Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

Award-winning dairies excel in quality milk production and animal care National Mastitis Council (NMC) recognized the U.S. dairy industry’s “cream of the crop” for producing quality milk at its Feb. 2 National Dairy Quality Awards [Read More …]

Natalie Glumm Named Director of Development for Professional Dairy Producers Foundation

Waukesha native to lead partnership efforts for organization focused on the future of the dairy community Natalie Glumm has been named the director of development for Professional Dairy Producers Foundation, also known as Dairy’s Foundation. [Read More …]

CAM Integrated Solutions Partners With Amp Americas

CAM to Support One of Largest Dairy RNG Project Pipelines in the Country CAM Integrated Solutions, LLC (CAM), announced today their partnership with Amp Americas, a leader in the renewable natural gas (RNG) industry providing [Read More …]

Hay supply near 50-year low, prices near record highs

Short hay supplies and demand have now pushed hay bale prices toward record high prices Hay supplies remain short and prices continue to rise as Texas cattle ranchers try to feed herds through winter, according [Read More …]

New Polling Shows Widespread Support for Prioritizing Sustainability

And Growing Healthy Foods in 2023 Farm Bill Ahead of Food Not Feed Summit, national polling shows 84% of voters support policies that incentivize farmers to implement sustainable and resilient agriculture practices A new poll [Read More …]

Holstein America Broadcasts February 13 on RFD-TV

Every dairy has a story, and for six years, Holstein America has shared modern-day farm life with audiences around the world. The documentary series, produced by Holstein Association USA, pays tribute to U.S. Registered Holsteins®, [Read More …]

Additional Pandemic Market Volatility Program Payments Announced after Months of NMPF Advocacy

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) commended Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and leading congressional dairy advocates on Jan. 23 for providing $100 million in additional, targeted payments under the Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program. The [Read More …]

U.S. establishes second USMCA dispute panel on Canadian dairy policies

Dispute panel launched under USMCA concerning Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quota United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced that the United States is establishing a dispute settlement panel under the United States – Mexico – Canada [Read More …]

Dairy Innovation Hub advisory council elections

Members of the Dairy Innovation Hub advisory council recently elected a new chair, welcomed two members, and honored retiring members on Jan. 23 during the group’s first meeting of 2023. The Dairy Innovation Hub, which launched in 2019, [Read More …]

Gordon Brothers to Sell Machinery & Equipment Formerly Used by José Sánchez Peñate

Gordon Brothers, the global advisory, restructuring and investment firm, is offering for immediate sale by private treaty machinery and equipment from four plants in the Canary Islands formerly leased by the firm to the Spanish [Read More …]

Organic Valley helps secure resources for small organic family farms

Company supports USDA’s new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program Inflation threatens farmers across the U.S. as the farm crisis deepens with small family farms facing feed price shocks and consolidation pressures. Organic Valley, working within [Read More …]

Challenges to Supply Chains and the Outlook for the Global Freight Market

Join us in person or virtually │ February 23–24, 2023 Geopolitics, China’s COVID-19 policy, climate change, as well as labor and energy shortages continue to challenge supply chains. Join us in person or virtually at [Read More …]

Newtrient invests in Athian, a Carbon Credit Marketplace, to Advance Dairy’s Environmental Efforts

Newtrient, an environment and technical resource company assisting U.S. dairy farmers with economically reducing their environmental footprint, announced an investment in Athian, a carbon credit marketplace for livestock producers to work collaboratively to reach dairy [Read More …]

Most Dairy Markets Come Roaring Back

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending February 3, 2023 A renewed focus on economic and demographic slowdown in China and a shift to higher milk output in the U.S. and Europe emboldened the [Read More …]

Checkoff Delivering More Dairy into International Marketplace

There is a very large world outside of the United States. In fact, 96 percent of the global population resides beyond our borders. That’s a lot of people and a lot of opportunities for U.S.-produced [Read More …]

What Happens in the First 60 Days Affects Later Lactation Performance

Looking at that wet, straw-covered newborn heifer calf sparks recollections of the work that went into getting her to this point. Managing the cow through only a four-event lactation (freshening, breeding, pregnancy and dry off) [Read More …]

Tomas Vera, a digital transformation and innovation specialist, talks about the dairy industry

Tomas Vera is an expert in digital transformation and innovation. With over a decade spent working for dairy giant Nestlé and many others within his twenty-plus year career working for other market leaders. Tomas brings [Read More …]

Six indicators of U.S. dairy export performance in 2023

USDEC looks at the principal market factors influencing dairy import demand and trade in the year ahead. Every year, the U.S. Dairy Export Council summarizes the key “signposts” that our analysts will be watching in [Read More …]

New Study Shows California Water Regs May Reduce Dairy Cow Numbers 10 Percent by 2040

The impact of SGMA (State Groundwater Management Act) on California’s dairy and cattle industries was the focus of a meeting held February 2 in Tulare at the Veteran’s Memorial Building. Presented for the first time [Read More …]

Agribusiness Outlook 2023: Risk management can help dairy thrive in the face of global uncertainty

The dairy industry, like most agribusiness firms, must deal with risk perhaps more than any other. There’s little reason to expect smoother sailing or lower prices in 2023, as soaring input prices, record drought, staff [Read More …]

Dairy Trends to Watch in 2023

The dairy industry is expected to face several challenges throughout 2023, including extreme inflation, supply chain issues, shifts in consumer behavior and other external factors influencing consumer demand in the new (ab)normal. Despite these challenges, [Read More …]

How Do You Measure Success?

Are you thriving in your business or simply surviving? This is a crucial question to answer, especially as we move through years that are financially challenging. As I mentioned in a prior blog, the rising [Read More …]

Fall 2022 Survey Reveals Marginal Drought Improvements for Farmers and Ranchers

With over 60% of the American West, Southwest and Central Plains categorized as D1 (moderate) drought or higher, AFBF conducted a fourth round of its survey to evaluate drought’s continued impact on farm and ranch [Read More …]

BMR, Non-BMR and Male-Sterile Sorghum

Is the nutritional value different? Reduced well capacity is a growing threat to forage production to feed cattle in the U.S. southern High Plains. The intensity of droughts impairs forage production in irrigated lands that [Read More …]

The Big Cheese

Kerry Henning has a larger-than-life personality—a booming laugh, a huge grin, an endlessly cheerful attitude—and he makes larger-than-life cheddar to match. “Mammoth cheddars are any wheel of cheese 75 pounds or bigger,” says the Master Cheesemaker, whose [Read More …]

Management Points to Consider when Increasing Milking Frequency

Increased milking frequency can offer an increase in milk productivity and farm income. Switching from milking the dairy herd from two times a day (2x) to three times (3x) or more times a day has [Read More …]

What does 2023 hold for Texas dairy?