DairyBusiness News Team DP, Author at Dairy Business News

DWP$ index from Zoetis does indeed predict lifetime profitability

May 7, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

No surprise, but genetics works in improving the dairy herd. A recent study confirms that the Dairy Wellness Profit Index® (DWP$®) index from Zoetis does indeed predict lifetime profitability. In this segment of DairyBusiness Update, Joel [Read More …]

Cornell University Publishes ‘Call for Innovation’ for New York Agrifood System

May 4, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Analysis highlights strengths and opportunities expressed by dozens of experts; provides a roadmap for state’s agrifood potential Cornell University released a first-of-its-kind report today designed to guide inventors and investors toward urgent technology needs within [Read More …]

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Checkoff Working With Entrepreneurs To Address Industry Challenges

May 4, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) has entered a partnership that will provide access to a network of inventors and entrepreneurs tasked with providing marketplace solutions for industry challenges focused on health and sustainability. DMI is partnering [Read More …]

Mitigation Strategies Help Producers Offset Mycotoxin Contamination

May 3, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dr. Dennis Nuzback hosts “Smart Strategies for Mycotoxin Management” webinar; third of seven-part mycotoxin webinar series on Phibro Academy platform It’s been said that two things in life are unavoidable — death and taxes. Farmers [Read More …]

American DairyENGAGED provides farmers with marketing tools

May 3, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Social media resource helps build trust in dairy farmers and dairy products Looking for quick, accurate information and visuals about modern dairy farming to easily share with consumers? American DairyENGAGED is here to help. American [Read More …]

USDA improves livestock crop insurance policies with new options

May 3, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Updates aim to improve options for producers and to create additional opportunities for producers to participate The U.S. Department of Agriculture is updating livestock insurance policies to improve options for producers and to create additional [Read More …]

Flush is in Full Swing and Milk is Plentiful

May 3, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending April 30, 2021 The bulls continued their leisurely stroll through the dairy pits this week and the milk markets moved higher. The bulls continued their leisurely stroll [Read More …]

Hindsight Is 20/20 with Heifer Raising

April 30, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Imagine how much better off you would be if you could know, with certainty, the outcomes of every decision before you made it. You would know who to bet on in the Super Bowl, which [Read More …]

Heat Stress and the Often-Forgotten Heifers

April 30, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Shade structures can help reduce the effects of heat stress. Heat stress occurs when cows generate and absorb more heat than they can get rid of through respiration, sweating, and from wind or fans blowing [Read More …]

Work with Entrepreneurs Puts Dairy in Unexpected Places

April 30, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

There are many possibilities and great potential for dairy’s future. However, it’s going to require a different way of thinking. The world is moving at a faster pace than ever before and there seemingly are [Read More …]

Are You Using “Pareto’s Law?”

April 30, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Are you taking full advantage of Pareto’s Law? Vilfredo Pareto was an Italian economist who lived from 1848 to 1923. Of course, he was initially known for his observation that 80% of the property in [Read More …]

Take Your Fly Control Efforts to the Next Level

April 30, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Flies on a dairy are more than just a nuisance, they contribute to a loss in production, spread diseases and annoy both your herd and employees. Protecting your dairy against fly infestations can make for [Read More …]

Dairying in Ecuador with Robbie Watson

April 30, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Last time we visited with Robbie Watson about his farm in Peru. This month, we conclude the interview by talking about Ecuador, and hearing Watson’s thoughts on the future of dairying in Ecuador, Peru and [Read More …]

Insights into the Calving Process of Cattle

April 30, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

One of the most stressful and consequential moments in life is when something is born. In the human species, it is an experience that is never forgotten… just ask a mother. Compared to humans, the [Read More …]

WSU researchers look to quantify dairy cow health and wellbeing

April 30, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Washington State University researchers are using a human medical technique to measure the impact of common diseases affecting dairy cow production and animal wellbeing. A research team led by Craig McConnel, a veterinary medicine extension [Read More …]

Dairy Calves Benefit from Higher-Protein Starter Feed, Illinois Study Says

April 30, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy producers know early nutrition for young calves has far-reaching impacts, both for the long-term health and productivity of the animals and for farm profitability. With the goal of increasing not just body weight but [Read More …]

Protect Your Dairy Against the Leading Cause of PI Calves: BVDV Type 1B

April 30, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

“Persistently infected (PI) calves are little virus factories,” said Jennifer Roberts, DVM, Boehringer Ingelheim. “I like to think of them as a trojan horse because while the calf may look normal on the outside, it’s [Read More …]

Notes from California – Water and Milk

April 30, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Recent Groundwater Data Reveal Significant Overdraft It’s dry. There has not been much moisture this past winter and surface water deliveries to the Central Valley this summer will be small to non-existent. Last winter was [Read More …]

2021 UC Small Grains/Alfalfa-Forages Virtual Field Day May 12

April 30, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

“UC Davis has held a field day on campus for at least 40 years, and this year we will hold a ‘virtual field day’ featuring small grains and alfalfa research,” says Daniel H Putnam, UC [Read More …]

DairyVoice: Bill Itle and Carissa Itle Westrick discuss their farm and processing plant

April 30, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

You’re a dairy producer in Pennsylvania processing your own milk supplying 20 school districts. Coronavirus closes the schools… what next? Bill Itle and his daughter, Carissa Itle Westrick, talk with DairyBusiness News in episode 41 [Read More …]

Obituary – Fred A. Strouse

April 29, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Longtime Holstein enthusiast Fred Strouse, 84, of State College, Pa., died April 26, 2021 at Juniper Village at Brookline. Born August 10, 1936, in State College, Fred was a 1954 graduate of State College High [Read More …]

Spring is here. Tankers are lining up at milk powder plants.

April 26, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending April 23, 2021 Spring is here. Tankers are lining up at milk powder plants around the nation. A shortage of trucks and drivers is complicating the annual [Read More …]

Dr. Katie Brown of the National Dairy Council With New Data on Milk Nutrients

April 22, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dr. Katie Brown, Senior Vice President Sustainable Nutrition of the National Dairy Council, spoke with Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News on milk and public health. There is new data and information on the nutrients and [Read More …]

Government Lets Air Out of the Milk Markets This Week

April 20, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending April 16, 2021 USDA ends the Farmers to Families Food Box program after May, squelching hope surrounding the kind of government spending that propelled the cheese and [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast: New York Dairy Farmer Natasha Sutherland

April 16, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Here’s an episode not to be missed. Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News interviews Natasha Sutherland. Natasha is a partner with her family at Stein Farms in Leroy, New York, where she is in charge of [Read More …]

Another Big Week on LaSalle Street and Nearly All Products Gain Ground

April 12, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending April 9, 2021 Nearly all products gained ground at the CME spot market with the exception of Whey. The other spot dairy products moved decisively upward. It [Read More …]

Janet Keller of the Professional Dairy Producers Foundation on supporting educational programs for dairy producers

April 8, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Professional Dairy Producers Foundation has been supporting educational programs for dairy producers and farm youth for nearly two decades. Respected Wisconsin leader Janet Keller is executive director, and she tells Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness [Read More …]

Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

DWP$ index from Zoetis does indeed predict lifetime profitability

Cornell University Publishes ‘Call for Innovation’ for New York Agrifood System

Checkoff Working With Entrepreneurs To Address Industry Challenges

Mitigation Strategies Help Producers Offset Mycotoxin Contamination

American DairyENGAGED provides farmers with marketing tools

USDA improves livestock crop insurance policies with new options

Flush is in Full Swing and Milk is Plentiful

Hindsight Is 20/20 with Heifer Raising

Heat Stress and the Often-Forgotten Heifers

Work with Entrepreneurs Puts Dairy in Unexpected Places

Are You Using “Pareto’s Law?”

Take Your Fly Control Efforts to the Next Level

Dairying in Ecuador with Robbie Watson

Insights into the Calving Process of Cattle

WSU researchers look to quantify dairy cow health and wellbeing

Dairy Calves Benefit from Higher-Protein Starter Feed, Illinois Study Says

Protect Your Dairy Against the Leading Cause of PI Calves: BVDV Type 1B

Notes from California – Water and Milk

2021 UC Small Grains/Alfalfa-Forages Virtual Field Day May 12

DairyVoice: Bill Itle and Carissa Itle Westrick discuss their farm and processing plant

Obituary – Fred A. Strouse

Spring is here. Tankers are lining up at milk powder plants.

Dr. Katie Brown of the National Dairy Council With New Data on Milk Nutrients

Government Lets Air Out of the Milk Markets This Week

DairyVoice Podcast: New York Dairy Farmer Natasha Sutherland

Another Big Week on LaSalle Street and Nearly All Products Gain Ground

Janet Keller of the Professional Dairy Producers Foundation on supporting educational programs for dairy producers

Abundant Raw Milk Translates Into Record Setting Dairy Product Production

World Dairy Expo 2021 To Remain in Madison, Wisconsin

Robotic Milking Could Be the Key to Your Dairy’s Expansion

What’s Your Communication Level? by John Ellsworth

Born of the Bond Series Premiere Shines Spotlight on Veterinary Care Deserts

Dairy’s Big GLP-1 Moment: 5 Risks Processors Need to Know

Summer Is Over: Use This Fall to Evaluate Summer Heat Stress