Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

Wednesday, August 26 at 12 p.m. The Center for Dairy Excellence will host its monthly “Protecting Your Profits” webinar on Wednesday, August 26 at noon. Led by Zach Myers, Risk Education Manager with the Center, [Read More …]

Cornell Nutrition Conference

October 19 – 22, 2020 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT daily Due to the ongoing uncertainty related to the Coronavirus pandemic and limitations on an in-person experience, this year’s conference will be offered [Read More …]

Milk prices remain a roller coaster amid COVID-19, NMPF’s Vitaliano says

Dairy prices that plunged, then skyrocketed, have settled – for a moment. But volatility should be expected as long as COVID-19 makes its way through the economy, said Peter Vitaliano, chief economist for the National [Read More …]

New Progeny-Proven Graduates Debut on Leading Lists

Fourteen sires have graduated to daughter-proven status and joined the Select Sires, Accelerated Genetics and GenerVations lineups. This tremendous graduating class reaffirms the cooperative’s commitment to customer-owners, offering balanced genetics, wellness leaders, high Cheese Merit [Read More …]

Resiliency, entrepreneurial spirit will see agriculture industry through changing economy

Home deliveries, direct sales, and an emphasis on local producers are just a few of the ways that the agriculture industry has changed during COVID-19. Change will continue as the economy evolves, and the resiliency [Read More …]

AgriThority® Launches Soil is the Source™ Initiative to Support New Technology Product Development

The soil is the foundation of farmers’ business and is the focus of a growing category of new technologies in the agricultural industry. As growers continue to look for ways to maximize production and profit [Read More …]

NYFB on testing plan for state’s farmworkers during pandemic

Protections can safeguard employees and fall harvest New York Farm Bureau has advocated for inter-agency state coordination related to testing, medical treatment, and emergency housing for farmworkers since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and [Read More …]

NY COVID-19 testing initiative for seasonal workers on farms

State DOH and Ag & Markets to dispatch mobile testing teams to farms & assist with isolation facilities Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced a series of new initiatives related to COVID-19 testing that will [Read More …]

Vacancy on CDFA Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board

Board advises the secretary on CDFA’s Fertilizing Materials Inspection Program The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announces a vacancy on the Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board. The board advises the secretary on CDFA’s Fertilizing [Read More …]

Coronavirus Continues to Sicken Dairy Demand

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending August 14, 2020 Cheesemakers are still going strong, and spot milk continues to move in the Midwest. However, demand is lackluster with foodservice outlets pulling back on [Read More …]

USDA purchases eight million low-frequency RFID ear tags

Contracts for the RFID tags were awarded to three American tag companies The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently awarded contracts to purchase up to eight million low-frequency [Read More …]

Enforcement of USMCA dairy provisions key, bipartisan letter urges action

A bipartisan coalition of House lawmakers today sent a letter urging the U.S. government to proactively enforce the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s (USMCA) dairy-related provisions. This letter is being applauded by the U.S. dairy industry, as the [Read More …]

USDA assists farmers, communities affected by recent derecho

Assistance available for producers in the Midwest affected by the recent severe weather The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of assistance for agricultural producers in the Midwest affected by the recent [Read More …]

This October, IDFA’s “The Power of People” Conference is Going Virtual – Register Today!

IDFA’s The Power of People conference is transitioning to a virtual format on October 19-21 to provide this exciting new programming to executives and human resource leaders across the country. Shifting to a virtual conference [Read More …]

Crave Brothers Fresh Mozzarella: A Quick Study for After-School Snack Ideas

This school year, whether the pandemic has students heading back to classrooms as usual or engaging in remote learning, go fresh with after-school power snacks. Combine Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese Fresh Mozzarella with fresh fruits [Read More …]

Top bulls that prove themselves time and again

It is the balance between health and efficiency that makes CRV’s Fleckvieh breeding program unique as well. Important breeding values, therefore, come together in the CRV Health and CRV Efficiency indexes. These are new names, [Read More …]

2020 Kansas Ag Growth Summit

Thursday, August 20 at 11:30 a.m. on Zoom Join the Kansas Department of Agriculture on Zoom on Thursday, August 20 at 11:30 a.m. for the 2020 Ag Growth Summit. We’re excited to welcome Ken Isley, [Read More …]

Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Promotion Board scholarship

Cayley Vande Berg wins $1,000 dairy youth scholarship The Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Promotion Board is pleased to announce Cayley Vande Berg of Eldorado, Wis. as the winner of their 2020 $1,000 dairy youth scholarship. [Read More …]

Onboarding dairy farm employees 2020

“Safe, Productive and Engaged from Day One” Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development is seeking farmers to participate in the second year of an onboarding project funded by the New York Farm Viability Institute. Employee onboarding is [Read More …]

Lack of DMC Payments Does Not Reflect Dairy Farmers’ Difficulties

The ripple effects of COVID-19 have been very damaging to dairy farmers. However, while the Dairy Margin Coverage program was helpful in the early months of the pandemic for producers who had elected to receive [Read More …]

Monster Crops Expected in 2020

2020 USDA Corn, Cotton & Soybean August Yield Estimates Are Largest Ever Corn, cotton and soybean yields are likely to hit record levels in 2020, according to USDA’s Crop Production Report, released on August 12. [Read More …]

Minnesota dairy community crowns 67th Princess Kay of the Milky Way

Brenna Connelly, a 19-year-old college student from Byron, Minnesota, representing Olmsted County, was crowned the 67th Princess Kay of the Milky Way at a private ceremony that was streamed virtually on Aug. 12. Connelly will [Read More …]

All Breeds Blog

NMC publishes laboratory handbook in Spanish

National Mastitis Council’s Laboratory Handbook on Bovine Mastitis is now available in Spanish. A 150-page book for laboratory diagnosticians, veterinarians, educators, students, researchers, technical specialists and dairy producers, it discusses the basic theories of microbial [Read More …]

With ‘healthy’ confidence, a significant improvement for CRV bulls