Year: 2020

John Ellsworth For the last five years, except for the second half of 2019, the dairy industry has been a very difficult place in which to operate. Despite feed costs dropping considerably during this same [Read More …]

Leadership on Your Dairy in These Times

Here are some issues that have come to the forefront in these times. But the three keys to navigating this crisis remain: Leadership Planning Communication and Collaboration Leadership Roles As a leader of your farm [Read More …]

Farming, Worker Safety and our Food Supply: It All Matters in a Pandemic

Editor’s note: The author dairies with his family in Madrid, N.Y. and is president of N.Y. Farm Bureau. This piece appears in the April 21 edition of Empire Report and is used here with permission. [Read More …]

Does Dairy Need Fewer Cows?

In the June 5, 2019 post, based on domestic consumer consumption trends, the milk needed to satisfy this consumption is growing at about one-half percent annually. With domestic fluid milk consumption decreasing, cheese consumption increasing, and [Read More …]

Breeding “Slick” Holstein Cattle for Superior Heat Tolerance

Look closely at the Holstein cattle on the University of Florida Dairy Unit and you will notice some of them appear to be sporting a shorter hair coat than the rest. “Slick” cattle have a [Read More …]

Cornell’s Dairy Fellows Program Has Another Active Year

As we write, we hope everyone is safe, healthy, and confidently managing through this challenging time in the world. Once again, we would like to take a few moments to update you about the Cornell [Read More …]

Heat Stress Leads to Dairy Cattle Lameness

Heat stress in dairy cattle can result in costly economic losses for producers. Across the beef, dairy, poultry and swine industries, economic losses from reduced production and reproduction performance as well as increased mortality can [Read More …]

Improve Transition Cow Management During Three Critical Time Periods

“We want dairy cows to be superior athletes in the milking string, however the transition period requires cows to go from zero to 60 miles per hour in a very short amount of time,” said [Read More …]

Still No Detail rom USDA on COVID-19 Dairy Relief Package

It has been 37 days since the U.S. Senate voted 96-0 to borrow $2.2 TRILLION to shore-up the productive capabilities of the U.S. economy. America was deliberately shut down by the government to keep the health care [Read More …]

California Dairy Council Active During the COVID-19 Pandemic

It has been over a month since shelter-in-place was first implemented throughout California in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the disruption it caused continues to dominate our lives. I am proud to share that [Read More …]

CA: New funding for CARES Act Programs

The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced last week that it ran out of funding for its Paycheck Protection Program. In response, Congress quickly amended the CARES Act to provide additional funds and expand several of [Read More …]

Federal COVID-19 aid could arrive in May

For farmers, ranchers suffering losses due to COVID-19 market disruptions Applications will begin in May for $16 billion in federal aid for farmers and ranchers who have suffered losses due to market disruptions caused by [Read More …]

Expanding Overseas Markets Key to Dairy Post-Coronavirus, NMPF’s Morris Says

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Even as U.S. dairy struggles to meet the immediate challenges of coronavirus, its work on expanding overseas markets continues “not with an eye on what’s going to happen necessarily in the next week, but what [Read More …]

Holstein Foundation Releases Video on Clipping a Dairy Show Animal

Holstein Foundation is excited to announce the release of a new video to educate youth on how to clip their dairy animal for a show. The 15-minute video is available to watch for free on [Read More …]

New Products: New Solutions to Improve Your Cultured Products

Balchem Ingredient Solutions Announces Cultured Application Solutions for the Dairy Industry For decades, Balchem Ingredient Solutions, formerly SensoryEffects, has created innovative solutions in frozen desserts and flavored milks. Now, we can help you create more [Read More …]

Dr. Mike Lormore on herd management when the goal is lower production

Dr. Mike Lormore, a longtime dairy vet, says first define the goal and then identify the strategies, ranging from reduced milking frequency to feeding more milk to calves. In Dr. Lormore’s discussion with Joel Hastings [Read More …]

Students keep campus farm active while classes operate virtually

Like other essential agricultural operations across the Central Valley, the Fresno State University Agricultural Laboratory has kept up a near-normal pace over the past month, thanks to its workforce that relies partially on students who [Read More …]

Midwest Dairy Donates $500,000 to Food Banks

Contributions across the organization’s 10-state region will help meet the dairy demand food banks and pantries are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic On behalf of 6,500 dairy farm families across the Midwest, Midwest Dairy announced [Read More …]

Danone North America Awards $50,000 in Student Grants to Further Yogurt and Gut Microbiome Exploration

Two Graduate Students Each Receive $25,000 from Annual Danone Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Grant Program For the eighth year in a row, Danone North America has demonstrated their commitment to science and education [Read More …]

USMEF Statement on Executive Order to Help Ensure Safe, Stable Meat Production

On April 28, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to ensure that meat production can continue during the COVID-19 crisis. More details on the executive order are available in this White House fact sheet. [Read More …]

Pandemic Disrupts Processing Capacity, Drives Slaughter Numbers Down

Reports today suggest President Trump will sign an executive order announcing his use of the Defense Production Act to order meat processing plants to remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic. The president will use the [Read More …]

Creative Policy Solutions Needed as Dairy Prices Plunge, NMPF’s Vitaliano Says

Catastrophically low milk prices may decline further in May and June, making all-hands-on-deck efforts to find solutions for all dairy producers necessary, Peter Vitaliano, chief economist for the National Milk Producers Federation, says in a [Read More …]

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Milk provided to healthcare workers and first responders

Great Georgia Give campaign will deliver 24,000 half-gallons of local Georgia milk Georgia’s dairy farmers, along with Kroger Atlanta Division, have come together to deliver milk from the farm to the frontlines. The new Great [Read More …]

Penn State Extension cancels or postpones in-person events through June 19

Cancellations also affect Pennsylvania 4-H activities In-person, nonessential events and programs sponsored by Penn State Extension through at least June 19 have been cancelled, postponed or moved to a virtual format due to the continuing coronavirus pandemic, [Read More …]

Rosy-Lane Holsteins wins sustainability award

Healthy cows, environment are focus of Wisconsin dairy A Wisconsin dairy farm, Rosy-Lane Holsteins, is the winner of a national award for Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability. The ninth annual U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards were announced [Read More …]

Dairy Checkoff marketing effort during COVID-19

Ads, live content, signage, word of mouth, ecommerce and more Hard-working dairy farmers need to be in their barns and fields during this COVID-19 crisis, so Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW)—funded by your dairy checkoff—rapidly [Read More …]

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tioga County seeks executive director

Deadline to apply is May 13 Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Tioga County, Owego, NY, is seeking an executive director to provide overall leadership and management of an organization that delivers non-formal education programs, conducts [Read More …]

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Appoints Randolph Legg to Lead U.S. Commercial Business

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health announced today the appointment of Randolph Legg as the new Head of U.S. Commercial Business. Legg moved into the role just as the COVID-19 pandemic altered the rhythms of everyday life [Read More …]

Introducing IDFA’s People Strategy: Inspiring Innovative Approaches to Leadership, Workforce Development, and Diversity in Dairy

If the COVID-19 crisis has made one lesson clear, it’s that dairy industry leaders will continue to face a myriad of challenges in the months and years ahead—challenges expected and unexpected. This crisis has also [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 2.4 Million Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales