Year: 2022

Garay-Red Diamond-Red-ET caught the judges’ eye at the International Junior Red & White Show. She was named Senior Champion after topping the Four-Year-Old Cow Class and took home the $500 Udder Comfort Grand Champion Award and [Read More …]

Carvella Cakewalks to Grand in International Junior Ayrshire Show

The first and second place Lifetime Component Merit Cows stood triumphant on the colored shaving in the International Junior Ayrshire Show at World Dairy Expo. Bricker Farms Gibbs Carvella stood at the top, receiving the [Read More …]

Illinois Holstein Breeder Wins the 2022 Klussendorf Award

John Erbsen of Lanark, Illinois, was presented the 80th Klussendorf Award, the highest recognition given to a dairy cattle showman in the United States, during the 55th World Dairy Expo. Erbsen embodies every great [Read More …]

Ontario Dairyman Wins the Klussendorf-MacKenzie Award

Joel Phoenix of Cannington, Ontario, Canada, was presented the 31st Klussendorf-MacKenzie Award during World Dairy Expo® 2022, in memory of Duncan MacKenzie, the 1961 Klussendorf winner. While this year’s Klussendorf-MacKenzie award winner has an impressive dairy [Read More …]

Beth’s Breathtaking Win in the International Red & White Show

October 11, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Ms Ransom-Rail Beth-Red was named Grand Champion Female and Senior Champion Female of the International Red & White Show, Thursday, October 6, and took home the Allen Hetts Grand Champion Trophy and the $1,000 Udder [Read More …]

Lallemand Animal Nutrition Launches Newest MAGNIVA® Forage Inoculant

MAGNIVA Platinum allows feedout flexibility, maximizes dry matter and nutrient retention in feed Lallemand Animal Nutrition announces the launch of its newest product in the line of MAGNIVA Forage Inoculants — MAGNIVA Platinum. For U.S. [Read More …]

Purple Reigns on Ruthless in International Ayrshire Show

Palmyra Predator B Ruthless-ET was the last cow standing as she was crowned Grand Champion Female and Senior Champion Female of the International Ayrshire Show at World Dairy Expo®. Ruthless received the $1,000 Udder Comfort [Read More …]

Chevron, CalBio expand partnership on dairy biomethane fuel projects

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), and California Bioenergy LLC (CalBio) announced a joint investment in their second holding company to produce and market dairy biomethane as a renewable natural [Read More …]

Grow dairy product sales through export workshop

WCMA’s Dairy Export Workshop is set for Tuesday, Nov. 3 Learn how to set up and sustain a robust dairy export program with support from Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA). Register now at WisCheeseMakers.org to join in [Read More …]

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How Facebook is helping dairy farmers

Environmental Benefits of Modern Dairy study unveiled by AEM, dairy organizations at World Dairy Expo The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), The National Milk Producers Federation and Dairy Farmers of America, issued a study quantifying [Read More …]

NMPF Commends USDA for Dairy Support in Climate-Smart Partnerships Program

Four NMPF member cooperatives are poised to receive significant support under USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, which supports voluntary, producer-led initiatives to increase on-farm adoption of climate smart agricultural technologies and practices. NMPF members [Read More …]

Livestock and Poultry Industries Applaud Governor DeWine and Legislative Leaders

Directing $15 Million to Purchase Ohio Protein for Families in Need Ohio’s livestock and poultry industries applaud Governor Mike DeWine and the state’s legislative leaders for today’s Ohio Controlling Board approval of the Ohio Department [Read More …]

Warm Season Annuals and Alfalfa after Frost

There is a risk of prussic acid, i.e., cyanide poisoning, and nitrates in warm season annuals and bloat in alfalfa after a frost. Bloat Legumes, especially alfalfa still have the potential to cause bloating after [Read More …]

Fusionware Announces John Deere Integration to Optimize Farming Operations

Syncs on-farm data seamlessly Fusionware, a leading end-to-end ‘cloud-based’ supply chain platform, announces integration with John Deere Operation Center™ precision ag, data management software. The new connection further empowers Fusionware users with increased ability to optimize [Read More …]

Faye Finesses Back-to-Back Wins in International Brown Swiss Show

Cutting Edge Thunder Faye, owned by Ken Main and Kenny Joe Manion of Copake, New York was crowned the Grand Champion of the International Brown Swiss Show at World Dairy Expo® for the second year in a [Read More …]

Grand Goes to Groovy in the International Junior Brown Swiss Show

October 10, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Northkill Creek Groovy took home the 2022 title of Grand Champion of the International Junior Brown Swiss Show at World Dairy Expo. This Senior Champion and winner of the Five-Year-Old Cow Class also took home [Read More …]

Footloose Dances Her Way to Supreme Champion

Oakfield Solom Footloose-ET stole the show at World Dairy Expo as she was named the 2022 Supreme Champion. Footloose is owned by Duckett Holsteins, Vierra Dairy and Tim & Sharyn Abbott of Rudolph, Wisconsin, and [Read More …]

The Butter Market Soars Once Again

October 10, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending October 7, 2022 Grocers are still worried about empty shelves and willing to pay whatever it takes to get their hands on more butter. But in just [Read More …]

Dairy MAX connects with National Ag in the Classroom

Bringing the dairy farm to classrooms nationwide We live in a hyperconnected world where we have access to more information than ever before. Recognizing this shift in how people, especially youth, receive and consume information [Read More …]

Hoosier dairies eligible for grant funding

Hoosier dairy farmers, manufacturers and processors can apply now until Nov. 10 dairy farmers, manufacturers and processors can apply now until Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. ET (5 p.m. CT) for a new round of [Read More …]

2022 – New Era of Agriculture

Sunbelt Ag Expo will take place October 18-20 in Moultrie, Ga. The Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition will celebrate its 44th Anniversary show October 18-20, 2022. Over 1,200 exhibitors will display and demonstrate products and welcome thousands [Read More …]

Berkey Creamery products nab top awards at national dairy product contest

Two first place awards for its Butter Pecan ice cream and Black Raspberry frozen yogurt While the Penn State Berkey Creamery has been famous for its ice cream for decades, it is now gaining national [Read More …]

Merck Animal Health introduces New Mobile App for Allflex DataFlow™ II System

Deliver Real-time Cow Monitoring Data from Anywhere. Additional Allflex monitoring system enhancements simplify technology use Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside of the United States and Canada, a division of Merck & Co., [Read More …]

Merck Animal Health Launches Dry Cow Care DAIRY CARE365® Training Module

New lessons cover proper management practices throughout the dry period Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside of the United States and Canada, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA [Read More …]

It’s a Three-Peat Win for Malt in the International Guernsey Show

Valley Gem Atlas Malt-ET, the winning Six-Year-Old & Older Cow, took home the honor of Grand Champion Female, Senior Champion Female, Best Bred & Owned Animal and Best Uddered Cow of the International Guernsey Show [Read More …]

Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle – Update on Feed Additives

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle Eighth Addition incorporates and summarizes new information and research on various topics related to dairy cattle nutrition. This reference serves as a [Read More …]

Dairy Cropping System Project – Forage Quality and Quantity, Part I

A two-part series, Extension Educators evaluated a Sustainable Dairy Cropping System. Part I covers forage quality and quantity. Part II examines the financial analysis. An interdisciplinary team of Penn State and USDA-ARS researchers evaluated a [Read More …]

Revisiting Disaster Programs in the Farm Bill