requires businesses to have a specific business [Read More …]

Maximizing Your Forward Progress

John Ellsworth In my last blog, I described the process introduced by Dan Sullivan, President & Founder of the Strategic Coach organization, in taking you to the “New Normal” for your businesses. Dan explained that [Read More …]

Key Cold Storage Cheese Inventories Swell – When Will Inventory Levels Normalize?

The prior post was titled “EXCELLENT NEWS” as cheese inventories were still in line at the end of March and the USDA’s had issued a plan to buy huge amounts of dairy products in the coming months. [Read More …]

NFU Calls for National Effort to Address Racism

The killing of Minnesota resident George Floyd has spurred widespread outrage and pushed the United States towards a reckoning with its long and painful legacy of racism. The agricultural industry is not exempt [Read More …]

Building TRUST in Crisis and Recovery

This article is based largely on a recording by David Horsager titled “Building TRUST in Crisis and Recovery.” David is based here in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. I heard him speak and met him [Read More …]

The Value and Importance of Animal Agriculture

65+ organizations and individuals endorse open letter on the importance of animal agriculture in the time of COVID-19 and beyond Leading academics across four continents have joined U.S., Canadian and international organizations representing millions of [Read More …]

Running an Efficiency Audit on Your Feed Center

If you are like most producers, at one point or another you toy with the idea of re-designing your feed center. Today there are lots of good examples of indoor feed centers and it yields [Read More …]

Fight Off Summer Pinkeye Before It Enters Your Dairy Herd

Reduce risk and keep herds protected with best management practices The impacts of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, more commonly known as pinkeye, can be both emotionally and economically draining for dairy producers. Pinkeye is a fast-working [Read More …]

Genomic selection in cows creates opportunities