Year: 2020

Brian Pillsbury was in his element during a recent pasture walk at Schoepp Farms near Lodi. He maintained the recommended 6-foot social distance from others attending the event but could still talk with them to [Read More …]

Blue-green algae presents dangers to livestock

K-State expert cautions stagnant water can lead to toxic blooms in watering ponds Water is critical to the survival of all living creatures, but if that water source is compromised, it can have deadly consequences. [Read More …]

Farmer panel part of Dairy Signal line-up

According to Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW), the line-up for week seventeen of The Dairy Signal™ will feature a farmer panel discussing corn silage. Panelists will include: Brody Stapel, Double Dutch Dairy, LLC, Cedar Grove, Wis.; Mitch Breunig, Mystic Valley [Read More …]

GROWMARK expands board of directors

Lora Wright’s selection bolsters digital technology focus GROWMARK, Inc. announced Lora Wright will be joining the Board of Directors in a new at large position. Wright brings more than 20 years of animal agricultural industry [Read More …]

AgTech NEXT Summit goes virtual

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced that the AgTech NEXT Summit will be held virtually, replacing the event previously scheduled to be held November 10 – 12. Recognizing the robust agenda, and not wanting to [Read More …]

Governor Newsom announces new supports for California workers

Governor announces support for workers to isolate and quarantine outside their home Building on previous actions to protect California’s front-line workforce, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a host of new safeguards for California workers who [Read More …]

Warning about suspicious packages of seeds appearing to be from China

If you’ve received a mysterious package of seeds in the mail lately, don’t plant them. Agriculture departments in Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina and Washington state are among the state agencies that have issued warnings. The packages typically have Chinese characters on [Read More …]

Study examines methane-inhibiting additive in dairy cow feed

Widespread use of the compound could be an affordable climate change-battling strategy The optimum amount of a methane-inhibiting supplement in dairy cattle feed has been determined by an international team of researchers, indicating that widespread [Read More …]

PDPW Managers Academy Postponed

PDPW Executive-Level Program Scheduled for Jan. 11-13, 2022 Due to travel restrictions and limitations brought on by COVID-19, the Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) Board of Directors has decided to postpone the 2021 PDPW Managers Academy [Read More …]

Assessing Calf Dehydration

Determining dehydration and rehydration Dehydration in calves experiencing scours is often underestimated. A scouring calf can lose anywhere between 5 to 10% of its body weight in water within one day. Dr. Jennifer Trout, Western [Read More …]

DATCP Creates New Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Secretary-designee Randy Romanski announced today the creation of the new Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council. The application and additional details are available at AgYouthCouncil.wi.gov. The purpose of [Read More …]

Strategies to Improve Water Use Efficiency: Part 3

Today we will discuss precipitation and climate patterns and how they are expected to change. The crop water balance equation states: Precipitation (P) + Irrigation (I) = Runoff (R) + Deep Drainage (D) + Evaporation [Read More …]

Consumer Insights, Innovation, and Trends in Better-For-You Ice Cream & Frozen Novelties

New Webinar Tuesday, August 4, 2020 | 1:00 p.m. Eastern With the right ingredient technology, desirable taste and texture are achievable in better-for-you frozen treats! More than ever, consumers are acutely aware of the benefits [Read More …]

New shutdowns complicate farms’ plans – from Ag Alert

Making planting decisions for fall and winter vegetables is hard enough without a pandemic and ever-changing shutdown orders dimming the crystal ball. The state ordered indoor restaurant dining to cease again July 13 as coronavirus [Read More …]

CME Spot Cheddar Blocks Continue to Tumble

Cheddar blocks have lost ground every day since they topped out less than two weeks ago. Still, there is more than enough cheese to meet demand, even if manufacturers dug into inventories last month. The [Read More …]

Bluegrass Dairy Changes Name to Bluegrass Ingredients

New brand, leadership and products reflect company’s ongoing evolution toward R&D-based ingredient innovation Bluegrass Dairy and Food, Inc., announced today that it has changed its name to Bluegrass Ingredients. The updated name is part of [Read More …]

New York State board seeks dairy research projects

Dairy Promotion Order Advisory Board has issued a RFP for dairy research projects The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets today announced that the Dairy Promotion Order (DPO) Advisory Board has issued a [Read More …]

Federal Incentives For Dairy Can Enhance Carbon-Reduction Efforts

Sharing how his own farm is evolving to carbon neutrality and how the dairy sector is aggressively moving to become carbon-neutral by 2050, Indiana dairy farmer Mike McCloskey highlighted ways federal incentives can further help [Read More …]

USDA releases regional 2018 Census of Ag data

Data released for American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has released 2018 Census of Agriculture data for American Samoa, [Read More …]

Revisiting Record-Large Negative PPDs on Milk Checks

Milk pricing in the U.S. is incredibly complicated. One particular feature of milk pricing that always seems to rub dairy farmers the wrong way is negative producer price differentials – a line item on the [Read More …]

USDA Releases Report on Investigation into Beef and Cattle Price Spread

Over the last year, the beef and cattle markets have experienced two unique “black swan” disruptions that impacted the markets in similar ways. The first event was the shutdown of a Tyson packing plant in [Read More …]

Cargill’s Diamond V® Partners with US Dairy Education & Training Consortium

Create Dairy Feeder Training Video Series in English and Spanish for On-Farm Use People around the world depend on dairy farmers and their employees to provide a healthy, safe product for animals that are well [Read More …]

‘Adopt a Cow’ brings agriculture to classroom

Interactive lesson series can be incorporated into virtual, in-person instruction Discover Dairy’s “Adopt a Cow” program will be open for enrollment for the 2020-21 school year beginning August 1. The free program is a year-long, [Read More …]

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Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin Board

The Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) board of directors re-elected Jeff Strassburg as the Board Chair at its annual reorganization meeting. Strassburg is a fifth-generation dairy farmer from Wittenburg representing District 9 (Menomonee, Shawano and [Read More …]

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Forage webinar aims to save ranchers money

Consider stockpiling warm-season forages and/or planting cool-season pastures Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts will host a forage webinar Aug. 21 on the reduction of winter feeding by stockpiling warm-season forages and/or planting cool-season pastures. The [Read More …]

USDA announces $15 million in funding to support disadvantaged and veteran farmers

USDA announces $15 million in funding opportunities to support socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced approximately $15 million in available funding to help socially disadvantaged and [Read More …]

Insurance program for cattle, swine sees improvements

Subsidies have been added and are based on the deductible selected by the producer USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced changes to the Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) insurance program for cattle and swine beginning [Read More …]

New NJHA board members elected in the maroon jacket

VitaFerm® Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) was held July 10-15 in Kansas City, Missouri Four National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) members were elected to the National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) board of directors at the [Read More …]

Mitigation of greenhouse gases in dairy cattle through genetic selection

Study targets reducing methane production by 20 percent in 10 years according to research in the Journal of Dairy Science® Researchers in Spain propose mitigating methane production by dairy cattle through breeding. In an article [Read More …]

DMI’s Paul Ziemnisky gives an update on work with fast food companies