Year: 2023

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) commended today’s announcement that the U.S. Trade Representative has formally moved to advance a U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute settlement proceeding and establish a second [Read More …]

Merck Animal Health Announces Results of Consumer Transparency Research Study

DNA TRACEBACK® technology platform provides a transparency solution by verifying the origin of animal protein sources Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside of the United States and Canada, a division of Merck & Co., [Read More …]

Fuel Up to Play 60 teaches students to fuel up

Fuel Up to Play 60, the in-school nutrition and physical activity program launched by National Dairy Council, American Dairy Association North East and the National Football League, in collaboration with the United States Department [Read More …]

Dairy group applauds additional action in Canada dispute

U.S. must enforce market access for dairy products Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, one of the largest dairy co-ops in the country, applauded an announcement Jan. 31 by U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai that the U.S. [Read More …]

California dairy districts seek ambassadors to serve as 2023 Dairy Princesses

The 2023 contests kick off in April and will run through June Each year, an exceptional group of young women are selected to represent California’s dairy farm families who contribute to making the state number [Read More …]

Bar 20 Dairy named 2023 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year

Recognized at the International Dairy Foods Association’s (IDFA) Dairy Forum Bar 20 Dairy of Kerman, Calif., was recognized as the 2023 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year at the International Dairy Foods Association’s (IDFA) Dairy [Read More …]

Fresno State receives $1.8M grant to expand dairy outreach program

News comes just as applications are being accepted for the second round of funding, with a deadline of Tuesday, Feb. 28 The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded the Pacific Coast Coalition-Dairy Business Innovation Initiative another U.S. Department of [Read More …]

IDFA Endorses U.S. Trade Representative’s Establishment of Second Dispute Settlement Panel Against Canada on Its Dairy Tariff-Rate Quotas

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today endorsed U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s establishment of a second formal dispute settlement case over Canada’s manipulation of dairy tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). [Read More …]

Statement from International Dairy Foods Association on Proposed Changes to the FDA Human Foods Program

Joseph Scimeca, PhD, senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs for the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), issued this statement today in response to Commissioner Robert Califf’s proposed changes to the Human Foods Program [Read More …]

Checkoff Delivering More Dairy into International Marketplace

There is a very large world outside of the United States. In fact, 96 percent of the global population resides beyond our borders. That’s a lot of people and a lot of opportunities for U.S.-produced [Read More …]

What Happens in the First 60 Days Affects Later Lactation Performance

Looking at that wet, straw-covered newborn heifer calf sparks recollections of the work that went into getting her to this point. Managing the cow through only a four-event lactation (freshening, breeding, pregnancy and dry off) [Read More …]

Tomas Vera, a digital transformation and innovation specialist, talks about the dairy industry

Tomas Vera is an expert in digital transformation and innovation. With over a decade spent working for dairy giant Nestlé and many others within his twenty-plus year career working for other market leaders. Tomas brings [Read More …]

Six indicators of U.S. dairy export performance in 2023

USDEC looks at the principal market factors influencing dairy import demand and trade in the year ahead. Every year, the U.S. Dairy Export Council summarizes the key “signposts” that our analysts will be watching in [Read More …]

New Study Shows California Water Regs May Reduce Dairy Cow Numbers 10 Percent by 2040

The impact of SGMA (State Groundwater Management Act) on California’s dairy and cattle industries was the focus of a meeting held February 2 in Tulare at the Veteran’s Memorial Building. Presented for the first time [Read More …]

Agribusiness Outlook 2023: Risk management can help dairy thrive in the face of global uncertainty

The dairy industry, like most agribusiness firms, must deal with risk perhaps more than any other. There’s little reason to expect smoother sailing or lower prices in 2023, as soaring input prices, record drought, staff [Read More …]

Dairy Trends to Watch in 2023

The dairy industry is expected to face several challenges throughout 2023, including extreme inflation, supply chain issues, shifts in consumer behavior and other external factors influencing consumer demand in the new (ab)normal. Despite these challenges, [Read More …]

How Do You Measure Success?

Are you thriving in your business or simply surviving? This is a crucial question to answer, especially as we move through years that are financially challenging. As I mentioned in a prior blog, the rising [Read More …]

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Maola Milk Named Official Milk of Popular Virginia Universities

Maola Milk has been named the Official Milk of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Rams and James Madison University (JMU) Dukes. Maola Milk is proudly owned and operated by Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers [Read More …]

Fall 2022 Survey Reveals Marginal Drought Improvements for Farmers and Ranchers

With over 60% of the American West, Southwest and Central Plains categorized as D1 (moderate) drought or higher, AFBF conducted a fourth round of its survey to evaluate drought’s continued impact on farm and ranch [Read More …]

BMR, Non-BMR and Male-Sterile Sorghum

Is the nutritional value different? Reduced well capacity is a growing threat to forage production to feed cattle in the U.S. southern High Plains. The intensity of droughts impairs forage production in irrigated lands that [Read More …]

The Big Cheese

Kerry Henning has a larger-than-life personality—a booming laugh, a huge grin, an endlessly cheerful attitude—and he makes larger-than-life cheddar to match. “Mammoth cheddars are any wheel of cheese 75 pounds or bigger,” says the Master Cheesemaker, whose [Read More …]

Management Points to Consider when Increasing Milking Frequency

Increased milking frequency can offer an increase in milk productivity and farm income. Switching from milking the dairy herd from two times a day (2x) to three times (3x) or more times a day has [Read More …]

What does 2023 hold for Texas dairy?

Happy New Year to Texas dairy farmers, and welcome to Austin to all the state lawmakers who have returned for the 88th Texas Legislature. At this start of a new year, I’d like to reflect on [Read More …]

Western Dairy Management Registration Deadline February 6

The registration deadline for the 2023 Western Dairy Management Conference is Monday, February 6. This is for the early bird conference registration price of $390 and to take advantage of the hotel room rates for [Read More …]

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Evonik invests €25m in methionine intermediates production plant upgrade in Wesseling/Germany