Year: 2023

As sustainability measures become a central, integral part of doing business, US dairy cooperatives and processors have taken varying approaches to reduce dairy’s environmental impacts throughout the value chain. Some cooperatives have emerged as leaders, [Read More …]

Celebrate Contributions of Wisconsin Farmers on National Farmers Day

Wisconsin’s $104.8 billion agriculture industry is successful thanks to many people, from the processors who develop, package, and distribute goods to the consumers who keep demand for these products high. The foundation of this supply [Read More …]

Jersey Perfomance Index Update Slated For December Genetic Evaluations

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An update to Jersey Performance IndexTM (JPI) and Jersey Udder Index (JUI) will be implemented December 5, 2023, when the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) releases the December official genetic evaluations. The new weights of [Read More …]

Virtual Farm Trips® Have Reached 1 Million Students

More than 1 million students across the U.S. and three continents have had the opportunity to visit a farm through a Virtual Farm Trips® program since2 015. Virtual Farm Trips is owned and operated by [Read More …]

Global headwinds hamper U.S. dairy exports again in August

Solid month for NFDM/SMP and WPC80+ not enough to offset another big decline in whey and butterfat. U.S. dairy exports continued to lag in August, with volume down 10.8% (milk solids equivalent or MSE) versus the previous year. [Read More …]

Explore Dairy – New Educational Resource Released

Get ready to go on a fun food adventure with Let’s Eat Healthy Together: Explore Dairy. Designed by Dairy Council of California in partnership with Lodi Unified School District, California Foundation for Agriculture in the [Read More …]

FMMO Modernization Progresses Slowly – Farm Bill Too

Between the USDA Federal Milk Marketing Order Modernization hearing and efforts to pass a new farm bill, dairy’s policy plate is full this fall – with plenty of opportunities for different parts of the industry [Read More …]

Wisconsin Women in Agriculture Conference

Women at the forefront of Wisconsin’s diverse agriculture community should save the date for the Wisconsin Women in Agriculture Conference this November 9 and 10, 2023 at the Three Bears Resort in Warrens, WI. The Wisconsin Women [Read More …]

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Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center Awarded $7 Million

The 5th round of USDA funding will support resilience across the Northeast dairy sector The Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center (NE-DBIC) has been awarded $7,053,333 by the USDA to continue their support of and investment in [Read More …]

Saving a 1,500-Cow Dairy Farm from Foreclosure with Pauly Paul, Complete Management Consulting

This is the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, for dairy farm owners, managers, and advisors who are committed to profitability and sustainability, and excellence. My name is Peggy Coffeen, and my mission is to bring YOU the [Read More …]

Join the Rally Around National Farmers Day 2023

National Farmers Day is Thursday, October 12. It’s a day to celebrate farming families and share dairy’s story of responsible production with eco-conscious consumers who have questions about dairy’s potential impact on the planet. Your [Read More …]

BQA Level II Training and NYBPA Region 1 Farm Tour and Potluck

Saturday, November 4th – Phillips Farm Phillips Farm Inc. is a 1,200 cow family-owned and operated dairy farm located in Southwest Erie County. Ann and David Phillips run the farm with a team dedicated to animal health [Read More …]

Get Inside Look at Cheese, Milk, Dairy Ingredient Plants on 2023 PDPW Dairy Processor Tours

Tour three innovative dairy processors on Thurs., Oct. 26 Curious about how the milk that leaves your farm is processed into cheese, bottled milk, dairy ingredients and more? The 2023 Dairy Processor Tour presented by [Read More …]

Work With an Experienced Consultant in One of 7 Seven Strategic Areas of Your Dairy

The Center for Dairy Excellence’s Dairy Decisions Consultant (DDC) Grant program is now open! If you’re accepted into the program, you can receive up to $4,000 in funds to work with a professional consultant with firsthand experience [Read More …]

Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Report — Week Seven

There are five “issues” encompassing 21 proposals that make up the substance of the “call” of this hearing into Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) regulations. This week started with the finishing up of issue four, [Read More …]

Prairie Farms Wrapping Up 85th Anniversary Celebration in a Big Way

Year-end activities unveiled with 85 Days of Giveaways Not only did October 8 mark the final 85 days of 2023, but Prairie Farms Dairy announced today that its 85th Anniversary Celebration will finish strong with [Read More …]

The Producer Review Board Recommends Adjustment to QIP Assessment

The Producer Review Board (PRB) has been wrestling with the challenge of finding the correct assessment rate to fund payments to quota holders without collecting too much money in assessments. The Quota Assessment Fund had [Read More …]

Dairy Defined Podcast: FMMO Modernization Progresses Slowly; Farm Bill Too

Between the USDA Federal Milk Marketing Order Modernization hearing and efforts to pass a new farm bill, dairy’s policy plate is full this fall – with plenty of opportunities for different parts of the industry [Read More …]

National DHIA offers veterinary student scholarships

National Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA) announced that it is accepting applications for $1,500 scholarships that will go to third- or fourth-year college of veterinary medicine students. Applicants must be enrolled at a college that [Read More …]

Quebec Holstein Youth wins the 2023 Merle Howard Award

Savannah Crack was named the 19th Merle Howard Award winner at the 56th World Dairy Expo on Friday, October 6. Crack joined 4-H early in life and immediately began learning important life skills such as responsibility and [Read More …]

NMPF Supports USDEC in Shoring Up Ties in Mexico

NMPF’s Jaime Castaneda traveled to Mexico on Sept. 25-27 with leadership from the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and Dairy Management, Inc. (DMI) to reaffirm the U.S. dairy industry’s commitment to working with Mexico as [Read More …]

September CWT-Assisted Dairy Export Sales Nearly 10.4 Million Pounds

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives secured 30 contracts in September, adding 2.4 million pounds of American-type cheeses, 99,000 pounds of butter, 719,000 pounds of cream cheese and 7.1 million pounds of whole milk powder [Read More …]

NMPF Provides Comments to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

NMPF’s Regulatory Affairs Director, along with an Olympic athlete (and dairy farmer), told the government’s Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee how dairy is a critical part of American diets that should be considered for its full [Read More …]

Global headwinds hamper U.S. dairy exports again in August

Solid month for NFDM/SMP and WPC80+ not enough to offset another big decline in whey and butterfat. U.S. dairy exports continued to lag in August, with volume down 10.8% (milk solids equivalent or MSE) versus the previous year. [Read More …]

Farm Bill Expires, Government Funding Doesn’t, and FMMO Hearing Soldiers On

Uncertainty defined dairy in September, as the threat of a government shutdown and the impending expiration of the 2018 farm bill, occurring in the context of a slow-moving USDA hearing on the Federal Milk Marketing [Read More …]

Connecting the dots between calf immunity, health & management

Join Dairy Calf & Heifer Association (DCHA) for its next webinar set for Oct. 12, at 2:00 p.m. Central time (U.S./Canada). Kelly Reed, Diamond V ruminant field technical specialist, will lead this free, one-hour educational [Read More …]

Dairy research keeping pace with changing consumer

I became a dietitian to help people realize their best selves through food and nutrition. The good news is health and wellness remains a topic consumers are passionate about. They want to learn about it, [Read More …]

Ohio Dairyman Wins the Klussendorf-MacKenzie Award

Nathan Thomas of North Lewisburg, Ohio, was presented the 32nd Klussendorf-MacKenzie Award during World Dairy Expo® 2023, in memory of Duncan MacKenzie, the 1961 Klussendorf winner. While this year’s Klussendorf-MacKenzie award winner has an impressive dairy résumé, [Read More …]

California Holstein Breeder Wins the 2023 Klussendorf Award