Month: June 2020

The CDC and the U.S. Department of Labor has just released interim guidance for agricultural workers and employees. The interim guidance is meant for all agricultural workers and their employees. In a joint press release, [Read More …]

CHS Hedging launches AgSurion Risk Consulting

CHS Hedging today announced its Russell Consulting Group subsidiary has been fully integrated into CHS Hedging, LLC and all services are renamed AgSurion℠ Risk Consulting. The new name aligns with the scheduled business transition agreement [Read More …]

A Chapter in a Crisis Closes, With Hopeful Signs But No Clear Guides

CEO’s Corner: Ready or not, here we come. States across the U.S., in varying degrees of caution, are reopening for business after weeks of severe restrictions caused by the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak. Each phase of [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 1.3 Million Pounds of Cheese Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted six offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 1.263 million pounds (573 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese. The product is going to [Read More …]

Paycheck Protection Program Forgiveness Wrap-Up

Registration now available! If you received a Paycheck Protection Program Loan, please join us for the Paycheck Protection Program Forgiveness Wrap-Up live webinar to learn the latest guidance on how to apply for loan forgiveness [Read More …]

U.S. dairy celebrates American consumers

Retail dairy sales from late March through May 17 remain 25 percent higher than a year ago While no one can say with certainty that the slow re-openings across the U.S. mark the beginning of [Read More …]

Researchers control cattle microbiomes

Controlling microbiome of cattle could inhibit methane production Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have learned to control the microbiome of cattle for the first time which could inhibit their methane production, and therefore [Read More …]

All Breeds Blog

NMC seeks Scholars applicants

Four graduate students will earn trip to annual meeting in Dallas The National Mastitis Council (NMC) Scholars program offers four travel scholarships to full-time graduate students interested in controlling mastitis, promoting udder health and improving [Read More …]

John Ellsworth of Success Strategies on post-COVID changes and the importance of risk management in dairy

As we come out of the stay in place shutdown from COVID-19, what will be the changes we see. John Ellsworth of Success Strategies talks with Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News about the importance of [Read More …]

COVID-19 assistance grants available to dairy processors, farms, haulers

Grants are available for costs associated with PPE, social distancing measures The Center for Dairy Excellence has grants available to reimburse costs associated with COVID-19 personal protection equipment and social distancing measures. The grants are [Read More …]

ADSA Opens Registration for 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

The American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA) is pleased to announce that registration is open for the ADSA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting, which will take place June 22–24, 2020. The decision to transition to a virtual [Read More …]

World Dairy Expo 2020 Cancelled!

For the first time in its 53-year history, World Dairy Expo® has been cancelled. The World Dairy Expo Executive Committee reached this difficult decision based on the public health orders and restrictions related to [Read More …]

CA: Full Statistics now available for crop year 2018

In 2018 California’s farms and ranches received almost $50 billion for their output. This represents a slight increase compared to 2017. California remains the leading US state in cash farm receipts. California’s agricultural abundance includes [Read More …]

AGCO Crop Tour 2020 Features Fendt Momentum Planter

On-farm field demonstrations will showcase new technologies to manage soil compaction at planting AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO), a worldwide manufacturer of agricultural equipment, will be demonstrating new technologies to manage planting-time soil compaction during its 2020 Fendt [Read More …]

DCRC names Tony Carreira Bruinjé its 2020 Scholar

The Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) selected Tony Carreira Bruinjé, a doctorate degree student at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont., Canada, as the 2020 DCRC Scholar. As the award recipient, Bruinjé earned an expense-paid [Read More …]

IDF ‘raises a virtual glass’ on World Milk Day 2020

The International Dairy Federation (IDF) fetes the 20th anniversary of World Milk Day with a online celebration for its global experts – and the achievements of one in particular. Twenty years ago, World Milk [Read More …]

Celebrate June Dairy Month With Love Letters and Donations

Zoetis Dear Dairy campaign seeks letters of appreciation and gives back Times are tough, but the dairy industry is resilient. Zoetis is encouraging dairy enthusiasts to celebrate June Dairy Month by giving them the opportunity [Read More …]

National Dairy Shrine Announces 2020 Scholarship Recipients

The National Dairy Shrine is pleased to announce the recipients of the NDS scholarships for 2020. National Dairy Shrine will provide 32 scholarships worth over $37,500 to students at the annual scholarship & awards banquet [Read More …]

This National Dairy Month, Farmers Are Focused On Feeding Those In Need

Pennsylvania dairy farmer Louie Diamond rarely hesitates when he sees an opportunity to help someone in need. He traveled to New Orleans to help clean up after Hurricane Katrina. Years later, he was in Puerto [Read More …]

NEAFA Golf for Good Works Tournament Postponed

The Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance’s annual Golf for Good Works Tournament has been postponed from June 25-26, 2020 to September 21-22, 2020. The State of New York is beginning to reopen upstate [Read More …]

EFI Promotes Kenton Harmer to Managing Director

Marking another important milestone of growth, Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer advocacy groups, has promoted Kenton Harmer to the new position of managing [Read More …]

New Regional Milk Serves Local Market, Supplies Healthy Food And Keeps Farms In Business During Pandemic

Zeal Grass Milk is the newest milk brand Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World! Now available in select Chicagoland stores including Sunset Foods, Sugar Beet Food Co-op-and Fresh Farms While much of the [Read More …]

Dr. Anna Dilger Voted CAST President-Elect for 2020-21

In a recent election at the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), Dr. Anna Dilger–Associate Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois–was chosen as the President-Elect for 2020-2021. Dilger [Read More …]

What’s next for agriculture

June 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 1

How the next round of federal aid could help Wisconsin farmers recover COVID-19 has created unprecedented challenges for Wisconsin’s agricultural industry. Responding to the short and long-term impacts of this pandemic will require immediate, flexible [Read More …]

Dairy Defined: On World Milk Day, US Dairy Celebrates American Consumers

While no one can say with certainty that the slow re-openings across the U.S. mark the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 crisis, it’s clear these attempts to return to a more normal existence [Read More …]

Susquehanna County Dairy Princess mini-pageant held

Like our Facebook page and listen to all eleven of the girls speeches 2020-2021 Susquehanna County Dairy Princess – Elizabeth Chidester Dairy Ambassadors -Holly Harvatine, Charley Quick, Chelsea Empet, Katelyn Farley, Morgan Tweed, Courtney Marvin, [Read More …]

Farm Credit East announces variable interest rate reduction

Rate went into effect on June 1 Farm Credit East’s Board of Directors approved a reduction in the financial cooperative’s base variable interest rate by one quarter of one percent (.25%). This interest rate reduction [Read More …]

Examining Cattle Transactions in the U.S.

Reviewing A Mandatory Minimum Level of Negotiated Transactions In recent months, there have been many conversations about how cattle are and should be marketed in the U.S. Some discussion has focused on the optimal level [Read More …]

Thinking about topdressing alfalfa?

Some things you should know: 2020 may be a good year to economize With hay now being harvested, farmers are turning to topdress decisions. Looking back at research conducted at the Cornell Musgrave Research Farm, [Read More …]

2020 Accelerating a Generation Syngenta Scholarship recipients look to the future of agriculture