Year: 2026

As the 2026–2027 school year begins, dairy processors have delivered on back-to-back voluntary pledges to improve school meals—first reducing added sugars in flavored school milk and now eliminating certified artificial colors from school milk, [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Provides Scholarships to Future Agriculture Leaders

Farm Credit East has announced its awarding of 16 scholarships to students involved in The National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Organization to support their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE). The scholarship recipients had strong projects [Read More …]

Indiana Farm Bureau Delegates Meet to Set 2027 Policy

Indiana Farm Bureau member delegates gathered at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds in Danville, Indiana, on Saturday, Aug. 22, to determine the policy positions of the organization for the coming year. The delegate body consisted of [Read More …]

NMPF Statement on Plan to Increase Beef Imports

NMPF is concerned by the Trump Administration’s decision to increase imports of foreign-raised beef, which will have unintended consequences for U.S. cattle and dairy producers alike. Cull cow and calf sales are a key economic [Read More …]

Governor Hochul, the Coca-Cola Company and Fairlife Celebrate Ramp Up at $650 Million, State-of-the-Art Dairy Production Facility in Monroe County

Facility Will Provide Support to Local Dairy Farmers, Has Created Approximately 380 New Full-Time Jobs. Governor Kathy Hochul, The Coca-Cola Company and fairlife today celebrated the initial ramp up of production at the new, $650 [Read More …]

Treasure Cave® Cheese Line of Products Now Available at Tops Friendly Markets

Buy One, Get One Free on Blue Cheese Dips & Spreads Aug. 22-27, in Celebration of National Buffalo Wing Festival. Treasure Cave cheese, America’s original cave-aged blue cheese, continues its expansion in the Northeast with [Read More …]

Capturing the Feedlot Value of Beef-on-Dairy Cattle

Key Takeaways With a historically small traditional beef herd and tight feeder cattle supplies, beef-on-dairy cattle, or dairy cows bred with beef cattle genetics, have become an increasingly important source of fed beef. Kansas State [Read More …]

Department of Homeland Security Prposing Fee for Certain H-1B Petitions

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to establish a $103,265 fee, payable at the time of filing, for all H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption, which would be imposed [Read More …]

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MPC, Ag Leaders Talk Trade with Congressman Jim Costa in Fresno

There is a lot of talk about trade these days, particularly with Canada and Mexico who are our closest trading partners. Since 1994, our three countries have enjoyed a special trading relationship now called the USMCA. [Read More …]

Indiana Farm Bureau hosts event to discuss critical issues in ag

Indiana Farm Bureau brought together farmers, policymakers, energy experts and agriculture industry partners today for the organization’s second annual Critical Issues Summit. Focused on advancing agriculture in a changing world, the event was held at [Read More …]

A Perfect Sunday

It felt like that then. But looking back, I don’t know what was going through my dad’s mind as we made that five-mile trek up the road, or through my mom’s. I thought about that [Read More …]

Governor Hochul Announces $8.5 Million Available to Boost the Dairy Industry

Round 2 of the Dairy Modernization Grant Program Additional $12.75 Million Dedicated to Round 3 in FY 2026-27 Enacted Budget, Bringing Total Committed to Dairy Infrastructure Projects Under the Governor’s Leadership to $42.85 Million Application [Read More …]

USMCA Renewal Is an Opportunity to Strengthen Agriculture

Strong markets are essential to a strong farm economy. And for America’s farmers and ranchers, few markets matter more than our neighbors to the north and south. That’s why the ongoing review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is [Read More …]

Wisconsin Farm Bureau Names 2026 YFA Award Finalists

Eight Compete for WFBF’s Farming for the Future and Outstanding Agriculture Professional Awards. The finalists have been named for Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer and Agriculturist Farming for the Future and Outstanding Agriculture Professional Awards. [Read More …]

IDFA Opens Nominations for Annual Industry Awards

Honoring Dairy Industry’s Top Leaders Nominations now open for 2027 IDFA Laureate, Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year, Food Safety Leadership, and Workplace of the Year. The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is seeking nominations [Read More …]

Strategies after Silage Harvest, Optimizing Reproduction

This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will feature timely conversations for making the most of your crop and herd productivity. Tune in on Tuesday for strategies to position crops [Read More …]

USDA raised its estimate of June milk production: More Cows Equals More Milk

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending August 21, 2026 Dairy producers just keep adding cows. After surveying producers, USDA revised its estimate of the June milk-cow herd upward by an astounding 33,000 head, [Read More …]

KUHN GMD 30 + & FC 30 + Series Mowers and Mower Conditioners

Kuhn North America, Inc., is thrilled to introduce the new GMD 30 + and FC 30 + Series mowers and mower conditioners. The KUHN GMD triple mowers and FC triple mower conditioners deliver proven, high-capacity [Read More …]

Emily Yeiser Stepp Joins Holstein Foundation Board of Trustees

The Holstein Foundation welcomed Emily Yeiser Stepp of Leesburg, Virginia, to the Holstein Foundation Board of Trustees. The trustees oversee the direction of the Holstein Foundation’s youth and young adult education and leadership development programs. [Read More …]

Trump says US and Canada have a trade deal, but key terms remain unclear

Canada and the United States moved closer Wednesday to finalizing a trade agreement that would avert threatened 50% U.S. tariffs, with a senior Canadian official calling the emerging terms “a very good deal for Canada” while cautioning [Read More …]

Recording Now Available: Practical Tips for Implementing Biosecurity Practices on Your Farm

Thanks to those of you who joined us for yesterday’s “All Things Dairy” conference call! The recording is now available. With shifting weather patterns as we transition from summer to fall, our panelists shared a refresher on biosecurity [Read More …]

Early Life Management Focus of PDP Calf Care Connection

One-day workshops set for Oct. 14, 15 in Wausau, Fennimore A lifetime of good health and productivity starts on a dairy calf’s first day. The 2026 Calf Care Connection workshop® presented by Professional [Read More …]

Understanding Digital Assets in Agriculture

Key Takeaways Blockchain technology, which creates secure, transparent and permanent records, is the technology that allows cryptocurrency to exist. Tokenizationand smart contracts expand blockchain’s functionality beyond cryptocurrencies. Agriculture can benefit from blockchain through dividing assets into digital ownership [Read More …]

Status on the 2027 American Cheese Society (ACS) Annual Conference

We know the road to Conference 2027 has included a few unexpected turns, and we sincerely appreciate your patience and continued enthusiasm. Planning is underway, and we’re excited about what is taking shape. While we’re [Read More …]

Four inducted into Indiana Livestock Breeders Association Hall of Fame

Steve Dahnke, Jack Ward and Larry and Janet (Peterson) White were recently inducted into the Indiana Livestock Breeders Association (ILBA) Hall of Fame during the 4-H Grand Drive at the Indiana State Fair. The honorees [Read More …]

Charlie Johnson to retire as Genomics and Bioinformatics Service director

Charlie Johnson, Ph.D., founding director of Texas A&M AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Service, TxGen, will retire Sept. 1 after more than 35 years as a researcher advancing genomics technology across agriculture, biotechnology and life sciences. Johnson [Read More …]

Knowledge Nook Puts Dairy Innovation in the Spotlight at World Dairy Expo

Discover what’s new in dairy at World Dairy Expo’s Knowledge Nook, where companies, researchers and producers take the stage to share the latest products, services, technologies and research shaping the global dairy industry. Held in [Read More …]

NASDA Announces Brianna Robinson-Verloop as Senior Director of Public Policy

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture is pleased to announce the hiring of Brianna Robinson-Verloop as senior director of public policy. In this role, Robinson-Verloop will advance NASDA members’ policy priorities, direct strategic [Read More …]

NMPF latest Regulatory Register

The National Milk Producers Federation’s latest Regulatory Register outlines emerging and ongoing regulatory issues affecting American dairy farmers and their cooperatives in the areas of: Animal health Sustainability & environment Nutrition, labeling & food safety [Read More …]

DFA Statement on Section 338 Tariffs