Year: 2020

DFW kicks off campaign by sharing multiple TV spots featuring milk, dairy and our farmers Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) has an important message for consumers and food industry: dairy farmers are here for you. [Read More …]

RMA making adjustments to help dairy producers

April 16, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

RMA is extending inspection deadlines USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is ensuring that milk producers are not inappropriately penalized if their milk must be dumped because of recent market disruptions caused by the coronavirus [Read More …]

SUNY Morrisville dairy drive thru expanded

Will be held again Friday, April 17 for those in need in the Morrisville community An overwhelming response has expanded the second SUNY Morrisville and community dairy drive-thru, which will be held Friday, April 17, [Read More …]

Join April ‘Protecting Your Profits’ webinar to review market fundamentals

Learn about risk management options and receive updates on milk prices The Center for Dairy Excellence will host its monthly “Protecting Your Profits” webinar on Wednesday, April 22 at noon. Led by Zach Myers, Risk [Read More …]

Ice Cream Technology Conference/Yogurt & Cultured Innovation Conference Canceled

Dear IDFA Members, After careful consideration regarding the health and safety of everyone in our industry, IDFA has made the difficult decision to cancel the Ice Cream Technology and Yogurt & Cultured Innovation conferences this [Read More …]

Managing During COVID-19 Article Series

PRO-DAIRY specialists have developed Managing During COVID-19 a series of new and updated resources to help farmers navigate through the uncertain environment created by COVID-19. Recognizing the range in circumstances faced by farmers across the [Read More …]

Edge requests milk disposal payments as part of USDA crisis relief

Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, one of the largest dairy co-ops in the country, continues to urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture to act quickly to help farmers and people struggling to afford food during the [Read More …]

Rural Americans’ Health Depends on Broadband Access

While the lack of broadband access in rural America is not a new problem, the necessity for immediate action is increasingly clear as rural residents and the health care facilities and providers who serve them are more [Read More …]

Spring 2020 Contingency Planning

Dairy Responding to COVID-19 A Limited Podcast Series Hosted by Rob Lynch, DVM, Dairy Herd Health and Management Specialist, PRO-DAIRY, and Kathy Barrett, Dairy Education, PRO-DAIRY, with interviews of key dairy industry professionals. Check the [Read More …]

Livestock Marketing Association Encourages Investigation of Beef Packers

The Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) is encouraged to see Secretary Sonny Perdue’s announcement that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be extending its oversight to determine the causes of divergence between boxed and live [Read More …]

Alltech releases free, on-demand series with global industry experts about the impact of COVID-19 on agriculture

As part of Alltech’s effort to provide valuable resources to colleagues, customers and the global agricultural community confronting COVID-19, the company has created a special discussion series, Forging the Future of the Farm & Food [Read More …]

Vilsack says U.S. Dairy has taken ‘a gut punch’ but will bounce back

April 15, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

More than 95% of the world’s population lives beyond U.S. borders and many countries can’t produce enough milk to meet their citizens’ growing demand for dairy. In media interviews this week, U.S. Dairy Export Council [Read More …]

Navigating the CARES Act – An Analysis for Dairy Webinar

The CARES Act, signed in late March by President Donald Trump, enacts $2 trillion worth of emergency provisions to help protect employers and employees during the COVID-19 crisis. The bill contains provisions designed to keep [Read More …]

New York’s Largest Biofuel Plant Supplies Ethanol for Sanitizer to U.S., Canadian Corporations as Novel Coronavirus Persists

WNY Energy, New York’s only ethanol producer, establishes manufacturing and distribution network of 100% American-made sanitizer Western New York Energy (WNYE), New York’s first and largest operational ethanol facility, has adapted operations to supply distillers, manufacturing, [Read More …]

FeedTyme moves to immediately assist dairies and feed mills with it’s remote mobile feed sales & feed buying platform at no cost

April 15, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In an effort to assist dairy farmers and feed mills impacted by Covid-19, FeedTyme has moved to provide it’s innovative feed sales and feed buying platform at no cost. This will allow users such as [Read More …]

Farmer Unity Necessary for Policy Success, NMPF’s Castaneda Says

Jaime Castaneda, senior vice president for policy, strategy and international trade at the National Milk Producers Federation, says the coronavirus crisis carries an urgency for the federal government comparable to world-shaping events such as World [Read More …]

USJersey Organizations Cancel Annual Meetings for 2020 in Portland

Annual Meetings and National Heifer Sale to be changed to virtual venue The American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) board of directors voted Friday, with support from the board of National All-Jersey Inc. (NAJ), to cancel [Read More …]

Animal Agriculture Alliance promotes Casey Kinler to director of membership and marketing

Kinler to assume new role May 1 The Animal Agriculture Alliance announced today that Casey Kinler has been promoted to director of membership and marketing and will assume this new role on May 1. In [Read More …]

IDFA – Updates, Resources, and News on the COVID-19 Crisis

Dear Dairy Community, We hope that you, your families and your colleagues are doing well and staying healthy. To those who have sent a note telling us that our work for you is helpful and [Read More …]

Advisory Committee schedule extended by one month

One Month Added to Advisory Committee Schedule, Advisory Report to be Submitted by End of June 2020 The 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s schedule has been extended by one month, in consideration of new demands on [Read More …]

Using Surplus Milk as Fertilizer

April 15, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Guidance from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Given the current market disruptions created by the COVID-19 emergency, farms may continue to play [Read More …]

USDA Should Up Commodity Purchases to Help Farmers, Foodbanks

In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Tuesday morning, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota urged the Administration to maximize the purchase of agricultural commodities for donation and distribution to aid [Read More …]

Minnesota Dairy Producers Light the Way to Industry Recovery

There’s the dairy industry recovery plan everyone is talking about, and then there’s the plan everyone should be taking about. This week, the National Milk Producers Federation-International Dairy Foods Association captured the lion’s share of [Read More …]

USDA implements measures to help rural residents

USDA Rural Development has taken a number of immediate actions to help rural residents, businesses and communities affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Rural Development will keep our customers, partners, and stakeholders continuously updated as more [Read More …]

Dumped milk no joke for Georgia dairies

The Johnson Family wasn’t playing an April Fool’s joke when they posted a video on their Providence Dairy Facebook page showing about 5,400 gallons of milk gushing from their milk tank down the drain. The [Read More …]

COVID-19 could alter ag trade relationships

COVID-19 has raised questions about diversifying suppliers for world-wide trade While progress was being made on the U.S.-China Phase One agricultural deal with changes to regulations on non-tariff barriers, COVID-19 has raised questions about diversifying [Read More …]

How USDEC cuts red tape to keep U.S. dairy exports moving during COVID-19 pandemic

When Mexico issued a decree that could have reduced U.S. dairy exports by $120 million, USDEC worked around-the-clock to get that decision reversed. In 2019, USDEC’s Market Access and Regulatory Affairs (MARA) team freed up [Read More …]

Scouting Small Grains Diseases for Improved Fungicide Decision Making