Month: January 2021

The H-1B visa has been utilized by many dairy farmers, typically to bring in foreign managers. It’s not the easiest of processes–with one large concern always being the random cap lottery. Tomorrow, on January 8th, [Read More …]

FARMERS GAIN IMPROVED ACCESS TO SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AS PPP REOPENS

FARMERS GAIN IMPROVED ACCESS TO SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AS PPP REOPENS The National Milk Producers Federation is pleased that farmers who run their operations as sole proprietors, independent contractors, or otherwise self-employed individuals will have [Read More …]

Fonterra’s NZMP Launches Milk Phospholipids

An innovative dairy solution that meets consumer concerns for mental health and stress-related issues With 67% of consumers stating that they were concerned about their stress and anxiety levels in 2020, Americans are more stressed [Read More …]

Troubleshooting Herd Health Issues on Your Dairy

Troubleshooting Herd Health Issues on Your Dairy PODCAST SERIES with Cornell Cooperative Extension Regional Dairy Specialists and Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY EPISODE 7 Transition Cow Issues In this episode, CCE Dairy Specialists Casey Havekes and Margaret [Read More …]

Dairy Stream podcast: Mike North clears up milk check confusion

Dairy Stream podcast: Mike North clears up milk check confusion GREEN BAY, Wis. — As if price volatility doesn’t cause enough anxiety for dairy farmers, there’s always the milk check, which can be confusing. Mike [Read More …]

KUHN Wins 2021 ASABE Award

KUHN Wins 2021 ASABE Award KUHN was recently awarded an AE50 award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). An AE50 award was given to the patented I-DENSE system found on KUHN [Read More …]

New Line-up of Speakers Announced for Week 41 of The Dairy Signal™

New Line-up of Speakers Announced for Week 41 of The Dairy Signal™ Free online episodes offer insights to help producers make informed decisions DAIRY NEWS –Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW), announces the line-up of speakers for [Read More …]

STUDY ABROAD GRANT BRIDGES MEXICAN AND AMERICAN DAIRY INDUSTRY

January 12, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

STUDY ABROAD GRANT BRIDGES MEXICAN AND AMERICAN DAIRY INDUSTRY Some of Dr. Carmen Licon Cano’s fondest memories as a child came from sampling asadero cheese made by her great uncle at the family creamery while [Read More …]

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New Wave of Holstein Genetics at IPS

Following the December sire summaries, International Protein Sires (IPS) released a new wave of Holstein genetics. “We are delighted with the introduction of our latest genomic tested sires. These new genetics, with varied pedigrees, bolster [Read More …]

Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative elects two new board members

January 11, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

Members of Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative elected two new directors to its board on Wednesday during the organization’s annual meeting. Jamie Witcpalek and Justin Peterson will join the board for three-year terms to help oversee [Read More …]

NMPF statement on electoral-vote certification and condemnation of insurrection at U.S. Capitol

The National Milk Producers Federation congratulates incoming President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and we applaud the culmination of the democratic process achieved at the U.S. Capitol early this morning under previously unimaginable [Read More …]

CHEMSWEEP 2021 Registration Deadline by February 28, 2021

CHEMSWEEP provides Pennsylvania farmers and other licensed pesticide applicators with a means to dispose of canceled, suspended, or unwanted pesticide products. Through CHEMSWEEP, applicators can legally dispose of unwanted pesticides, generally at little or no [Read More …]

Farm Show 2021 Town Hall Meeting Virtual Experience

Get your questions answered during the virtual Town Hall Meeting at Pennsylvania Farm Show! Join College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Rick Roush and Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding for a live event to learn more [Read More …]

Nebraska Vet Services secures $17 million investment to expand footprint

Main Street Invests $17.0 Million in Northeast Nebraska Vet Services, PC & Heritage Animal Health, LLC Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) (“Main Street”) is pleased to announce that it recently completed a new portfolio investment [Read More …]

2021 Dairy Markets Begin on a Volatile Note

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending January 8, 2021 Monday’s announcement that the USDA is extending its Farmers to Families Food Box Program spurred dairy commodity prices upward, with all products seeing gains [Read More …]

Mileutis to Present at the 39th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Mileutis Ltd. (“Mileutis”), an Israeli biopharmaceutical company which helps mitigate the use of antibiotics in animals through its safe and residue-free immunomodulator peptides, today announced that its CEO, David Javier Iscovich is set to present [Read More …]

Focus on Forage webinar series

The first webinar, on January 13, 2021, is entitled “Managing for High Quality Corn Silage” Focus on Forage is a FREE, 7-part Extension webinar series highlighting research based information and farmer strategies to optimize forage [Read More …]

AFIA announces new dates for 2021 PISC

The new year is here and with it comes bright possibilities for the American Feed Industry Association’s (AFIA) education and networking events. Given the ongoing public health emergency, the AFIA has made the decision to [Read More …]

Dairy Business Association chooses new president

Amy Penterman, a dairy farmer from northwestern Wisconsin, was chosen as the next Dairy Business Association president today during the advocacy organization’s annual meeting. “I’m honored to serve in this role going forward,” Penterman, who [Read More …]

Virginia Tech researchers find that removal of dairy cows would have minimal impact on greenhouse emissions

The dairy industry in the United States is massive. It supplies dietary requirements to the vast majority of the population. This same industry also contributes approximately 1.58 percent of the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions. [Read More …]

Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative lays out legislative priorities

worker visa, ag involvement in climate policy Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative said today it will push in the next congressional session for a new farmworker visa, expanded free trade agreements and a leading role for [Read More …]

Will the Surge in Land Prices Continue?

What started out with better than expected sales prices at land auctions prior to fall harvest extended into very strong prices at some auctions during October and November, surprising many. “Farmers National Company had auction [Read More …]

PSU Extension to host dairy transition management webinar series in Spanish

January 18 at 1 p.m. Dairy producers and farm employees are invited to join Penn State Extension for the Transition Cow Management webinar series, which will be done in Spanish. The next webinar will discuss [Read More …]

2021 Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum

Forum registration is free and is open now through January 25 The impact of COVID-19 and opportunities for Wisconsin agribusinesses are topics for the upcoming Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum, which will be held virtually on [Read More …]

Farmer sentiment rises as income prospects improve

Farmer sentiment improved modestly in December as the Ag Economy Barometer rose to a reading of 174, up 7 points from November. December’s sentiment improvement still left the barometer 9 points lower than in October. Both [Read More …]

Dairy Wins in COVID-19 Law Bear NMPF Fingerprints

Dairy farmers secured significant gains in 2020’s final major piece of legislation – a long-awaited COVID-19 stimulus and government funding bill that bore NMPF’s fingerprints. The additional assistance to the dairy economy came on top [Read More …]

Is Your Silage Ready?

When is silage ready to be opened? Often, it comes down to when producers need feed — not necessarily when the silage is at its peak. Here are three tips for opening silage early: The [Read More …]

Farmers Union Condemns Violent Effort to Undermine Democracy