Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

Feed and nutrition management have influential impacts on the health of your herd. Diet consistency can play a large role in whether a farm is profitable, or even if a cow is productive and healthy. [Read More …]

Lessons 2020 Taught Us

If you would look back on headlines about dairy from a year ago, you would read that 2020 was expected to be an average or maybe even better than average year, with milk prices and [Read More …]

Dr. Kenneth Kalscheur’s investigations into the nutritive value of canola meal

DairyBusiness has been in the forefront of extending some of the groundbreaking findings regarding the use of canola meal in dairy rations, with articles published November 2, 2019 and July 17, 2020. On March 16, [Read More …]

When Will You Find Time?

This is a question I recently asked a new client of mine. Please allow me to explain my thought process. During our initial discussions and analysis, we had discovered several areas of his operation that [Read More …]

How Did 2020 Compare with 2018 and 2019?

This post will show how 2020 YTD is compared to 2018 and 2019 for the dairy industry. Although not all data is in for 2020, there is enough available data to show how 2020 was [Read More …]

APHIS celebrates 2020 accomplishments

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is celebrating the agency’s many successful efforts over the past year. “This has been a year like no other,” said USDA Under [Read More …]

Someone at the Farm Tested Positive for COVID-19 — Now What?

At this writing in Mid-December 2020, community spread of COVID-19 is gaining momentum in rural areas of New York. As employers, farmers have certain responsibilities when one of their workforce tests positive for COVID-19. Because farmworkers [Read More …]

Coaching vs Evaluations to Improve Ag Employee Performance

One of the most difficult things farm managers have to master is coaching employees. Coaching enables employers to optimize the performance they desire. Once mastered you will see employees that understand goals and expectations more [Read More …]

The Case for Both DCAD Rations and Oral Calcium Near Calving

Today’s dairy cows produce four times more milk than cows did a century ago.1 With this dramatic increase in production comes a greater demand for calcium, especially for colostrum and milk directly after calving. To [Read More …]

Compost bedded barns as an alternative housing option for lactating cows

Introduction Compost bedded pack barns have become more prevalent in the last few years. This barn style started in the 1980’s in Virginia1 , and the idea is to improve cow comfort and longevity2 . [Read More …]

Software Innovation Allows Livestock Producers to More Quickly Determine Soybean Feed Value, Formulate Rations

Illinois Soybean Association, Dalex reduce time required to identify soybean feed value at the variety level from three weeks to about two hours When the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) checkoff-funded High Yield PLUS Quality (HY+Q) [Read More …]

CA: Highlights from the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Scientific Report

Today, people are more concerned than ever about their health and well-being. The global COVID-19 pandemic has created a sense of anxiety and brought to light the alarming disparities that exist in the U.S. healthcare [Read More …]

John Ellsworth talks about dairy production efficiencies and consideration of risk management on DairyVoice

As 2020 winds down, financial consultant John Ellsworth of Success Strategies reflects on the roller coaster year and looks ahead to 2021 in his conversation with host Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News. He encourages his [Read More …]

Dairy Organizations Applaud Affirmation Of Dairy’s Role in New Dietary Guidelines

The newly released 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans reaffirms the importance of consuming dairy daily as part of healthy dietary patterns for positive health outcomes. Daily inclusion of low-fat and fat-free dairy foods is recommended [Read More …]

Thank You For Your Advocacy And Support On The Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Dear Dairy Community, Thank you for participating in our advocacy on the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Thanks to your efforts, we preserved three daily servings of dairy and dairy as a separate food group [Read More …]

Dairy Industry Welcomes New Dietary Guidelines That Embrace Dairy’s Central Role in a Healthy Diet

Recommend More Dairy Consumption Across Key Demographics IDFA Applauds USDA and HHS for Making Dairy a Key Recommendation Beginning After 6 Months of Age The International Dairy Foods Association, representing all segments in the U.S. [Read More …]

Mailbox milk prices expected to normalize in 2021

The pandemic in 2020 caused unprecedented market volatility in dairy prices, leading to lower milk checks for dairy producers. However, the price spread is expected to realign in the first half of 2021, bringing normalcy [Read More …]

Farm Credit West Announces an Increase in Cash Dividends Amid Pandemic

Farm Credit West, ACA recently announced the Board of Directors has voted to distribute a patronage dividend to customer-owners equal to 150 basis points (bps) or 1.50% of eligible average outstanding loan balances in 2020. [Read More …]

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Adding grazing to cover crops can benefit bottom line

Growing dual-purpose wheat for both grazing and grain production is an important agricultural practice in the Southern Great Plains. But of late, more Texas Rolling Plains producers want to know if alternative systems to dual-purpose [Read More …]

Veterans receive tuition support for online classes

Funding will be available beginning Spring Semester 2021 until August 31, 2022 Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA) is pleased to announce that U.S. military veterans will qualify for reimbursement of tuition for classes taken through its [Read More …]

Proposal shifts livestock biotechnology regulations to USDA

Secretary Perdue announces proposal to transfer ag animal biotechnology regulatory framework to USDA U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a significant step in modernizing regulations of agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering. [Read More …]

SouthCentral MN – Winter Dairy Series planned

Series will consist of six conversations on a variety of topics relevant to dairy farmers University of Minnesota Extension, in collaboration with the Minnesota Dairy Initiative- SouthCentral Region, have announced the upcoming Winter Dairy Series. [Read More …]

Year in Review & More Disruption Ahead: A Look at Cellular Agriculture

As we learned in school, cells are the building blocks of all living things. Now, innovators are taking it a step further, using cells as the foundation of your next meal. In a special year-end [Read More …]

Are You Prepared for the Post-COVID Landscape?

January 25th – 28th, 2021 COVID-19 is a humanitarian crisis with vast global impact on the world at large and far reaching impacts on dairy. Where is the dairy industry today and what might define [Read More …]

We Believe in Growing Scholarship Applications Available

E.M. Tharp & World Ag Expo® “We Believe in Growing” Scholarship Applications World Ag Expo® and E.M. Tharp, Inc. have teamed up for the 14th annual “We Believe in Growing” scholarship, created to support agriculture [Read More …]

Reminder: Virtual Operations Managers Conference

Operations management on dairy farms is integral to success of the farm business. Presented by Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY and the Northeast Dairy Producers Association, the Operations Managers Conference provides an opportunity for the people responsible for day to day activities [Read More …]

I-29 Moo University podcast delivers timely topics

Discussions are driven by current topics and questions from producers Dairy producers in the I-29 corridor and the United States have a new way of receiving information, thanks to the I-29 Moo University dairy consortium. [Read More …]

USDA announces Dr. Carrie Castille as new NIFA Director

President Trump has named Dr. Carrie Castille as the new, six year term director of NIFA The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that President Trump has named Dr. Carrie Castille as the new, six [Read More …]

Dairy Market Report: December 2020

2020 continues to bring turbulent headwinds to dairy demand, which the industry has survived with heightened government support and robust export markets. Total domestic commercial use of dairy products posted a small gain during the [Read More …]

Peterson Highlights Dairy Support in COVID Relief Compromise Package