Month: August 2023

Holstein Association USA’s delegate election process is currently underway. Each year, members have the opportunity to nominate members from their state to serve as voting delegates at the following year’s Holstein Association USA Annual Meeting. [Read More …]

Exporters Workshop at World Dairy Expo

Date: October 4, 2023 Location: Madison, Wisconsin The United States is recognized around the world for the ability to produce large volumes of high-quality dairy, beef, swine, sheep, goats, horses, and other livestock. DATCP’s International Agribusiness Center and the Livestock [Read More …]

American Agri-Women “Road to Influence” Inaugural Leadership Training Held

American Agri-Women (AAW) gathered the candidates accepted into their first “AAW Road to Influence” class recently in Reno, Nev. for an orientation and their first leadership training session. Candidates selected for the 15-month program include [Read More …]

Lallemand Animal Nutrition, North America announces the expansion of its team

Lallemand Animal Nutrition, North America announces the expansion of its team with the addition of four people: Katelyn Dei, Associate Brand Manager Mandy Marks, Territory Business Manager Brandon Mazanec, Territory Business Manager Josh Myers, Field [Read More …]

DHIA

NMC calls for Award of Excellence nominees

Award recognizes members who foster excellence in udder health, milk quality The National Mastitis Council (NMC) opened nominations for its Award of Excellence for Contribution to Mastitis Prevention and Control. This award honors an NMC [Read More …]

The Milk Check Episode: Bears in the T.C. Jacoby office

Butter remains a strong exception to a pretty solid rule across the Jacoby team at the moment. We’re bearish. Producers aren’t reporting strong sales. Milk is long across most product categories. There aren’t any great [Read More …]

2023 PDPW Herdsperson Workshops to Feature Fertility, Cow-Side Care, Transition Cow Care

Oct. 11, 12 program includes dairy tours, simultaneous Spanish translation A successful reproductive program is the foundation of today’s high-performing dairy farms. The 2023 Herdsperson Workshops presented by Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) will take a [Read More …]

Value-Added Feed Ingredients Buyers Mission at World Dairy Expo

Date: October 4, 2023 Location: Madison, Wisconsin Join Food Export-Midwest and staff from DATCP’s International Agribusiness Center at the world’s largest dairy-focused trade show this October! We will be conducting our annual Value-Added Feed Ingredients Buyers [Read More …]

Virtual Webinar: Farm Sense

Farm Sense is a four-session workshop that teaches farmers how to understand financial statements such as the cash flow statement, the balance sheet, and the income statement. Course participants will learn how to organize and use [Read More …]

Attend the Ohio Hunger Dialogues on September 8-9

Bowling Green State University is hosting the 2023 Ohio Hunger Dialogues conference on Friday and Saturday, September 8-9. The Ohio Hunger Dialogues is open to all stakeholders interested in addressing hunger and food insecurity in Ohio (and bordering states) [Read More …]

AgrosMilk Launches Sustainability Solution to Simplify and Accelerate How Dairies Optimise their Operations for ESG

The AgrosMilk Sustainability Management software modules enable dairy businesses to capture real-time data, and prioritise and adopt sustainable practices within their operations. AgrosMilk, a ‘Farm to Table’ digital platform provider for the dairy industry, has [Read More …]

Purina Animal Nutrition launches scholarship program for students involved in animal agriculture

Applications open August 28 through October 12. Purina Animal Nutrition, along with the Land O’Lakes Foundation, is announcing its new scholarship program designed to assist students involved in agriculture and livestock production in pursuing their [Read More …]

Pa. preservation program adds 35 farms, 2,044 acres in 18 counties to list

The Shapiro administration announced Friday that Pennsylvania has preserved another 2,645 acres on 35 farms in 18 counties as part of its Farmland Preservation program. All told, the financial investment amounts to $8.64 million in [Read More …]

Ryan Benthem named 2023 MMPA Outstanding Young Dairy Cooperator

Ryan Benthem of McBain, Michigan, was selected as the state winning 2023 Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) Outstanding Young Dairy Cooperator (OYDC) by a panel of judges represented by leaders in the Great Lakes dairy industry. As the winning cooperator, [Read More …]

Dairy Farm Families Invited to “Passing the Torch” Transition Planning Workshop on Nov. 20

The Interactive Workshop Will Feature Family Roundtable Discussions with Outside Advisors It’s never too early or too late to start thinking about “passing the torch” and finding someone in line to transition ownership of your [Read More …]

Indiana Farm Bureau Delegates Meet to Set 2024 Policy

Indiana Farm Bureau member delegates gathered at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Aug. 26 to determine the policy positions of the organization for 2024. The delegate body consisted of 235 farmers and agribusiness professionals [Read More …]

Career Connections’ Third Year Brings More Opportunities

As it returns to World Dairy Expo for its third year this fall, Career Connections continues to connect students and young professionals with job and internship opportunities in the dairy industry. An onsite networking event [Read More …]

2023-2024 California Dairy Princess Ambassadors

The California Milk Advisory Board is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 California Dairy Princess Ambassadors. The newly crowned 2023-2024 Dairy Princess Ambassadors for the California dairy industry are (left to right): Jaiden Johnson (District 1 [Read More …]

2023 Canfield Junior Fair Cooking Challenge

Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 1:30pm On the Junior Fair Event Center Stage Do you love watching those cooking challenge shows where contestants are given a mystery bag of ingredients to cook with and prepare [Read More …]

IDFA presents video “Diversity in Dairy”

IDFA is excited to present “Careers in Dairy: Diversity in Dairy,” a new video highlighting the dairy industry’s commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce.The most diverse companies are now more likely than ever to outperform [Read More …]

Beef on Dairy Brings New Value to the Marketplace

More dairies expected to incorporate beef breed genetics for additional revenue stream The U.S. beef cow herd reached its lowest level in decades this summer as prolonged drought conditions in major cattle producing regions led [Read More …]

Smoothie Program Expands Following Successful Pilot

Checkoff convenes support for kid-approved, dairy-based offering in schools The results of a checkoff-initiated smoothie program pilot showed increased consumption of milk and yogurt and will be offered to more schools this fall. Dairy [Read More …]

August “Protecting Your Profits” Recording Now Available

The Center for Dairy Excellence has published its monthly “Protecting Your Profits” discussion with updates about the August 2023 milk marketplace. The Center’s Executive Director Jayne Sebright invited Jacob Thompson, who serves as a Dairy [Read More …]

3 big benefits of cow locating

Use these tips to stop searching and start finding the cows you need. Finding an individual cow or even a few cows in larger groups that need to be checked, inseminated, treated or fetched isn’t [Read More …]

Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Gets Started

How would you report on the first mile of a 26-mile marathon where the race results will not be known until months after the race is finished? That is where we are with the Federal [Read More …]

Workplace Strategies, Genetic Selection, Market Update

Trio of episodes to offer practical management strategies This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) will provide recommendations to help producers make decisions across the entire dairy operation. Tuesday’s session will [Read More …]

Communicating with Farmers Under Stress

This discussion for ag industry professionals will help you learn the signs of stress and how to help. Communicating with Farmers Under Stress is for professionals who serve the agricultural industry and work with farmers [Read More …]

Real California Milk Excelerator Cohort Announced, Eight Dairy Startups Compete in 5th Annual Dairy Innovation Competition