Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

Forecasts for prices and politics both make signup for the Dairy Margin Coverage Program a compelling risk-management choice for 2021, National Milk Producers Federation Senior Vice President for Member Services & Strategic Initiatives Chris Galen [Read More …]

New Line-up of Speakers Announced for Week 35 of The Dairy Signal™

Free online episodes offer insights to help producers make informed decisions Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW), announces the line-up of speakers for week 35 of The Dairy Signal™. As the calendar year winds down, this week’s [Read More …]

COVID-19: 2020 Epiphanies and Our Crystal Ball Experts Weigh in on Lessons Learned and What’s Ahead in 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the food system and consumer attitudes. The Center for Food Integrity (CFI) will address shifts happening in consumer purchasing behavior, the food system’s response and what’s ahead in 2021 [Read More …]

NMPF offers webinar on dairy economy as DMC deadline approaches

Dairy farmers, cooperative members and state dairy associations invited to a free webinar Dec. 2 With deadlines for the Dairy Margin Coverage program and Coronavirus Food Assistance Program signups approaching on Dec. 11, the National [Read More …]

UFW & UFW Foundation applaud ‘historic’ Biden nomination of Mayorkas as first Latino head DHS

United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero and UFW Foundation Executive Director Diana Tellefson Torres issued the following statement on President-elect Joe Biden’s pick of Alejandro Mayorkas as secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security [Read More …]

Program provides $7.6 Million to 1,550 Pa. dairy farmers

Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding today announced that the CARES Act-funded Dairy Indemnity Program has distributed $7.6 million in direct relief payments to 1,550 dairy farmers in the commonwealth. Any dairy farmer who experienced losses due [Read More …]

The Dairy Download: Trade Deep Dive

Episode 6 of The Dairy Download looks at the changing landscape for exports and trade in food and agriculture. Trade policy has been a hot topic for the past four years, and the COVID-19 pandemic [Read More …]

Washington May Be Divided, But Bipartisanship Aids Dairy Gains

A bitter election season is winding down, and the shape of the Biden Administration and Congress is becoming clear. Just as clear is another political reality: Washington next year will be, if anything, more closely [Read More …]

AFT to help dairy & crop farmers

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Funds will benefit American Farmland Trust’s work in Ohio and Kansas American Farmland Trust, the organization that for 40 years has been saving the land that sustains us and advancing conservation on the land, has [Read More …]

The Sobek Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) project includes the construction of anaerobic digesters

Last week, global waste solutions provider Brightmark Energy broke ground on The Sobek Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) project, which includes the construction of anaerobic digesters at two Larson family dairy farms in Okeechobee County, Florida. On [Read More …]

Statement from Michael Dykes, DVM, on USDA School Meals Proposed Rule

Michael Dykes, D.V.M., President and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, released the following statement today in support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposed rule that would maintain flexibility in USDA child nutrition [Read More …]

YANMAR Compact Equipment North America Selects New Commercial Director

Tate Johnson Announced for Role YANMAR Compact Equipment North America, encompassing the YANMAR Compact Equipment and ASV Holdings Inc. brands, announces Tate Johnson as commercial director. Johnson will be responsible for channel development, sales and [Read More …]

Soos Technology Among Top Winners Named at Grow-NY Global Food and Agriculture Business Competition

More than $3 million in prizes awarded to eight winning companies during two-day virtual pitch competition Empire State Development and Cornell University today announced that animal science company Soos Technology of Kidron, Israel was named [Read More …]

Keynote speakers announced for 2021 virtual PA Dairy Summit

In an ever-changing marketplace, dairy producers and allied-industry professionals are searching for strategies to advance their operation and drive performance. During the 2021 virtual Pennsylvania Dairy Summit, four featured speakers will help the dairy industry [Read More …]

Checkoff’s ‘Gamer’ Strategy Delivering Dairy Message with Gen Z Audience

Video game influencers and dairy farmers do make a good match, it turns out. Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), which manages the national dairy checkoff, announced an out-of-the-box partnership in October with four influential “YouTubers” who [Read More …]

USDA launches AskUSDA to improve customer experience

AskUSDA Contact Center will serve as the “one front door” for phone, chat, and web inquires Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the official launch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) AskUSDA [Read More …]

PRO-DAIRY Forage Management Online Course

Held January 15 through March 15 2021 Cornell PRO-DAIRY is offering a seven-week online Forage Management Course January 15 through March 15, 2021. Registration is $265.00 per person. A discount of $25 applies for registrations [Read More …]

IDFA Dairy Policy Outlook for 2021

December 8, 2020 | 1:00 p.m. Eastern Join IDFA’s legislative team on Tuesday, December 8, for a webinar that will provide you with an overview of the new administration and the 117th Congress. IDFA’s Dairy Policy [Read More …]

How to Prepare for Uncertainty and Increase Process Efficiency with Modular Boiler Systems

This year’s COVID-19 public health crisis gave dairy producers a look at how rigid their steam systems were as deviations from their current production schedule arose. These uncertain times showed industries that a flexible steam [Read More …]

DairyMAPS: Dairy Market Assessment & Planning System

Atlantic Corporation provides agricultural business and economic research and development. Over the last year, with the support of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative funding, we have developed a business planning tool for the [Read More …]

Food Union Improves Ice Cream Delivery Services In Norway and Denmark

Plans To Expand Ecommerce Shops Recognized global ice cream and dairy producer and distributer, Food Union, announces sharpened focus on the growth potential in ecommerce and enhancing nation-wide door-step-delivery services in Denmark and Norway. During uncertain times, [Read More …]

DCRC webinar, presented in Spanish, highlights impact of health on fertility

“Revisiting the impact of overall and reproductive health on fertility: Phenotypes and genotypes” (“Revisitando el impacto de la salud general y reproductiva en la fertilidad: Fenotipos y genotipos”), presented in Spanish, headlines the next Dairy [Read More …]

Construction Nears Completion at Connecticut’s First Biogas Dairy Digester System

Fort Hill Farms digester will produce renewable energy and soil products from food waste and manure Earlier this summer, ground was broken at Fort Hill Farms in Thompson to begin the construction of Connecticut’s first [Read More …]

New Virginia Tech facilities include the William M. Etgen Large Animal Learning Center and Metabolic Research Laboratory