Year: 2024

The Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Program, a joint effort of Farm Credit East and CoBank, recently provided $137,000 in grant funding to 27 organizations to assist their efforts to encourage youth leadership development, support young [Read More …]

DCRC calls for reproduction award nominations

The Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) seeks nominations for its Excellence in Dairy Reproduction Awards program. Dairy industry professionals, including veterinarians, extension agents, artificial insemination and pharmaceutical company representatives, dairy processor and co-op field staff, [Read More …]

Registration is Open for the 2024 National Holstein Convention

Registration is now open for the 2024 National Holstein Convention being held June 24 – 27, 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah. All Holstein enthusiasts are invited to attend and take part in the 2024 [Read More …]

DCHA webinar to focus on the importance of water quality

Join Dairy Calf & Heifer Association (DCHA) for its next webinar – “Making Your Water Work” – set for March 6, at 10 a.m. Central time (U.S./Canada). Taylor Engle, Four Star Veterinary Service, and James [Read More …]

Insights, Ideas and Inspiration to Drive Innovation on Tap for the 2024 Business Conference

Register today for Dairy’s Premier Educational Event, Set for March 13-14 The 2024 Business Conference presented by the Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) is just around the corner, with two days of programming designed to meet [Read More …]

DCRC seeks Scholar applicants

Graduate students: Apply for the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) Scholar program. The award winner will earn an expense-paid trip to attend the DCRC Annual Meeting, Nov. 12-14, in Arlington, Texas, USA. The application deadline [Read More …]

IDFA Stresses Need for Action at WTO Ministerial Conference

As the 13th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference kicked off in Abu Dhabi today, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) stressed the importance of reform and highlighted ways that the U.S. government can work to [Read More …]

High Plains Dairy Conference brings industry to Amarillo March 5-6

Global perspective, carbon markets, future of industry highlight agenda The High Plains Dairy Conference is scheduled March 5-6 at the Embassy Suites, 550 S. Buchanan St. in Amarillo. Conference chairs expect 400-500 dairy farmers, managers, [Read More …]

WTO meeting seeks modest outcomes, with global trade at ‘critical juncture’

Trade ministers from around the world gathered in Abu Dhabi on Monday for a World Trade Organization meeting that aims to set new global commerce rules, but its chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and delegates sought to [Read More …]

DNR Shares Annual Report Summarizing How Runoff Management Grant Dollars Are Allocated

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the publication of the 2022-2023 Annual Runoff Management Grant Report. The report summarizes financial assistance provided by the DNR for projects that prevent polluted runoff from entering [Read More …]

Indiana January Milk Production Report

Dairy herds in Indiana produced 382 million pounds of milk during January, up 1.9 percent from a year ago, according to Nathanial Warenski, State Statistician of the USDA, NASS, Indiana Field Office. Production per cow [Read More …]

Karl Czymmek named PRO-DAIRY associate director

Karl Czymmek has been named associate director of Cornell PRO-DAIRY. Czymmek also serves as a Dairy Climate Leadership specialist for PRO-DAIRY. As associate director Czymmek will work with director Dr. Thomas Overton and PRO-DAIRY specialist [Read More …]

Greener Cattle Initiative Opens Call for Enteric Methane Emission Research

Enteric methane, which animals release into the atmosphere by burping or exhaling, is a significant source of direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Today, the Greener Cattle Initiative (GCI), a multi-partner international consortium created by the Foundation for Food [Read More …]

USDA Deputy Secretary Torres Small Leads Trade Mission to Angola

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small is leading USDA’s first agribusiness trade mission to Luanda, Angola, this week, accompanied by representatives from the Kansas and Wisconsin departments of [Read More …]

Nomination Period Open for Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin Board of Directors Election

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is accepting nominations for eight seats on the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) Board of Directors. Nominations will be accepted from March 1 through March [Read More …]

Raw Milk Doesn’t Define Dairy

The activist claims are unfounded. The proposed laws endanger public health. And raw milk does not define dairy. Much like the anti-vaccination movement (with whom it shares many advocates), raw milk proponents make various claims that may [Read More …]

Central Valley Dairy Representative Monitoring Program Annual Meeting 1:30 p.m. March 11 via Zoom

The Central Valley Dairy Representative Monitoring Program (CVDRMP) will hold its annual member meeting on Monday, March 11 at 1:30 p.m. via Zoom teleconference. CVDRMP Directors and staff will provide updates about the organization’s activities, member fees [Read More …]

Record-Low Heifer Inventories, Record-High Credit Card Debt and New Crop Projections

Today’s big question: With heifer inventories at historic lows and global milk production trending lower in 2024, we seem to be poised for better milk prices compared to 2023, so what’s your action plan to [Read More …]

NMPF Urges DMC Signup as USDA Announces Enrollment

Statement from NMPF President & CEO Gregg Doud: “Dairy farmers are pleased to finally have the certainty of knowing when the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program signup is beginning, and NMPF urges every dairy farmer to [Read More …]

Keeping Your Milk Safe From the Grass to the Glass

A look at what makes your milk and dairy safe, and the 100-year history behind it. Milk is one of the safest foods we can consume in the U.S. today. That wasn’t always the case. [Read More …]

Dairy producers look for positives in 2024

Dairy producers are optimistic 2024 will be better after recent rains offered the promise of more feed and forage production following back-to-back years of drought-related challenges, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Additionally, the [Read More …]

Cooperative Development Funding Now Available Through MDA

A new Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) grant program is offering funding to support the development of agricultural cooperatives in the state. The Cooperative Development Grant Program is now accepting applications from new cooperatives looking to [Read More …]

Wisconsin Farm Bureau Statement on National FFA Week

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Wisconsin Farm Bureau President Brad Olson issued the following statement regarding National FFA Week, February 17-24. “Wisconsin Farm Bureau is a proud supporter of FFA because it is an organization that empowers the next generation [Read More …]

After Period of Exuberance Dairy Markets Run Into Resistance

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending February 23, 2024 The U.S. dairy industry continues to shrink. In the latest Milk Production report, USDA trimmed its estimates of 2023 milk production, and it cut [Read More …]

Lucknow Co-Operative Recognized for Management Excellence

The Lucknow District Co-operative Inc., a member of GROWMARK in Ontario, is pleased to announce it has won the GROWMARK System Management Excellence Award. The award is presented to the top five performing companies in [Read More …]

American Dairy Association Mideast Elects 2024 Leaders

The Board of Directors for American Dairy Association Mideast, the dairy promotion checkoff program serving about 1,400 dairy farmers in Ohio and West Virginia, elected their officers for 2024 during their annual re-organization meeting. Chair: Greg Conrad [Read More …]

Factors Impacting Dairy Demand and Beef Processing

Earn Dairy AdvanCE continuing education credits and join interactive conversations with leading experts This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will highlight factors that impact the quality and demand of dairy [Read More …]

Dairy Products Stocks Fall As Milk Production Growth Remains Weak

Milk prices and the Dairy Margin Coverage Program margin both broke four-month streaks of improvement in December, with DMC for the year ending with its lowest calendar-year margin since the current dairy safety net system [Read More …]

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