Year: 2020

The Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN), U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), North American Meat Institute (NAMI), National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) and American Farm Bureau Federation [Read More …]

Foremost Farms USA® to Close Chilton Cheese Plant

Foremost Farms USA today announced that it plans to close its Chilton, Wis., manufacturing facility in July 2020. “Manufacturing footprints continually evolve and change over time as the market changes. We are always reviewing our [Read More …]

Dairy Organizations Unite in Calling to Aid Other Nations by Filling Food Needs

The National Milk Producers Federation, U.S. Dairy Export Council and the International Dairy Foods Association jointly urged Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to use all tools at his disposal to “ensure high-quality, nutritious U.S. dairy products [Read More …]

Alltech ONE Virtual Experience opens to global audience, offering insights for agriculture and beyond

Launch attracts a record-breaking of more than 21,500 registrants from 126 countries and counting The Alltech ONE Virtual Experience launched today with more than 21,500 registrants from 126 countries, uniting for a unique exploration of [Read More …]

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Can a North TX farmer call you about booming business during COVID-19?

May 20, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

“Carbon Cowboys”: new documentary series shows farmers’ lives turned around by working with nature Award-winning filmmaker Peter Byck launched “Carbon Cowboys” today, a new documentary series of short films about ground-breaking farmers who have invented [Read More …]

USDA’s COVID-19 Farmer Relief Will Leave Out Farmers Most Impacted by Crisis

Thousands of Farmers and Ranchers Working to Feed their Communities Will Not be Fairly Compensated for Losses Yesterday, the Trump Administration announced the impending opening of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) farmer aid payments [Read More …]

DATCP, DFW partially lift state dairy assessment

Dairy producers, processors, and handlers with questions should contact Patrick Geoghegan The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) announced that the state milk assessment will be [Read More …]

Rochester milk drive a success

Volunteers distributed 4,000 gallons of donated milk On Monday, May 11, 2020, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County, in partnership with University of Rochester, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), Monroe County Dairy Princesses, and local [Read More …]

Indiana wheat production, hay stocks

Indiana wheat growers expect a higher wheat yield in 2020 After a mild winter and cool spring, Indiana wheat growers expect a higher wheat yield in 2020, according to the USDA NASS Great Lakes Regional [Read More …]

Seraphina Therapeutics Introduces Newly Discovered Potential Essential Saturated Fatty Acid Present In Butter

Burgeoning startup reveals first potential essential fatty acid discovered in 90 years shown in multiple studies to have properties that promote cardiometabolic health; Seraphina Therapeutics, Inc., a health and wellness company dedicated to advancing global [Read More …]

Helping the dairy sector mitigate the impact of COVID-19

The Government of Canada is actively working to support our dairy producers and processors through this pandemic and to ensure Canadians continue to have access to good, affordable food. On May 5, Prime Minister Justin [Read More …]

Food and Agriculture in the HEROES Act

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to tear through the U.S. economy, the U.S. House of Representatives has released the text of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES) Act). Similar to previous stimulus [Read More …]

REGISTER TODAY: Regulatory RoundUP Webinar Series Available Virtually to Members

May 20, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 1

IDFA is pleased to announce that this year’s Regulatory RoundUP will be held virtually, July 21-22, to ensure all in the dairy community have access to the dynamic speakers and robust menu of content. [Read More …]

Celebrate National Dairy Month

National Dairy Month is less than a month away! While our communities may not be physically gathering to celebrate with breakfast on the farm traditions, DFW has worked to ensure all Wisconsinites can celebrate Wisconsin [Read More …]

AFIA’s Board of Directors Welcomes New Leadership, Advocates for Industry

The American Feed Industry Association’s Board of Directors met virtually this week for its annual spring meeting, where they elected a new chair and several Board and Executive Committee members, and conducted other official business. [Read More …]

New Presenters Announced for Week Seven of The Dairy Signal™

May 19, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Free online episodes offer insights to help producers make informed decisions PDPW has released the speaker and content line up for week seven of The Dairy Signal™. New to The Dairy Signal team, includes Mary [Read More …]

Effective economic recovery can’t leave rural America in the dust

COVID-19 has brought about a flurry of stay-at-home orders, essential business declarations, and funding and program changes in all levels of government. Just as people with pre-existing health conditions are most susceptible to this virus, [Read More …]

Dairy retail sales increase during COVID-19

Dairy products that were on a downturn prior to the pandemic have reversed Retail dairy sales saw an initial spike during peak-COVID shopping, and sales across all categories (cheese, butter, yogurt, ice cream and milk) [Read More …]

Dairy Innovation Hub funds UW faculty fellowships

UW-River Falls awards faculty research fellowships to help increase dairy research capacity The University of Wisconsin-River Falls College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences recently awarded six faculty research fellowships to help increase dairy-related research [Read More …]

Strategies for reducing forage shortages

Stockpiling and cover crops can make a difference Livestock market complications that reduce calf sales can cause unexpected forage demands. Droughts can compound the problem leading to forage deficiencies. Forage shortages can cause poor animal [Read More …]

Envita N-fixing bacteria now in foliar application

Registered in 27 states, foliar application opens up access to the N-fixing bacteria to millions of corn acres in the U.S. Now in its second year of commercial production and following a successful 2019 grower [Read More …]

IFEEDER Board Charts Path Forward at Annual Meeting

This week, the Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER) held its annual Board of Trustees meeting to review the public charity’s accomplishments over the past year, set new priorities for the upcoming fiscal year, [Read More …]

Chilling Injury in Newly Planted Corn and Soybeans

If you planted corn or soybeans and the weather remained cold, what’s the risk for chilling injury? This article is this week’s Agronomy Highlight, scheduled for Monda, May 18 at 8:00 a.m. The Agronomy Highlight discussion is [Read More …]

IDFA Statement on Dairy Recourse Loan Program in HEROES Act

Michael Dykes, D.V.M., President and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, released the following statement on the Recourse Loan Program for Commercial Processors of Dairy Products in the HEROES Act legislation as proposed by [Read More …]

NMPF Applauds Robust Dairy Support in HEROES Act

As U.S. dairy farmers and their cooperatives continue to weather the unique storm of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Milk Producers Federation today thanked the U.S. House of Representatives for supporting critical measures for dairy [Read More …]

EU urged not to distort world dairy markets through government intervention schemes

In a joint statement, dairy organizations from across the Americas warn the EU not to repeat inventory-building and extended market-price suppression. As the European Union (EU) is poised to begin government-financed intervention purchases of skim [Read More …]

Premier Select Sires Announces Staff Changes