Month: April 2021

The Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) applauded the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) prioritization of common name restrictions as a primary trade barrier in their 2021 National Trade Estimate (NTE) report released [Read More …]

Dairy Girl Network Adds to Board of Directors

Dairy Girl Network, an organization offering programs and events supporting all women in dairy reaching across the nation, has welcomed a new board of director. Amy Dicke of Ohio recently joined the board which together [Read More …]

Cargill Offers Dairy Farms Actionable Safety Tool

As part of their ongoing commitment to safety, Cargill is helping dairy farmers put safety practices into action by offering a new online tool to review important safety topics and areas on their dairies. Tomorrow, [Read More …]

Southern States Announces New President & CEO

The Southern States Cooperative, Inc. Board of Directors announced today that Jeffrey Stroburg, the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since May 2015 will retire from the cooperative effective June 30, 2021. Steven M. Becraft, [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 Jobs Plan today by President Biden and the White House. “Just as the American Rescue Plan is helping families recover from the pandemic [Read More …]

Dairy Team Programs April 2021

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Dairy Team Programs Women Rooted in Agriculture: Dairy Girl Fitness April 13, 2021, 6:00 p.m. Join us for Women Rooted in Agriculture: Dairy Girl Fitness to learn how Pennsylvania native Emily Shaw created Dairy Girl [Read More …]

USTR report cites impediments to U.S. dairy exports

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The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) urged the Biden Administration to work to eliminate foreign tariffs on and nontariff impediments to U.S. exports, following the release today by the Office [Read More …]

Abundant Raw Milk Translates Into Record Setting Dairy Product Production

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending April 2, 2021 With milk production expected to stay strong, dairy product production will continue to be robust. This aggressive production threatens to overhang the market unless [Read More …]

FCE encourages stockholders to vote in 2021 Director Elections

Ballots must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 12 The 2021 director candidates were formally introduced at Farm Credit East’s Annual Meeting in March, and following, voting stockholders were mailed their ballots to [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 [Read More …]

Find out how dairy farmers, co-ops can still apply for PPP

NMPF, members of Congress work to ensure dairy farmers, cooperatives have equitable access to PPP Congress created the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in the CARES Act, its second coronavirus emergency relief package response enacted in [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 …]

What are we breeding for, and who decides?

The future of selection decisions and breeding programs are examined in a review in the Journal of Dairy Science® In an article appearing in the Journal of Dairy Science®, scientists from the United States Department [Read More …]

Yili Invests in Significant Expansion of High-quality New Zealand Butter Production for Global Consumer Market

Yili Invests in Significant Expansion of High-quality New Zealand Butter Production for Global Consumer Market Global dairy giant Yili is investing $NZ40 million to double capacity of premium consumer butter production at its Westland Dairy [Read More …]

New Mexico Community Capital Launches Native Farmer in Residence Program

New Mexico Community Capital (NMCC) is introducing a new way to connect Native American farmers to Native consumers and larger non-Native markets. The Native Farmer in Residence program is a peer-to-peer based Native farmer training [Read More …]

April 7 Spring Into Conservation! Zoom Workshop to Connect Local Women Farmers and Landowners with Conservation Coaches and Resources

Wisconsin Women in Conservation (WiWiC), a new state-wide coalition of landowners and conservation agencies, is offering a free on-line “Spring Into Conservation!” workshop on April 7 from 12 to 1:30pm. The virtual event aims [Read More …]

Tillamook County Creamery Association Releases “Good Is Something We Make Together” 2020 Stewardship Report

New Report Shares Highlights of $4 Million COVID-19 Relief Efforts and Progress Against Stewardship Commitments In a year filled with unforeseen hardships, Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) remained focused on its established stewardship commitments and [Read More …]

Darigold Announces New External Board Member, Linda Massman

Massman joins the Darigold board representing over 350 farmer-owners across Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington Darigold Inc. and the Northwest Dairy Association (NDA) have announced the appointment of new board member Linda Massman, effective April [Read More …]

New guidelines confirm dairy’s role in a healthy diet

Dairy MAX, National Dairy Council contribute science-based data supporting dairy in guidelines Dairy checkoff has been committed to nutrition science and education for over a century through the work of National Dairy Council. With a staff [Read More …]

DCRC webinar features use of digital technologies

“Using digital technology to optimize health and reproductive management” to be held May 13th Join Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) for its next webinar on May 13, starting at 2 p.m. Central time. Ricardo [Read More …]

Dairy Margin Coverage: What If?

At its base, milk pricing in the U.S. is complicated (How Milk Is Priced in Federal Milk Marketing Orders: A Primer). And the variations in milk checks from farm-to-farm (even neighbors), month-to-month, and cooperative-to-cooperative, and [Read More …]

Grants available for farm safety education and training programs

$500 per county available for farm safety training and education The University of Wisconsin Center for Agricultural Safety and Health announced the availability of $15,000 to award grants for farm safety and education, training, or [Read More …]

Making the most of spring grazing

By implementing a few simple management strategies, cattle owners can reap the benefits of ideal pasture nutrition this spring grazing season As spring approaches and temperatures start to rise, so do winter forages. Cool season [Read More …]

Alltech ONE Ideas Conference returns virtually in 2021 with exclusive access to insights from agri-food experts

Alltech’s global agri-food conference, the Alltech ONE Ideas Conference (ONE), returns virtually on May 25–27, 2021. Now in its 37th year, Alltech’s flagship event continues to be an invaluable industry resource, with unmatched content and [Read More …]

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