Year: 2020

The U.S Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers that it is illegal to retaliate against workers because they report unsafe and unhealthful working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic. Acts [Read More …]

Farmer sentiment plummets

Ag Economy Barometer recorded its largest one-month drop in sentiment during March The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer recorded its largest one-month drop in sentiment during March. The barometer dipped 47 points to a reading of 121, [Read More …]

Coronavirus causing hardship to dairy industry

April 10, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The loss of contracts and sales has a massive negative financial impact on the dairy industry Members of Northeast Dairy Foods Association, Inc., as well as dairy producers and others in the food supply chain [Read More …]

2020 National Holstein Convention

“These are certainly unprecedented times. Canceling the June 2020 National Holstein Convention, set to take place in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was not a matter we took lightly,” said Holstein Association USA President Corey Geiger. “We [Read More …]

Vote in 2020 Farm Credit East Director Elections

The 2020 director candidates were formally introduced at Farm Credit East’s Annual Meeting in March, and following, voting stockholders were mailed their ballots to vote in the 2020 Director Elections. As a customer-owned cooperative, the [Read More …]

Video: Small Scale Farming: The Benefits of Rotational Grazing

Learn about the benefits of managed rotational grazing, how you can partner with the NRCS to develop a grazing management plan and apply to install conservation practices for a successful grazing system

DATCP’s Wisconsin Farm Center is Here to Help

With Wisconsin farmers facing an unprecedented series of challenges brought on by low commodity prices, unfavorable weather patterns, uncertain global markets and now, challenges posed by COVID-19, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer [Read More …]

Speakers to cover farm security topics at 2020 Virtual Summit

April 9, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Virtual Summit is one month away! The Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2020 Virtual Stakeholders Summit will leave you primed and prepared with the tools you need to take action and protect the future of animal [Read More …]

Rabobank Economists Predict Global Recession, Dairy Price Slump into 2021

Dairy commodity prices and therefore farmgate milk prices will be under pressure from “three waves of market movement,” according to a report on global dairy markets issued Apr. 7 under the byline of Mary Ledman, [Read More …]

Why farmers are dumping milk

Farmers Union and other groups urge USDA to step in and buy surplus dairy products Kara O’Connor is Government Relations Director for Wisconsin Farmers Union, a member-driven organization committed to enhancing the quality of life [Read More …]

Three-part webinar series offered to dairy team facilitators

Online series is approved for three hours of RACE continuing education credits As dairy team facilitators work to practice social distance amidst COVID-19 and use virtual communication to guide their clients, the Center for Dairy [Read More …]

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Goals for small grains breeding

Program has already produced improved wheat and rye elite lines Small grains are an integral part of the forage-livestock system in the Oklahoma/Texas region as they can be grazed from late fall to spring, when [Read More …]

Dairy United as NMPF, IDFA Submit Request for Aid to Farmers, Processors

The National Milk Producers Federation, the largest organization of U.S. dairy farmers, and the International Dairy Foods Association submitted a request for assistance to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern offered [Read More …]

Rescheduling the Dairy Cattle Welfare Symposium

The Board of the Dairy Cattle Welfare Council has made the very difficult decision to RESCHEDULE the 2020 Dairy Cattle Welfare Symposium till next year due to the current COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. We sincerely apologize [Read More …]

Be there for farmers; they are always there for you

The COVID-19 public health emergency has forced all of us to think about what is essential in our lives. While some decisions are difficult, others are clear. Food and agriculture are essential. Food and those [Read More …]

Syngenta now accepting entries for seventh annual #RootedinAg Contest

Applications for the seventh annual Thrive #RootedinAg Contest are now open online at www.syngentathrive.com/contest. Syngenta will award three contest finalists with mini touch-screen tablets and one grand prizewinner with a $500 gift card, plus the [Read More …]

U.S. Department of Labor Announces Availability of $42.5 Million In Youth Apprenticeship Grants

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) today announced the availability of $42.5 million in Youth Apprenticeship Readiness grants to support the enrollment of in-school or out-of-school youth apprentices (ages 16-24) into [Read More …]

Coronavirus Causing Over Surplus of Milk, Financial Hardship on Dairy Industry

Members of Northeast Dairy Foods Association, Inc., as well as dairy producers and others in the food supply chain have been greatly impacted by the Coronovirus, putting the nation’s dairy farmers and milk processors business’ [Read More …]

Farm Credit West Distributes $120,000 to Food Banks in California and Arizona

Farm Credit West, ACA, one of the nation’s largest agricultural lending cooperatives, announced today the distribution of $120,000 to food banks throughout California and Arizona. These contributions are aimed at providing relief to communities negatively [Read More …]

Growing Agricultural Intelligence Company IntelinAir Hiring in Central Illinois

IntelinAir is hiring to fill a number of full- and part-time positions in Central Illinois in the Champaign / Springfield areas. These positions will be filled over the next several weeks, despite the disruptions caused [Read More …]

Coronavirus impact ripples across farm country

Price forecasts for most agricultural products are bleak From dairy farmers with nowhere to send their milk and cattle ranchers reeling from plummeting beef prices, the impact of the coronavirus is rippling through farm country. [Read More …]

Spring Pasture Management: Where Do I Start?

Unusually warm weather and rains encourage pasture growth. Use caution when planning to turn livestock out to graze. Getting out a little earlier in the spring may cost you more than you know in the [Read More …]

Dairy Difficulties To Reverberate For Several Months, NMPF’s Vitaliano Says

April 8, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

National Milk Producers Federation Chief Economist Peter Vitaliano says current coronavirus-created gloom over dairy prices as expressed in futures markets may turn out be overstated in the end, but that the pain felt by producers [Read More …]

Coronavirus Sends Crop and Livestock Prices into a Tailspin

Just as the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Wuhan, China, on or around Jan. 14, the United States and China signed a long-awaited Phase 1 trade deal (China: What Does it Mean Now?). China’s all-encompassing [Read More …]

Searching for next Voice of Big Tex

State Fair of Texas accepting submissions through April 15, 2020 No April Fool’s joke here. The State Fair of Texas really is looking for the next Voice of Big Tex. Do you think you have [Read More …]

Financial assistance for farms facing COVID-19

Early options available for farms to support cash flow The Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program would like to share recently announced programs that may aid farmers financially. Farm businesses and operations [Read More …]

SBA launches Paycheck Protection Program

April 8, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza launched the Paycheck Protection Program, a $349 billion emergency loan program created last week with the President’s signing of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES). The program provides [Read More …]

Additional Traits Enhance Selection Insights From CLARIFIDE® Plus Testing

New cow-wellness and fertility traits improve predictions for potential lifetime profitability Dairy producers now have additional trait insights to help predict potential lifetime profitability. Results from CLARIFIDE® Plus genetic testing for Holsteins and Jerseys now [Read More …]

UPDATE: Paycheck Protection Loans Available to Farmers, Regardless of Revenue, Apply Now