Month: March 2025

The Dec. 31, 2025, expiration of many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) adds a new task to the 2025 congressional to-do list: updating the tax code. Many TCJA provisions provided important relief [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 …]

Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP): What you Need to Know

March 31, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The $10 billion in economic aid passed as part of the American Relief Act of 2025 in December is headed to farmers as the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP). The aid comes at a time of acute need in farm [Read More …]

Podcast: New England Holstein Association Featuring Keith Kimball of United Sires

In episode 10 of the New England Holstein Association Podcast, Betsy Bullard talks with Keith Kimball of United Sires. Keith has New England roots, growing up in Massachusetts and runs a successful operation in New [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Announces Aggressive International Travel Agenda to Expand Market Access

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins will visit six international markets in her first six months as Secretary to expand markets and boost American agricultural exports. At a time when the agricultural trade deficit is [Read More …]

Central Plains Dairy Expo attendees hail from 38 states, 20 countries

Event showcases exceptional education and innovative products, resources and services Nearly 3,500 dairy enthusiasts gathered in Sioux Falls, S.D., for the 2025 Central Plains Dairy Expo (CPDE), held March 25-27. Attendees represented 38 states and [Read More …]

Holstein Foundation and Dairy Management Inc. to Host Spring into Action Webinar for Youth

March 31, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The virtual Spring into Action Seminar is being hosted by the Holstein Foundation on Tuesday, April 22 at 7 p.m. EDT. The hour-long session titled, Looking at Dairy Differently: Exploring Consumers & Careers, is sponsored by Dairy Management [Read More …]

Next Generation Silage Protection Solutions

10:00 am, Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Western Dairy Management Conference, Tuscany 7, Peppermill Hotel, Reno Remember when we introduced oxygen barrier film to the Western states in 2006, and you thought it was crazy? Now, [Read More …]

Milk Is Sloshing Around the Heartland

March 31, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending March 28,2025 Dairy producers are doing all they can to keep their barns and milk tanks full, and it shows. In the week ending March 15, they [Read More …]

Governor Hochul Requests Disaster Declaration for Farms Who Sustained Damage

Seeking USDA Secretarial Disaster Designation for Oneida, Lewis, Herkimer, Oswego and Madison County Farms Following Extreme Winter Weather in January and February 2025 Many Farms Sustained Devastating Loss of Livestock, Structural Barn and Equipment Damage, [Read More …]

Susceptibility to bovine TB in cattle traced to key genes

A new study identifying genetic factors contributing to bovine tuberculosis (bTB) susceptibility could represent an important step in the fight against the disease in cattle, and the zoonotic threat it poses to humans. Researchers at University [Read More …]

New World Screwworm

New World Screwworm is a parasitic insect originating from South America, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Cuba. Recently, it has been impacting cattle markets in the U.S. Know the facts and who to contact with [Read More …]

USDA Delivers on Rural Energy Commitments, Provides Path for Applicants to Support U.S. Energy Independence

March 28, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Applicants Who Wish to Remove Harmful DEIA and Far-Left Climate Features from Project Proposals Have 30 Days to Propose Project Revisions U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced today that the U.S. Department of [Read More …]

2025 Genetic Base Change Values

To prepare for the genetic base change, CDCB previously released estimated values producers and the industry could anticipate seeing in April 2025. After imputing new phenotypic data for the April evaluation, the final genetic base [Read More …]

USDA: February Milk Production in Ohio

Dairy herds in Ohio produced 453 million pounds of milk during February, up 3.9 percent from a year ago, according to Ben Torrance, State Statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office. Production per cow in Ohio [Read More …]

Microbiome of dairy cows

Offered by Cornell Cooperative Extension and PRO-DAIRY This monthly podcast series led by PRO-DAIRY and CCE Dairy Specialists features current, new, and emerging topics of interest to the dairy industry right now. New episodes are [Read More …]

MMPA celebrates success during 109th Annual Meeting

The meeting included remarks from partners and recognition of milestone events and outstanding members. Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) members and guests gathered in Novi, Michigan, on March 19 for MMPA’s 109th Annual Meeting. The [Read More …]

Verley Unveils the World’s First Functional Dairy Proteins Portfolio, Marking a New Era in Food Innovation

Verley, a French biotech company specializing in sustainable food solutions, announces the launch of the world’s first portfolio of functionalized precision fermentation dairy proteins, designed to overcome the limitations of both traditional and plant-based alternatives. [Read More …]

LAST CHANCE to register for Ice Cream & Cultured Innovation Conference!

We’re less than a week out from the premier event for makers of ice cream, frozen desserts, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, dips, and spreads, focusing specifically on innovations in research, technology, and emerging market [Read More …]

Focus on wild bird populations

March 27, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

HPAI WEBINAR Join PRO-DAIRY, the Northeast Dairy Producers Association and New York Farm Bureau for an HPAI Webinar focused on bird control. Experts from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) will share their perspective [Read More …]

IDFA Leadership Symposium

The IDFA Leadership Symposium, presented in partnership with the Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional and Executive Development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides a forum for rising leaders to collaborate with fellow industry [Read More …]

World Dairy Expo honors former NMPF CEO Jim Mulhern

March 27, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

World Dairy Expo has named Jim Mulhern, former President and CEO of NMPF, as its 2025 Person of the Year. The announcement, made last week, recognizes Mulhern’s decades of leadership and lasting impact on the [Read More …]

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Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program Rebrands with New Logo

Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program launched a new logo with a clean, modern design that better connects with a broad consumer audience. The logo contains a milk splash to emphasize dairy products and their connection to [Read More …]

Check for Contaminants in Hay

Making and feeding hay can be tricky business. After a long season feeding hay, livestock producers are getting a lot of experience judging hay by its appearance. The way hay looks and feels can be [Read More …]

Financial assistance announced for Rio Grande Valley farmers impacted by water crisis

The following statement may be attributed to Texas Farm Bureau President Russell Boening following today’s announcement of $280 million in economic relief for Rio Grande Valley farmers suffering from Mexico’s ongoing failure to meet its [Read More …]

U.S. Dairy Congratulates Dr. Martin Makary on Confirmation as FDA Commissioner

Roberta Wagner, senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs at the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), released the following statement following the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Dr. Martin Makary as commissioner of the U.S. [Read More …]

Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC and Agrauxine by Lesaffre Announce Private Label and Supply Agreement

Syngenta Crop Protection has signed an agreement with Agrauxine by Lesaffre to private label and exclusively distribute Syngenta’s products STROVEQ® and SPREXIMA®. STROVEQ is a systemic resistance inducer and SPREXIMA, is a biofungicide. These products will be [Read More …]

DFA touts dairy’s nutritional benefits

It’s National Nutrition Month and we all know that dairy products are a powerhouse of calcium and protein — but did you know it’s a great way to get selenium for a strong immune system and potassium [Read More …]

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Learn how to navigate legal and legislative activism at the 2025 Stakeholders Summit

Activist groups are increasingly using legislation and litigation to target animal agriculture The current state of policy and legal landscapes present challenges for animal agriculture, as animal rights groups continue to target how, and [Read More …]

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Dairy’s Foundation Live, Silent Auctions Raise $50,000