Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

Harvesting crops in summer opens a window for a variety of cover crop species Are you looking for cover crops to fill a fallow period as small grains, snap beans, or other crops are harvested? [Read More …]

NMPF statement on Appropriations language allowing dairy farmer participation in H-2A program

“NMPF thanks Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) for their tireless efforts on behalf of America’s dairy producers to include year-round employees on farms in the H-2A farm worker visa program. We urge [Read More …]

USDA to provide Pandemic Assistance to livestock producers for animal losses

Farm Service Agency will begin taking applications for Indemnity Program July 20 Livestock and poultry producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due to insufficient access to processing can apply for assistance for those losses [Read More …]

Rainey Rosemond appointed as new dairy extension educator in Berks County

July 15, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Rosemond will conduct dairy production and business management educational programs Rainey Rosemond, of Hillsborough, North Carolina, has been appointed as a dairy educator for Penn State Extension in Berks County, effective July 1. As a member of the [Read More …]

DIY Butter Cow Sculpting Contest

Holy Cow! Did you know the first Butter Cow at the Ohio State Fair was sculpted over a century ago? Designed to celebrate Ohio’s dairy farmers, this tradition is enjoyed by more than 500,000 visitors [Read More …]

Mike Santos, an inside look at breeding and feeding programs

July 15, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Santos family at Terra Linda Dairy has it goin’ on. For the past seven years, they’ve had the high herd on Tulare County (California) DHIA. Their 1200 registered Holsteins averaged 32,107 lbs. milk and [Read More …]

Myth Buzz-ters

July 14, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Truth Behind Five Common Misconceptions As every dairy operator knows, flies are an unpleasant but unavoidable reality of the profession. House, stable, face and horn flies are all common threats to a dairy and [Read More …]

Cheese Markets Come Roaring Back

July 12, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending July 9, 2021 USDA’s Dairy Market News reports that domestic cheese demand is “healthy”. Exporters are busy moving product they contracted to sell last month when prices [Read More …]

Molly Renaldo on Fair Trade Certification. It’s not just for commodity farmers.

July 8, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Fair Trade certification is not just for commodity farmers in developing countries anymore. Now, some U.S. dairy companies and co-ops are partnering with Fair Trade USA to assure consumers their farmers treated fairly and meeting [Read More …]

California Quota Sunset Referendum Fails

July 6, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The referendum calling for the elimination of payments for California milk quota by March 1, 2025, failed to get a majority of producers voting according to an announcement from the California Department of Food and [Read More …]

Markets Coast Into the Long Holiday Weekend

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week ending July 2, 2021 Class III and settled today not far from where they finished last Friday.Those prices are generally disappointing for dairy producers, but they are not [Read More …]

Dairy Profit Monitor key performance trend graphs: April 2020 – March 2021

39 dairy farms have completed the Dairy Profit Monitor (DPM) program from April 2020 through March 2021. The trend graphs prepared by the DPM provide a snapshot of how key performance measures changed on these [Read More …]

Corn planted acreage up 2% from 2020

Soybean acreage up 5% from last year The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimated 92.7 million acres of corn planted in the United States for 2021, up 2% from last year, [Read More …]

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in cattle

Harmful bacteria are hiding in livestock; traditional methods aren’t finding them Growing resistance to our go-to antibiotics is one of the biggest threats the world faces. As common bacteria like strep and salmonella become resistant [Read More …]

Western Wisconsin farmers explore cutting-edge manure applicator

More than 110 farmers, agribusiness professionals and community members gathered earlier this month for a live demonstration of a cutting-edge liquid manure application technology. The Western Wisconsin Conservation Council (WWCC) hosted a field day June [Read More …]

Biogénesis Bagó to build Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine site in Saudi Arabia

The Argentine biotechnology company will start the tech transfer project with MAS Company, a local partner to improve animal health in the region. Biogénesis Bágo, the international biotechnology company specialized in the development, production and [Read More …]

Reps. Dina Titus and Nancy Mace Applauded by Sustainable Agriculture and Animal Welfare Leaders for Introducing OFF Act to Reform USDA’s Runaway Checkoff Programs

Today, the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM), Animal Wellness Action (AWA), Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF), and National Dairy Producers Organization (NDPO) applauded U.S. Reps. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C. for introducing the Opportunities [Read More …]

Distinguished Junior Members Recognized at National Junior Holstein Convention

Holstein Association USA named six National Distinguished Junior Member (DJM) finalists on June 23, 2021, during the National Junior Holstein Convention Awards Banquet in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The highest honor presented to a Junior Holstein Member, [Read More …]

Save the Date for the 82nd Minnesota Nutrition Conference!

September 22-23, 2021 Inspired by the gradual and purposeful process of returning to in-person activities, the Minnesota Nutrition Conference will be held in person in 2021. The 82nd Minnesota Nutrition Conference is scheduled for September [Read More …]

Largest robotic milking research facility in North America to open at UBC Dairy Center featuring GEA robots

Fully robotic milking farm will advance dairy research, attract students and educate public. The University of British Columbia (UBC) Dairy Education and Research Center will become the largest robotic milking research facility in North America [Read More …]

Lifetime Net Merit Revised in August for Balanced Selection, Profitable Dairy Cows

Lifetime Net Merit (NM$) has driven genetic progress since 1994 by promoting a balanced selection of all available, economically-important traits to maximize profitability of dairy cows. Developed by the USDA-ARS* researchers and calculated by the [Read More …]

Chicken and Cheese – One Example of Untapped Checkoff Possibilities

More than 2 billion chicken sandwiches head out the doors of leading quick-serve restaurants (QSR) in the U.S. each year without a slice of cheese. This is roughly 80 percent of a booming category that [Read More …]

Impact of Nutrition on Herd Health and Welfare

We are all aware of how critical nutritional management is to overall herd health and productivity. We are also learning more and more about how the connection between nutrition and efficiency begins at birth. It’s [Read More …]

How Much Canola Meal Can I Use in My Rations?

With all the research invested in determining the nutrient content and availability for dairy cows, the question that I get asked the most by both nutritionists and dairy producers is “How much canola meal can [Read More …]

Biuret Feed Additive Can Offset Rising Feed Prices