Year: 2020

March 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 1

This might be tough to digest if you’re a plant-based fundamentalist, but the numbers don’t lie: In 2019, lactose-free milk sales grew twice as fast as plant-based beverages, with lactose-free poised to surpass almond-beverage sales this [Read More …]

Leading Midwest dairy co-op adds farmer-led conservation group coordinator

Leading Midwest dairy co-op adds farmer-led conservation group coordinator Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative has added a coordinator for the co-op’s support of a growing number of farmer-led watershed conservation groups. Jamie Fisher will work directly [Read More …]

NY Holstein Association Seeks Executive Manager

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New York Holstein Association, a membership organization serving Holstein enthusiasts, is seeking an Executive Manager. A full job description is posted below. We offer a competitive salary, benefits, and a pleasant place to work. If [Read More …]

National Farmworker Awareness Week Provides Opportunity to Celebrate Farmworkers and Educate Consumers About the Many Hands That Feed Them

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This month, Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and training organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer advocacy groups, is marking National Farmworker Awareness Week by encouraging growers and consumers to share messages [Read More …]

Dave Kurzawski of INTL FCStone Talks About Coronavirus and the Impact on the Global Dairy Economy

Coronavirus is upsetting dairy markets as it spreads around the world. In episode 14 of DairyVoice podcast, Dave Kurzawski, Team Leader of the Dairy Risk Management Group at INTL FC Stone, provides his insights about [Read More …]

Ag education student, Fresno State win state farm bureau discussion titles

Senior agricultural education student Austin La Salle earned media notoriety last year as a campus farm student worker who helped raise one of the farm’s prized products, Fresno State sweet corn. That experience helped yield [Read More …]

Maine Livestock Farmer Survey

At University of Maine Extension we think a lot about the care and welfare of livestock and poultry – sometimes referred to as “food animals” in Maine. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the [Read More …]

CentralStar Cooperative hires new group of employees

CentralStar Cooperative serves dairy and beef producers in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana. Growing business for the historical cooperative continues to create new opportunity to hire on more employees. During the last three months, 18 employees [Read More …]

Fifteen Students Receive a Total of $18,500 in 2020 Premier Select Sires Scholarships

Click Image to Enlarge Premier Select Sires awarded a total of $18,500 to 15 college students through the 2020 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship competition. Two students received $2,500 scholarships through the Johnny Daniel Memorial [Read More …]

After winning the world’s best camembert title, Agropur is named the maker of the best cheddar in the world

Agropur is proud to announce that its Grand Cheddar Aged 3 Years and Grand Cheddar Aged 1 Year – both made at its Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, Quebec plant – have been awarded the “Best Cheddar Aged Two [Read More …]

Who will lead our rural communities?

Our rural communities need future leaders April 4-5, 2020 Dodgeland High School, Juneau, Wis. We need to invest in the future now. Our food systems need the best and the brightest to fulfill the numerous [Read More …]

Dairy West expands innovation partnerships team

Liz Miles recently joined Dairy West as innovation partnerships manager. Based out of the organization’s Meridian, Idaho, headquarters, Miles works with retailers and foodservice companies to promote the sales and consumption of dairy foods and battle food [Read More …]

Holstein Foundation Graduates Young Dairy Leaders Institute Class 11

More than 45 young adults from across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico recently graduated from the Holstein Foundation’s eleventh Young Dairy Leaders Institute class, with Phase III being held February 5-8, 2020 in Phoenix, [Read More …]

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Barn Meetings on Dairy Cattle Reproduction

Day of dairy reproduction education to be held at two locations, March 17th and 18th Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County educators April Wright Lucas and James Romack invite farmers to join them and guest [Read More …]

Evonik declares force majeure for supply of ThreAMINO® due to Covid-19 outbreak

Due to the Covid-19 virus outbreak, Evonik’s contract manufacturer had to shut-down its production facilities. Both production and shipping of the amino acid ThreAMINO® are affected. Dr. Emmanuel Auer, Head of Animal Nutrition Business Line [Read More …]

Milk Quality Online Course: Online course registration closes Today!

Online registration closes today – don’t miss your chance to take this course! Course Information The Milk Quality Online Course will cover basic milk quality, milking parlor and mastitis management principles lead by [Read More …]

Spring Weed Control in Alfalfa

As spring approaches, forage weeds can become a problem. Certain herbicides can be applied, but timing is critical As warmer weather approaches, start thinking about controlling winter annual weeds (especially common chickweed) in alfalfa. Keep [Read More …]

Operation desert corn: Bayer opens new high-tech greenhouse in Arizona

The German chemicals and life science giant Bayer has opened its new automated greenhouse facility in Marana, Arizona. The facility is the first of its kind for the company and the most technically advanced, the company says [Read More …]

Applicants Sought for Holstein Association USA Junior Advisory Committee

Holstein Association USA is currently seeking applicants to fill three open seats for adult representatives on the Junior Advisory Committee (JAC) from Areas II, III and IV. Applications must be submitted to Holstein Association USA [Read More …]

Keim Joins Holstein Foundation Board of Trustees

Chris Keim, DVM, Fort Atkinson, Wis., is the newest addition to the Holstein Foundation board of trustees. The board oversees the direction of the Holstein Foundation’s youth and young adult educational and leadership development [Read More …]

U.S. exports start strong in 2020

Record ingredient sales to Southeast Asia push exports to fifth straight month of growth. Improved ingredient sales, particularly to Southeast Asia, helped U.S. dairy export volume post its fifth straight month of growth. U.S. suppliers [Read More …]

Dairy Farmer Testifies on Importance of Expanding Exports Opportunities and Fair Rules

Connecticut dairy farmer, James “Cricket” Jacquier, testified today before the House Committee on Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture in order to provide a dairy stakeholder perspective on agricultural trade. Jacquier is Chairman of [Read More …]

Indiana Pork, Soybean Alliance partner with Fair Oaks

Will provide discounts to school field trips, transportation grants Indiana Pork and the Indiana Soybean Alliance are excited to announce a partnership to allow more school-aged children to visit Fair Oaks Farms. Both groups have partnered [Read More …]

DBA applauds water quality credit clearinghouse

Law will enhance program that capitalizes on farmers’ conservation work The state’s leading dairy lobbying group applauded Tuesday’s signing by Gov. Tony Evers of legislation that creates a streamlined process for trading water quality credits [Read More …]

KDA to host livestock export seminars

Thursday, April 2, in Hays and Friday, April 3, in Manhattan A global need for quality breeding stock and genetics is creating market opportunities for Kansas livestock producers. To meet the growing demand, the Kansas [Read More …]

Dairy Protein Market to Garner $14.54 Bn, Globally, by 2026 at 5.6% CAGR, Says Allied Market Research

March 10, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Increase in demand for protein as nutritional and functional ingredients, rise in demand for infant formula coupled with consumer awareness regarding healthy diet drive the growth of the global dairy protein market Allied Market Research [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 1.4 Million Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted 10 offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 738,549 pounds (335 metric tons) of Cheddar, Colby and Monterey Jack cheese, and 661,387 [Read More …]

OSHA Alert: Prevent Worker Exposure to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

March 10, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The novel coronavirus (officially called COVID-19) is believed to spread from person-to-person, primarily through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The virus is also believed to spread by people touching a [Read More …]

Merck Animal Health Expands Pinkeye Vaccine Portfolio through New Licensing Agreement