Year: 2021

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

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 inception 14 years ago, the DFA Cares Foundation Scholarship [Read More …]

USTR Report Emphasizes Protections for Common Name Users

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