Year: 2022

Dairy Excellence Grants were awarded to 20 dairy producers from 12 Pa. counties The Center for Dairy Excellence recently awarded a collective total of $100,000 to 20 Pennsylvania dairy producers through the fourth round of [Read More …]

Former Checkoff CEO Naczi Honored With Lyng Award

The National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB) honored Rick Naczi as the 2022 recipient of the Richard E. Lyng Award for his contributions and distinguished service to dairy promotion. Naczi, former CEO of [Read More …]

CCE and PRO-DAIRY collaboration scheduled for Nov. 9th

The feeder is one of the most critical people on the farm. They control the animals’ diets by providing consistent and high quality rations every day. Accurate animal feeding is key to farm profitability as [Read More …]

Ag Secretary reminds farmers to apply for $13 Million tax credits

For measures improving water and soil quality Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding reminded Pennsylvania farmers today to apply by November 18, 2022 for tax credits for measures they have taken to improve soil and water quality. [Read More …]

National Dairy FARM Program Announces 2022 Excellence Award Winners

The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program last week announced the winners of the second annual FARM Excellence Awards. Through these awards, the FARM Program recognized three farms and one evaluator who go [Read More …]

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Apply now for the Dairy Food Safety & Certification Grant

Funding opportunity offers support to dairy farmers, processors, and/or producer associations in all Northeast states Are you looking for technical assistance related to dairy food safety? Or are you wanting to develop a dairy food [Read More …]

Center for Dairy Excellence Awards $100,000 to Help Producers Enhance Efficiency and Cow Comfort

The Dairy Excellence Grants Were Awarded to 20 Dairy Producers From 12 PA Counties The Center for Dairy Excellence recently awarded a collective total of $100,000 to 20 Pennsylvania dairy producers through the fourth round [Read More …]

Chairman Mooney highlights dairy’s strengths

NMPF Chairman Randy Mooney, a dairy farmer outside Rogersville, MO, said the spirit of collaboration and facing challenges head on, embodied in the cooperative model, will give dairy strength in the years to come. He [Read More …]

Training and Drift

Learn some great techniques for combating this procedural drift and keeping your workers on track. We will provide valuable examples and give participants time for discussion with each other. Who is this for? Dairy farm [Read More …]

Federal Milk Marketing Order Forum successfully brings sector together

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau President Rick Ebert served as a moderator The American Farm Bureau Federation was joined by representatives of the National Milk Producers Federation, dairy cooperatives, processors, state dairy associations and dairy farmers from [Read More …]

2022-23 National FFA Officer team elected during national convention

The 2022-23 National FFA Officers will lead the organization for the next year The 2022-23 National FFA Officer team was elected today during the final session of the 95th National FFA Convention & Expo in [Read More …]

College Student Loves Her Cows

Katerina Coffman, Penn State Dairy Complex, State College, Pa. In this episode, we meet dairy farmer Katerina Coffman, a sophomore at Penn State University who is studying animal science and agri-business management. Along with taking [Read More …]

‘Tis the Season for Dairy: A Holiday Outlook

‘Tis the season to buy gifts, plan parties and stock up on dairy for holiday treats. Will Thanksgiving and Christmas feel a little less merry this year as inflation looms over the grocery checkout line? [Read More …]

Nationwide unveils HAYTECH hands-free hay monitoring first for U.S. customers

Nationwide customers among first in U.S. with access to HAYTECH, the innovative hay monitoring system Hay fires present unpredictable and difficult-to-manage risks for farming and agribusiness operations. They can also add up to thousands of [Read More …]

How to raise beef x dairy calves for the highest quality and value

How to raise beef x dairy calves for the highest quality and value Beef x dairy crossbreeding is still a relatively new concept for many calf raisers, but as an industry, we know there’s a [Read More …]

Save the date for 2023 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit

Summit will feature dynamic keynote speakers, education, networking To help infuse dairy businesses with insight and inspiration, “Fusion” is the theme of the 2023 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit, scheduled for February 8 and 9, 2023 at [Read More …]

2023 PA Farm Show asks Pennsylvanians, ‘Oh, Say, Can You Sing?’

Winner will sing each morning, top vote-getter will sing at Opening Ceremony Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding today invited singers statewide to enter “Oh, Say, Can You Sing?”, a star-spangled sing-off to win a chance to [Read More …]

Former Checkoff CEO Naczi Honored with Lyng Award

The National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB) honored Rick Naczi as the 2022 recipient of the Richard E. Lyng Award for his contributions and distinguished service to dairy promotion. Naczi, former CEO of the [Read More …]

The Latest in Repro Protocols, Dairy Policy and Seed Selection

Episodes offer timely information on important topics for dairy farmers This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal™ from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) will provide the latest news and research for dairy producers to manage their herd, [Read More …]

U.S. Milk Output in the Black but What About Demand

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending October 28, 2022 U.S. milk output is now growing at a historically normal rate, but there are many barriers to more rapid expansion, including onerous feed costs [Read More …]

California Department of Food and Agriculture Accepting Public Comment

California Livestock Methane Measurement, Mitigation, and Thriving Environments Research Program The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is now seeking comments on its draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for a new program, the California [Read More …]

Less Talk and More Facts – Main Effects on Cow Welfare and Performance

Uterine Diseases: Less Talk and More Facts – Main Effects on Cow Welfare and Performance Uterine Diseases: Less Talk and More Facts – Main Effects on Cow Welfare and Performance will focus on describing the [Read More …]

2022 Corn silage overview

As 2022 corn silage sits in storage, hopefully fermenting for the next few months before being fed out, it is helpful to understand how this crop might feed compared to previous years. These results offer [Read More …]

Fuel Up to Play 60’s Hometown Grant Awarded to Hayward Unified School District

The San Francisco 49ers and Dairy Council of California continued their rich histories of supporting local communities on October 25th by presenting Hayward Unified School District with a $10,000 Fuel Up to Play 60 Hometown [Read More …]

USDA Opens Registration for the 2023 Agricultural Outlook Forum

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that registration is now open for the 99th annual Agricultural Outlook Forum (AOF), USDA’s largest and premier annual event. The two-day event will be held in-person at [Read More …]

Onboarding New Test Methods

November 15, 2022 | 1:00 p.m. Eastern Are you looking to improve your Aseptic or ESL product’s time to result? Join us online as we explore a challenge many Aseptic and ESL plants face – [Read More …]

Live, from the Dairy Bar, it’s NMPF!

NMPF Senior Vice President of Communications Alan Bjerga gives an impromptu tour of the Dairy Bar and the Joint Annual Meeting in Denver. From delicious products to critical information, the Dairy Bar has it [Read More …]

Lancaster County dairy producer shares ways to maximize herd performance, production

Tom Barley was interviewed in new episode of ‘Cow-Side Conversations’ In the Center for Dairy Excellence’s latest episode of the “Cow-Side Conversations” podcast, Tom Barley, a dairy producer from Star Rock Farms in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, [Read More …]

NMPF unanimously endorses Marketing Order modernization plan in annual meeting

Recommendations were developed on federal milk pricing after more than 100 meetings that have taken place over the past year National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) leadership unanimously endorsed a proposal to modernize the Federal Milk [Read More …]

PDPW Dairy Managers Institute builds skills