Month: May 2025

The Center for Dairy Research (CDR) and Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) are excited to announce the 2025 graduating class of the Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker® program. This year’s class includes seven new and two returning [Read More …]

Custom Ag names Scott Addy as Chief Executive Officer

Industry veteran brings decades of agricultural leadership and market insight Custom Agronomics, a leading provider of private-label liquid plant nutrition and specialty products for the agriculture, turf, and ornamental markets, announced today that Scott Addy has been [Read More …]

‘Feed for the Future’ Silent Auction to Accept Bids Starting May 28, Supports On-Farm Internships Through Feed Purchase

Dairy Producers Can Support the Next Generation With Their Everyday Feed Purchase Dairy producers can support the next generation of dairy through their everyday feed purchases by bidding in the annual “Feed for the Future” [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Increases Funding to Reimburse States for Food Safety Inspections

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today she will exercise the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) authority to provide a much-needed funding increase of $14.5 million in reimbursements to states for meat and [Read More …]

Commissioner Sid Miller Extends Deadline For $280 Million In Relief For South Texas Producers

This extension will give producers more time to finish their water treaty grant application Today, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) announced that the application deadline for the 1944 [Read More …]

Trump Administration Appoints Clark Putman to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in New York

The Trump Administration recently appointed Clark Putman as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in New York. Putman joined the New York FSA team on May 5, 2025. [Read More …]

65 Schools Receive Grant to Fund Ag Programs and Equipment

Compeer Financial awards $239,815 to middle and high schools in Upper Midwest Compeer Financial announced it is awarding 65 schools in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin a total of $239,815 to support agricultural education programs and equipment [Read More …]

What’s the Deal with Screwworms?

Last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the suspension of imports of live cattle, horses, and bison across the U.S. southern border due to the rapid northward spread of New World Screwworm (NWS) [Read More …]

Farmers Lead the Way on the 2025 Spring Lely Vector Tour

More than 30 farmers from across North America joined the 2025 Spring Lely Vector Tour to visit four advanced dairy farms using the Lely Vector automatic feeding system and other Lely technologies. Despite late-season wintry [Read More …]

House Approves Budget Measure Including Farm Bill Elements

In the wee early hours on Thursday, the House passed landmark budget legislation – or what colloquially is called the “one big, beautiful bill” – to facilitate many of the political objectives of the Trump [Read More …]

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California Dairy Farms Achieve 5 Million Tons of Annual Methane Reduction

This year, the state’s dairy farms will achieve an annual reduction of 5 million metric tons of methane (5 MMTCO2e/year). This has been accomplished through on-farm projects to improve manure management and continuous gains in milk [Read More …]

Highest Head Count Since 2023

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending May 23, 2025 For several years the heifer shortage restrained growth in U.S. milk output. But the invisible hand has proved its might once again. Given enough [Read More …]

CDFA Issues Significant QIP Hardship Ruling; Adopts New Hardship Procedures

CDFA announced today that it will grant a hardship request submitted by L & J Vanderham Dairy back in 2024. The dairy asked for relief of the quota premium assessment for 12 months. CDFA determined [Read More …]

Smart Starts to Summer: Wellness, Research & Market Updates

Experts share insights on managing dairy business and personal topics This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will cover a range of topics for today’s dairy producers. The Tuesday episode [Read More …]

More Than 20 Dairy Partners Display Dairy Trends, Sustainable Ingredients In Real California Milk

Street of Dairy at 2025 International Dairy Deli Bakery Association Show The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) will spotlight a variety of innovative, on-trend sustainably sourced dairy products at the 2025 International Dairy Deli Bakery [Read More …]

New World Screwworm Moves Beyond Containment Threshold

To protect the U.S. from a new threat posed by an old foe, the New World Screwworm (NWS), the U.S.-Mexico border was closed on May 11 to cattle, bison, and horses from Mexico. This pest was eradicated [Read More …]

New inflammation test may keep cows healthy, farms productive

As a veterinarian, Dr. Sabine Mann, Ph.D. ’16, had frequently wished for a simple, accurate, affordable test that could assess inflammation in dairy cow herds. Once inflammation becomes severe enough to cause disease, like mastitis in [Read More …]

Indiana Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program accepting applications from landowners

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has opened Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) enrollment opportunities for agricultural producers and landowners. The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting offers for both the General and Continuous CRP [Read More …]

Texas Farm Bureau applauds passage of H.R. 1 by U.S. House

The following statement may be attributed to Texas Farm Bureau President Russell Boening following the passage of H.R. 1 by the U.S. House of Representatives today. “Texas Farm Bureau applauds the U.S. House of Representatives [Read More …]

Finding Perspective Amid the Uncertainty

To me, it seems ironic that May is Mental Health Month, both from a farm perspective and from the perspective of a mother. From both perspectives, it’s a month that reminds you about all the [Read More …]

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