Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

Kubota Tractor Corporation today announced the availability of its all-new M8 Series, the company’s largest and highest horsepower utility ag tractor yet. The breakthrough M8 Series answers the call of forward-thinking utility farming with [Read More …]

Jesse Haines Wins King of the Hammers With His ROXOR

Off-road racer and fabricator Jesse Haines defied the odds by winning the 4600 class at the 2020 King of the Hammers’ Every Man Challenge in his Mahindra ROXOR. King of the Hammers is not always [Read More …]

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SomaDetect and Valley Agricultural Software Announce API Integration

SomaDetect, a precision dairy technology company, and Valley Agricultural Software (VAS), the world’s largest provider of dairy management software, announced today that VAS’s Software API will be integrated into SomaDetect’s data system. The integration of [Read More …]

Live interview recorded at World Ag Expo with Ben Laine of Rabobank – 2020 shaping up to be a good year

February 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness recorded this live interview with Ben Laine of Rabobank on the outlook for 2020. Episode 12 of DairyVoice can be found at DairyVoice.com, or at DairyBusiness.com. Listeners can also find DairyVoice [Read More …]

Merck Animal Health Launches ShutOut™

New teat sealant designed for today’s dry cow management programs Merck Animal Health (known as MSD Animal Health outside the United States and Canada) today launched ShutOut™, an easy-to-administer teat sealant for the prevention of [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 1.6 Million Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

February 11, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted seven offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 253,532 pounds (115 metric tons) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, and 1.323 million [Read More …]

National DHIA honors students with $1,000 scholarships

February 11, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA) Scholarship Committee awarded $1,000 scholarships to 14 high school seniors and college students. Judges evaluated applicants on scholastic achievements, leadership in school and community activities, and responses to [Read More …]

Improve dairy grazing management with insight offered through webinar series

February 11, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

This Wednesday at 1 p.m. Dairy producers, employees and agribusiness professionals are invited to join Penn State Extension for the Dairy Grazing Management webinar at 1 p.m. Feb. 12. This webinar will focus on the [Read More …]

World Ag Expo® Prepares to Open 53rd Show

February 10, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

“We’re so excited to start this farm show!” shared Jim Parsley, 2020 World Ag Expo® Chairman, during the Friday morning Visalia Breakfast Lions Club meeting. His excitement is shared by the 1,400 volunteers and 25 [Read More …]

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending February 7, 2020

February 10, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Dairy Markets Got Off To A Rough Start This Week The dairy markets got off to a very rough start this week. Sentiment improved by Friday, but the damage was done. CME spot Cheddar [Read More …]

A Report by Dr. Lawrence Jones: Wisconsin is in a very favorable position with high Class III utilization

February 6, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

A video report comparing Orders 33, 30, and Order 1 for Michigan, Wisconsin, and New York. Dr. Jones of the FARME Institute gives a technical break-down of how these orders compare.

Libby Eiholzer gives some tips on recruiting and retaining quality employees in the dairy farm

February 6, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Human resource management can be key to recruiting and retaining quality employees on the dairy farm. Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News spoke with Libby Eiholzer, who gives some tips in this week’s video. Libby is [Read More …]

Introducing an innovative solution for your lagoon that is cost-effective and easy to use.

February 5, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

See us at World Ag Expo Booth 6307 Click here to set up your free consultation! TARGETS AND MANAGES BOTTOM DWELLING SLUDGE! Liquefies manure, which simplifies pumping and agitation, resulting in savings on energy [Read More …]

All Breeds Blog

NMC Annual Meeting focuses on global milk quality topics

Milk quality experts receive honors More than 400 milk quality, mastitis and udder health researchers, dairy producers and dairy industry partners gathered for the 59thNational Mastitis Council (NMC) Annual Meeting, held Jan. 28-31, in Orlando, [Read More …]

MMPA dairy farmers take home 45 percent of national milk quality awards

Seventeen Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) dairy farmer members were recently awarded National Dairy Quality Awards by the National Mastitis Council (NMC), making up nearly 45 percent of the total award winners. Honored at the [Read More …]

All Breeds Blog

NMC names J. Eric Hillerton as 2020 Award of Excellence recipient

The Scotland native was the first NMC president from outside North America J. Eric Hillerton, Cambridge, New Zealand, earned National Mastitis Council’s (NMC) Award of Excellence for Contribution to Mastitis Prevention and Control recipient. The [Read More …]

Protecting Dairy’s Role in Sustainable Nutrition

Dairy MAX brings farmers, agricultural experts and health professionals together at first-ever Sustainable Nutrition Summit Nourishing a global population that is expected to grow to 10 billion people by 2050 while protecting natural resources is [Read More …]

Dairy Defined: USDEC’s Vilsack on how dairy exports help farmers

Despite trade headwinds, U.S. dairy producers are seeing real export gains that are crucial for supporting milk prices now and in years to come, said Tom Vilsack, president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export [Read More …]

Harrington Seed Destructor kills nearly 100% of U.S. agronomic weed seeds in lab study

In the battle against herbicide-resistant weeds, farmers are increasingly eager to add non-chemical control methods to their management toolbox. Impact mills, which destroy weed seeds picked up by a combine, have been shown to kill [Read More …]

2020 Interbull/ICAR Meeting – Call for Abstract!

Dear colleagues, The 2020 Interbull and ICAR meetings will be held in the beautiful city of Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, from 8 to 12 of June. The central theme for the ICAR Conference is “Circular economy, [Read More …]

IDFA Adds Andrew Jerome to Communications Team as Director of External and Member Communications

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) has named Andrew Jerome director, external and member communications, within the executive and strategic communications department. Jerome will manage IDFA’s communications, marketing and reputation management activities for IDFA members [Read More …]

All Breeds Blog

Top milk quality awards go to dairies in Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin

National Mastitis Council (NMC) recognized the U.S. dairy industry’s “cream of the crop” when it comes to producing quality milk at its Jan. 31 Awards Luncheon, held in conjunction with the NMC 59th Annual Meeting [Read More …]

President Sets China Travel Quarantine

Public Health Emergency Declared The Trump administration declared a public health emergency in the U.S. Friday in response to the global coronavirus outbreak. In addition, the White House held a public briefing by the Coronavirus [Read More …]

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending January 31, 2020

Markets This Week Succumbed to Fear and Uncertainty The CDC reports that the symptoms of coronavirus typically only last for a short time and may include a cough, runny nose, headache, fever, and “a general [Read More …]

Holstein Association USA Announces New Hire and Promotions within Team

Holstein Association USA is pleased to announce several updates to the Association’s staff. Five staff from the Brattleboro office will be serving the Northeast and Southeast as Regional Sales Representatives in addition to their current [Read More …]

NEAFA 2020 Annual Meeting is Feb. 4-5

The Northeast Agribusiness & Feed Alliance (NEAFA) is looking forward to their 2020 NEAFA Annual Meeting and Forum at the Albany Marriott Hotel, taking place this week on Feb. 4-5, 2020. The conference includes meetings [Read More …]

Have you registered for Central Plains Dairy Expo?

Why wait in line? Register for your Central Plains Dairy Expo (CPDE) name badge now. Online registration is now open. Simply go to: www.centralplainsdairy.com/registration and complete the registration form. Once you arrive at CPDE, go [Read More …]

Farm Credit Awards Efforts to Develop and Promote Northeast Agriculture

The Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Program, a joint effort of Farm Credit East, Yankee Farm Credit and CoBank, recently provided more than $45,000 in grant funding to 22 organizations for their efforts to support young [Read More …]

2020 Holstein Association USA Judges Conference to be held in California

Registration is now open for the Holstein Association USA 2020 Judges Conference, to be held at Maddox Dairy on Friday, March 13 in Riverdale, California. The one-day conference will run from 8 a.m. to 3 [Read More …]

DCRC announces 2020 webinar series schedule