Month: April 2021

Agency to host public listening session on April 22, 2021 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is requesting public input from interested parties, including potential customers and interested stakeholders, to help create a [Read More …]

MidAtlantic Farm Credit announces record-breaking patronage distribution

Association gave out $54 million in cash to its members this month MidAtlantic Farm Credit recently announced a record-breaking patronage distribution of over $54 million in cash to its members this month. The Association returned [Read More …]

Straus Family Creamery Reintroduces Organic Barista® Milk Line for Culinary Professionals

Mission-Driven Straus Focuses on Sustaining Family Farms, Protecting Rural Communities and Creating Climate Change Solutions While Delivering an Exceptional Drink Experience As the nation’s hospitality industry and its farm suppliers move toward pandemic recovery, Straus Family [Read More …]

United Dairy Farmers Modernizes Digital Platform with Paytronix

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UDF gets more personal with its customers Paytronix Systems, Inc., the most advanced digital guest experience platform, today announced that Cincinnati-based ice cream and convenience store chain United Dairy Farmers has relaunched U-Drive, a legacy loyalty program now built on [Read More …]

Janet Keller of the Professional Dairy Producers Foundation on supporting educational programs for dairy producers

The Professional Dairy Producers Foundation has been supporting educational programs for dairy producers and farm youth for nearly two decades. Respected Wisconsin leader Janet Keller is executive director, and she tells Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness [Read More …]

IDFA’s Michael Dykes: Dairy should remain primary component of USDA’s food distribution program

In video comments to USDA, Dykes highlights nutritional significance of dairy, offers solutions to ensure food purchase program does not distort dairy markets. Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association [Read More …]

UW-Madison’s Faith Baier earns DCHA scholarship

The Dairy Calf & Heifer Association (DCHA) named Faith Baier, daughter of Ted and Sue Baier, Durand, Wis., as this year’s $1,000 scholarship recipient. The DCHA scholarship program honors an outstanding student pursuing a degree [Read More …]

Select Sires develops first-of-its-kind genetic tool to combat mastitis

Mastitis is the most common clinical disease reported in dairy cows and cited as the No. 3 reason for culling in commercial dairy herds. A case of clinical mastitis in the first 30 days of [Read More …]

Wisconsin Cow Sets New Record for Most Lifetime Milk Produced by a Holstein

STONE-FRONT LEADER HILDA, a 15-year-old Registered Holstein® cow, owned by Andrew Jay and Lynette E. Buttles of Lancaster, Wisconsin, has set the new record for the most Lifetime Milk produced by a Holstein. Hilda completed [Read More …]

4 Tips for stopping mastitis in wet weather

Don’t let the old adage “April showers bring May flowers” become “April showers bring May mastitis” on your dairy. Dealing with seasonally wet weather can create environmental mastitis challenges if you aren’t using best management [Read More …]

2021 DFA Colab Accelerator Focuses on Innovative Dairy Products and Emerging Agriculture Technologies

Seven companies will participate in the 90-day, dairy-intensive program, launching this week Facial recognition software for cows, nanotechnologies to help treat mastitis and a single-serve, snack-sized cheese bar are just a few of the startup companies [Read More …]

How the Pricing of Nonfat Dry Milk has Changed.

Nonfat Dry Milk (NDM) prices are determined by a weekly survey conducted by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). In turn, the price of Class IV skim milk, Class II skim milk, and half of the [Read More …]

What Will Dairy Farm Labor Cost?

Dairies need to be able to manage labor costs and overall cost of production. Across the United States, annualized growth in wages for 2016-2021 has been 3.6% and is forecasted to be 2.4% for 2021 [Read More …]

Is a Brisket Locator Really Necessary?

Properly positioned brisket locators provide correct resting space and minimize injury. When working with dairies to develop new, or to improve existing, freestalls a common question is: “Is a brisket locator really necessary?”. Like many questions [Read More …]

USDA announces reopening of Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 2)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announces FSA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) signup is reopened as of April 5, 2021, as part of the Pandemic Assistance for Producers [Read More …]

Italy Promotes April Demo Days at 2021 World Ag Expo® Online

Three video seminar events to showcase the first-ever Italian remote agtech cohort U.S. importers, dealers, and agribusiness professionals are invited to join the April Italian AgTech DEMO DAYS on the World Ag Expo Online platform [Read More …]

2021 DFA Cares Foundation scholarships

Forty-four recipients will receive a combined total of $63,000 Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) recognizes the importance of developing future leaders in the dairy industry and is committed to investing in their education. Since its [Read More …]

Stability of the food supply a huge factor in COVID vaccinations for ag workers

Starting March 31, these workers now are eligible to schedule appointments Besides reducing illness, hospitalizations and deaths, the impending vaccination of heretofore unvaccinated Pennsylvania food and agricultural workers against COVID-19 can go a long way toward ensuring [Read More …]

Dairy – tough to live without it

The misguided, fringe argument that dairy isn’t important to human diets would be laughable if it weren’t dangerous. Is it possible to live without dairy? It’s possible to live without many things – sunlight, for [Read More …]

Two weeks left to register for the National Institute for Animal Agriculture Annual Conference!

There are two weeks left to register for Annual Conference! Our Annual Conference, Exploring Sustainability in Animal Agriculture – A Comprehensive Approach will convene April 21-April 23, 2021. The 2021 conference theme and agenda provide the opportunity to engage with visionary leaders as, together, we explore [Read More …]

Prairie Farms Reveals 18 New Ways To Snack

Lineup includes one-of-a-kind flavor options Prairie Farms Dairy, a cooperative owned by more than 800 dairy farm families, is launching 18 new ways to snack with the introduction of Small Batch Cream Cheese Spreads in [Read More …]

The Farm Workforce Moment is Here. Let’s Take It

Farmers and their workforce have proven time and again in the past year that they can rise to substantial challenges. It’s time for Congress to do the same. Dairy farmers and the employees who keep [Read More …]

New Line-up of Speakers Announced for Week 52 of The Dairy Signal™

Online episodes focused on technologies to improve dairy productivity and profitability Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW), announces the line-up of speakers for week 52 of The Dairy Signal™. Episodes this week will provide insights and updates [Read More …]

U.S. Food Service Sales Up Over 150% From Last Year

In his weekly update issued on Apr. 1, Nate Donnay, Director of Dairy Market Insight at StoneX, reports sometimes USDA data only makes sense in hindsight, sometimes it only makes sense after a few revisions [Read More …]

USDA Increases Emergency SNAP Benefits for 25 million Americans; Ensures COVID-19 Relief Reaches Those Struggling the Most

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today took action to provide $1 billion per month in additional food assistance to an estimated 25 million people in very low-income households that are participating in the Supplemental [Read More …]

Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the President’s American Jobs Plan

Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack regarding the release of the American Rescue Plan today by President Biden and the White House. “Just as the American Rescue Plan is helping families recover from the pandemic [Read More …]

Registration now open for IDF Nutrition Symposium 2021

Registration is now open for the IDF International Symposium on nutrition and health, a fully virtual event which takes place 11th and 12th May 2021. From today, those interested in attending the Symposium can register [Read More …]

Adopt a Cow virtual live chats planned for 22 dairy farms

Those interested in learning more about program invited to join The more than 70,000 classrooms and homes participating in the Dairy Excellence Foundation’s Adopt A Cow program for the 2020-21 school year will be invited [Read More …]

Nutrient Management, Conservation Efficiency Research Update from NNYADP

The farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) has released a suite of research reports on nutrient management efficiency and on agricultural environmental conservation related to tile drainage. The reports add to the industry [Read More …]

2021 DFA Cares Foundation Scholarships