Year: 2026

Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) today announced the formal launch of its search for a new president and chief executive officer, following the announced planned retirement of CEO Barbara O’Brien later this year. The DMI Board [Read More …]

Spring Pasture Inventory and Optimizing Corn Silage Production

This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will provide strategies and resources for dairy feed production. Tune in on Tuesday for a discussion on spring pasture inventory and developing grazing [Read More …]

Handel’s Ice Cream Multi-State Expansion, 20 Franchise Signings and Leadership Additions

The fastest growing ice cream franchise in the nation kicks off 2026 with record-breaking franchise signings, continued franchisee investment, and multiple new openings. Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream, the iconic dessert franchise famous for its handmade [Read More …]

APHIS Updates Guidance on the Interstate Movement of Lactating Dairy Cattle

Cattle Moving Interstate From Unaffected States Do Not Have To Test for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued updated guidance related to the April 2024 Federal Order (145.34 KB) that [Read More …]

Kubota Shifts into High Gear with Multi-Year NASCAR Partnership

Partnership Unites Two Organizations Connected to Communities Across America, with Official Designations Across Multiple Equipment Categories and Sponsorship of San Diego Race Weekend Kubota Tractor Corporation today announced a new multi- year partnership with NASCAR, beginning [Read More …]

‘Help Wanted’: Workers needed to keep Texas milk flowing

The Texas dairy industry has a persistent and growing need for labor because today’s large, modern dairies are labor-intensive businesses that operate every day of the year to bring milk to our growing state and [Read More …]

What are animals feeling? Purdue animal scientists are learning how to read their emotions.

Every pet owner has looked into their four-legged loved ones’ eyes and guessed what was going on in their mind. Whether improvising a dialogue with pets about wanting more treats or toys or the more [Read More …]

Better-fed calves are more moo-tivated to play, pioneering study shows

New research has revealed dairy calves which are fed less complete tasks faster and remember more in pursuit of milk, but miss out on play. The findings, published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports and led by the [Read More …]

Field trial shows proactive electrolyte supplementation improves calf health, delivers strong ROI

Feedworks USA recently conducted a field trial at a commercial calf ranch to evaluate the effectiveness of Feedworks Lytes™ for Calf Ranch as a daily electrolyte supplementation strategy during the early, high-risk receiving period. “Newly [Read More …]

Six Areas to Watch in Dairy Markets This Spring

The Free “Protecting Your Profits” Webinar Will Take Place on May 8 at 12 p.m. EST What areas should you be watching to manage risk and navigate changing dairy market dynamics during this busy planting [Read More …]

Dairy leads through stewardship

Stewardship is a deeply engrained value among dairy farmers that’s also good for economic success, NMPF’s Nicole Ayache says in the latest Dairy Defined Podcast. Ayache, who leads the National Dairy FARM (Farmers Assuring Responsible [Read More …]

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CA State Board Rejects Exclusion Requests

On Tuesday afternoon, the State Water Resources Control Board spent more than four hours considering requests from eight Tule Subbasin groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to be excluded from the SGMA probation requirements – specifically, the [Read More …]

IDFA Welcomes House Appropriations Support for Key Dairy Priorities

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today welcomed action by the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration to advance its FY2027 funding bill, including key dairy priorities. Michael [Read More …]

USDA Issues Second Supplemental Disaster Payment to Farmers, Extends Program Application Deadline to August 12

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today in Missouri announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is maximizing disaster assistance support for producers by issuing a second Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) payment to [Read More …]

Balancing Data Center Growth with American Agriculture

Demand for data centers – large, secure facilities that house computers and servers used to store, process and manage vast amounts of digital data – is accelerating as cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other digital [Read More …]

Registration is Open for USJersey Annual Meetings in Springfield, Missouri

Jersey breeders are invited to gather in Springfield, Missouri, June 17–20, 2026, for the Annual Meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) and National All-Jersey Inc. (NAJ). Registration is now open, offering attendees the [Read More …]

Leaders Elect Board Officers To Guide Dairy Checkoff Strategy

Leaders of Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB) and the United Dairy Industry Association (UDIA) announced newly elected officers who will help guide national dairy checkoff strategies and programs [Read More …]

Creatures of Habit by Jayne Sebright

On our farm, the milking parlor is a flat parlor in our bank barn with six Zimmerman walk-through stalls. Cows come in from the holding pen on the left side, turn to find their stall, [Read More …]

The Short Squeeze Continues: Desperately needed Milk Powder

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending April 24, 2026 The short squeeze continues. Someone – or several someones – desperately need milk powder and they need it now. USDA’s Dairy Market News reports [Read More …]

Hilmar® Earns Nine Medals

At Prestigious 2026 United States Championship Cheese Contest Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. proudly earned nine medals at the 2026 World Championship Cheese Contest® Awards Banquet, including gold medals in both cheese and whey protein categories [Read More …]

Joseph Farms Earns 11 Awards at 2026 California State Fair Cheese Competition

Newly announced results include Double Gold and Gold medals Joseph Farms Cheese Company earned 11 awards at the 2026 California State Fair Commercial Cheese Competition, with results just announced, including a Double Gold for Extra [Read More …]

USDA Advances Reorganization and Restructuring of the Research, Education, and Economics Mission Area

Improve Efficiency and Better Serve American Farmers The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Research, Education, and Economics (REE) Mission Area today announced a reorganization and leadership restructuring to better align its work with USDA priorities, improve operational efficiency, [Read More …]

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