Month: March 2023

Twenty-one dairy farmers and industry professionals received recognition for completing all three pillars of leadership training in PDPW’s Cornerstone Dairy Academy®. The application-based professional-development program is designed to build the skills of dairy producers and [Read More …]

Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation awards five scholarships for PDPW Cornerstone Dairy Academy

Five students accepted into the 2022 PDPW Cornerstone Dairy Academy® were awarded scholarships from the Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation (WROF). Recipients include Mitchell Guyette, Chili, Wis.; Alexis Kluenker, Manitowoc, Wis.; Kelsey Maurer, Manitowoc, Wis.; Heron [Read More …]

Keeping Milk in School Meals

Addressing the Proposed Revisions to National School Lunch and Breakfast Program Local and national dairy checkoff is committed to keeping milk in schools. Find out how ADA North East and National Dairy Council are addressing [Read More …]

CDFA Announces Vacancies on Feed Inspection Advisory Board

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announces one vacancy on the Feed Inspection Advisory Board (FIAB). This board makes regulatory and enforcement recommendations to CDFA to help ensure that commercial feed inspections contribute [Read More …]

How Much Water Is Added to Milk?

There are many types of milk in the store — 1%, 2%, skim milk, whole milk, the list goes on. You might have even heard someone refer to skim milk as “watered-down milk.” But is [Read More …]

CDFA releases annual ag stats report

The annual California Agricultural Statistics Review has been released and is available on the following webpage: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/Statistics/. This publication provides comprehensive data and information on California’s diverse agricultural economy for the 2021 crop year, including agricultural [Read More …]

Performance Based Farm Inspection Sub-Committee for the Dairy Rules Advisory Committee

Meeting: Performance Based Farm Inspection Sub-Committee for the Dairy Rules Advisory Committee Date & Time: Tuesday March 21, 2023, 9:00 am Location: Virtual Teams Meeting Division: Division of Food and Recreational Safety Agenda: Microsoft Teams [Read More …]

American Farmland Trust Awards Over $1 Million in Microgrants to Farmers and Ranchers Across the Country

The Brighter Future Fund and the New England Farmer Microgrants Program assist farmers in successfully launching, growing, and sustaining their farms For the first time, AFT has awarded over $1 million dollars in grants in [Read More …]

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Learn How Animal Rights Groups Are Exploiting Animals And Donors At 2023 Stakeholders Summit

Early registration discounts extended through March 17 Animal rights extremism is unfortunately nothing new to the animal agriculture and food communities, but the tactics and campaigns used by those seeking to take meat, poultry, dairy, [Read More …]

LaClare Celebrates First Place Win

LaClare Creamery, a 100 percent domestically produced goat cheese brand, won first place for their Fig & Honey Goat Cheese at the 21st biennial United States Championship Cheese Contest. With a score of 99.275 in [Read More …]

“Protecting Your Profits” March Webinar

The Center for Dairy Excellence is hosting its monthly “Protecting Your Profits” webinar on Wednesday, March 22 at 12 p.m. Held the fourth Wednesday of every month and led by Zach Myers, Risk Education Manager [Read More …]

Dairy One’s New Partnerships with BoviSync and Feedlync

Modern management tools for today’s dairy operation Dairy One is excited to announce a new partnership with two software systems – BoviSync and Feedlync! These technology tools, supported by the outstanding Dairy One Integrated Farming [Read More …]

Cotton Incorporated Funds Extensive Whole Cottonseed Research

Cotton Incorporated is committed to funding whole cottonseed research. Whether it’s funding research studies or funding open access to ensure research findings are available to cattle producers and cotton industry professionals, Cotton Incorporated continues to [Read More …]

Tyson Ventures invests in Athian’s cloud based carbon credit marketplace for livestock sector

Will help fund ground-breaking solution to reward livestock producers for certified greenhouse gas reductions Athian (athian.ai), the world’s first cloud-based carbon marketplace for the livestock industry, announces a seed investment from Tyson Ventures, the venture [Read More …]

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DeLaval invests in its automatic milking facility

DeLaval plans to increase its production capacity of automatic milking machines to meet rising customer demand. Automatic milking continues to grow across the world. At the same time, DeLaval has seen a positive customer response [Read More …]

IDFA Senior Vice President Joseph Scimeca, PhD, Announces Retirement

National Search Begins for Successor Joseph Scimeca, PhD, senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs for the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), recently announced his plans to retire in the summer of 2023 following [Read More …]

Managing Dairies During Heavy Rainfall

Actions producers can take in-between rain storms. Any producer who’s wrestled with local flooding, corral ponding and mud knows it’s easier to take preventative measures before the storms than it is to address them once [Read More …]

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Learn how animal rights groups are exploiting animals and donors at 2023 Stakeholders Summit

Early registration discounts extended through March 17 Animal rights extremism is unfortunately nothing new to the animal agriculture and food communities, but the tactics and campaigns used by those seeking to take meat, poultry, dairy, [Read More …]

Local Dairy Farmers, NFL Players Visit Maryland, New York Schools

To help raise awareness about the important role school breakfast plays children’s lives, Maryland and New York dairy farmers joined American Dairy Association North East and National Football League (NFL) players at two schools during [Read More …]

Using QuickBooks to Manage Your Farm Business: Instructor-Guided

Learn basic accounting principles and QuickBooks to run your farm business. This course includes instructor interaction and webinars. Course Dates March 2023: The course opens on 3/7; webinars on 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11 from 6pm [Read More …]

Brown Swiss Fertility Haplotype BH14

Switzerland in 2022 began reporting a new lethal haplotype in Brown Swiss (BH14) that causes early pregnancy loss. BH14 has been added to the list of genomic haplotypes reported in the U.S., following USDA AGIL [Read More …]

ADC Applauds NMPF for backing our position to move back to the Class I ‘higher of’ milk pricing formula

American Dairy Coalition (ADC) welcomes the news this week that the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) board has endorsed an FMMO hearing plan that includes returning the Class I pricing method back to the ‘higher [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Presents 2023 Maple Industry Economic Outlook

Join Farm Credit East on Wednesday, March 15, at 12 p.m. for a free webinar that will provide a recap of the maple industry in 2022, as well as economic projections for the year ahead. [Read More …]

GROWMARK Offers 55 Scholarships Valued at $2,000 Each

GROWMARK, Inc. announces a revamped scholarship program for 2023. The GROWMARK Foundation will provide 55 scholarships of $2,000 each to students pursuing agriculture and business-related degrees or certificates at colleges, universities, and technical schools [Read More …]

Behnke Named World Dairy Expo Communications Manager

World Dairy Expo® is pleased to announce Lisa Behnke, New Glarus, Wis., as their Communications Manager. Behnke began her duties on February 27, 2023. In this role, Behnke will coordinate strategic marketing and manage internal and [Read More …]

On labeling, keep your eye on the carton

FDA has finally offered its draft guidance on the “Labeling of Plant-Based (Nutritionally Inferior and Misleading) Milk Alternatives.” So now what? Pay attention to this: This is from FDA’s draft guidance, showing labeling best practices for plant-based manufacturers. [Read More …]

NNYADP Dairy Employee E-Training Project Results Presented to National, International Audiences

The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program announces that the results of dairy worker E-training research funded by the farmer-driven program, and conducted by Quality Milk Production Services, have recently been presented to the National [Read More …]

USDA cost-share assistance for on-farm grain storage

Sign-up is for areas with limited commercial capacity due to severe storms Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that producers in counties affected by eligible disaster events in Kentucky, Minnesota, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, [Read More …]

Chariman Thompson Votes To Vacate Biden Administration’s Flawed WOTUS Rule