Month: January 2024

Welcome to Dairy Forum 2024. I hope you’re excited. I hope you’re ready to elevate for dairy! How about Scott Pelley last night? Did you enjoy that? Think about the places that man’s been and [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Presents 2024 Dairy Outlook Webinar

Last year saw a marked decline in milk prices from 2022. Feed and fuel costs declined, but many other expenses increased, reducing margins for dairy producers. What will 2024 bring for the industry? Join Farm [Read More …]

USDA seeks applications for value-added grant program to help farmers and ranchers seek new markets

January 23, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The USDA is now accepting applications for grants to help agricultural producers maximize the value of their products and venture into new and better markets. The USDA is making the grants available under the Value-Added Producer [Read More …]

Showbox Sires introduces HENDRIX to their lineup

In this video, Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett talk about their new release HENDRIX. HENDRIX is Tatoo x Doc and a fantastic looking bull. Together with Kevin Jorgensen of Select Sires, they dive in to [Read More …]

Honoring a Legacy: Representative Gary Tauchen Receives Distinguished Service to Wisconsin Agriculture Award

In a heartwarming ceremony at the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation’s 104th Annual Meeting in Wisconsin Dells on December 3, Representative Gary Tauchen was bestowed with the prestigious Distinguished Service to Wisconsin Agriculture award. This recognition [Read More …]

Pennsylvania ‘Dairy of Distinction’ award applications are due by April 15

State dairy producers are invited to apply for the award Pennsylvania dairy producers are invited to apply for the “Dairy of Distinction” award from the Pennsylvania Dairy of Distinction Program. Applications must be submitted by [Read More …]

BLM analysis aims to optimize solar energy development throughout the West

Updated roadmap will help meet goals for net-zero electric grid by 2035 The Department of the Interior today announced an updated roadmap for solar energy development across the West, designed to expand solar energy production [Read More …]

Karl Czymmek returns to PRO-DAIRY as Dairy Climate Leadership specialist

PRO-DAIRY has hired Karl Czymmek for a newly created Dairy Climate Leadership specialist position. Czymmek will have statewide responsibilities in climate leadership and greenhouse gas reduction strategies for the dairy industry, contributing to New York [Read More …]

Bedding Options, Milk Price Reform and Wellness Goals

Earn Dairy AdvanCE continuing education credits while tuning in for interactive discussions This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will deliver timely information for a healthier herd, bottom line and lifestyle. [Read More …]

Case IH Farmall 75C Electric and Steiger 715 Quadtrac Receive 2023 Good Design Awards

For over 70 years, the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. present the Good Design awards program celebrating the yearly achievements of design excellence. Case IH, a global leader [Read More …]

Karen Bohnert Named 2024 Young Dairy Leaders Institute Distinguished Alumni Leader

Karen Bohnert of East Moline, Illinois has been selected as the Holstein Foundation’s 2024 Young Dairy Leaders Institute Distinguished Alumni Leader. Each year, the Holstein Foundation recognizes a Young Dairy Leaders Institute (YDLI) graduate or [Read More …]

Benkovskys Named 2023 OYDC Runners-Up

January 22, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

From former employees to owners of the dairy, BJ and Autumn Benkovsky, the 2023 MMPA Outstanding Young Dairy Cooperator Runners-Up, have embraced the challenge of taking over Lyon Farms in 2021 after the unexpected passing [Read More …]

Cold Air from Canada Affects Dairy Demand

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending January 19, 2024 A blast of cold air from Canada reached as far south as Texas this week, closing schools, freezing pipes, sidelining milk trucks, and disrupting [Read More …]

Seconds Do Matter in Your Milking Routine

There are many factors that can affect a farm’s milking routine. But something to keep in mind is that seconds matter in your routine. In any milking system whether a parlor or tie-stall set-up, timing [Read More …]

Dairy Business Association honors Tom Crave as Advocate of the Year

Dairy farmers work every day to ensure their cows receive the highest quality care. On any given day, they might find themselves holding any number of responsibilities. Fixing a broken manure pump, chopping corn silage, [Read More …]

Do Cows Prefer Privacy During Calving?

Maternity pens are used on many farms to allow for personalized care of the calving cow and calf. Learn about different management aspects of individual and group maternity pens. It is a common practice on [Read More …]

Cross Merchandising and Secondary Placement

We work to make sure dairy ends up in every grocery basket. For customers who are shopping for a single meal, the dairy case is often too far to go. Our front-end merchandising moves dairy [Read More …]

2024 Northeast Dairy Management Conference

March 6 – 7, 2024 Doubletree by Hilton | East Syracuse, NY For more than 3 decades, the Northeast Dairy Management Conference has brought together progressive dairy farmers from across the Northeast to engage and [Read More …]

Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders featuring Alex Gambonini, HighGround Dairy

And our featured Young Leader today is as dedicated to dairy as they come, Alex Gambonini. Raised on an organic California dairy farm, Alex not only grew up showing cattle and competing in dairy quiz [Read More …]

The Crucial Aspect Of Dairy Exports

January 19, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

One of the greatest values I hear from farmers is checkoff’s work in exports. They truly understand the importance exports have to our industry and our future, which is why farmers founded the U.S. Dairy Export [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast: Dr. Kelly Reed of Diamond V Talks About Calf Health and Immunity

In this episode, Connie Kuber of Sealpro Silage Barrier Films and Connor Agriscience interviews Dr. Kelly Reed of Diamond V on calf health and immunity. Connie asks Dr. Reed about the impact on the cow [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Presents 2024 Dairy Outlook Webinar

Last year saw a marked decline in milk prices from 2022. Feed and fuel costs declined, but many other expenses increased, reducing margins for dairy producers. What will 2024 bring for the industry? Join Farm [Read More …]

Dairy Farming Study Demonstrates Pivot Bio’s Microbial Nitrogen Boosts Silage Tonnage and Profitability

An extensive new study conducted in collaboration with over 30 dairy producers during the 2022 and 2023 growing seasons demonstrated that replacing up to 40 pounds per acre of synthetic nitrogen with Pivot Bio PROVEN® 40 significantly [Read More …]

NY’s first dairy farm biochar kiln advances green agriculture

To make New York agriculture greener, an alumnus-owned farm in Union Springs will become the state’s first commercial dairy to take separated solids from digested cow manure and run it through a kiln to create [Read More …]

Farmer Focus: Frank Burkett, a fifth-generation dairy farmer

Frank is a fifth-generation dairy farmer. He works alongside his three uncles and several cousins at Clardale Farms, which is named for their grandparents, Dale and Clara Rohr. Together with a team of dedicated employees, [Read More …]

PA Farm Show Butter Sculpture Recycling Shows Positive Impact Dairy Farmers Have on Planet

Juniata County Dairy Farm Turns 1,000 Pound Sculpture Into Renewable Energy The Pennsylvania Farm Show’s 33rd butter sculpture, “Table for All: Pennsylvania Dairy Connects Communities,” celebrated the important connection between the Commonwealth’s farmers and their [Read More …]

DATCP Awards $1 Million in Producer-Led Watershed Protection Grants to 47 Groups

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has awarded $1 million in producer-led watershed protection grants (PLWPG) to 47 farmer-led groups for 2023. Grants support producer-led conservation solutions by encouraging innovation and [Read More …]

Texas A&M AgriLife Research names new directorship of center at Dallas

New leadership remains steadfast in commitment to promoting urban agriculture, healthy living Daniel Leskovar, Ph.D., and Ambika Chandra, Ph.D., assumed the roles of director and assistant director at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center [Read More …]

Happening Today: Dairy Performance Indicators – Where PA Stands