DairyBusiness News Team DP, Author at Dairy Business News

Fair Wage Milk – a New Idea to Strengthen Dairy Farming

January 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy farmers across the United States have been leaving the business at a rapid rate the past five years. When a dairy farmer quits, a valuable business is lost, and collateral damage spreads throughout their [Read More …]

Are You Sure About This?

January 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

John Ellsworth Following my last article, I was asked by several producers what they could use as a measuring device for reaching their objective of achieving greater profitability. After reminding them about what my Business [Read More …]

The Formula for Class I milk changed in May of 2019. What was the impact?

January 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Starting May 1, 2019, the pricing formula for Class I milk was changed. It had been in discussion for over a year and was officially implemented May 1, 2019. The proposed change was reviewed in [Read More …]

You Might Be a Redneck…

January 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

“If you mow the grass, and you find a car, you might be a redneck.” That’s one of my favorite redneck sayings from comedian Jeff Foxworthy, as it demonstrates how not getting something done [Read More …]

Get to know the new Midwest Dairy CEO: 7 Questions with Molly Pelzer

January 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The following interview was put together by staff at Belmont Partners, the public relations agency working with Midwest Dairy, the check-off dairy promotion organization representing some 6500 families in ten Midwest states. Tell us about [Read More …]

Landmark Legislation Can Change Your Retirement Planning

January 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Congress recently passed—and the President signed into law—the SECURE Act, landmark legislation that may affect how you plan for your retirement. Many of the provisions go into effect in 2020, which means now is the [Read More …]

Small Grain Silage for the Lactating Herd

January 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Double cropping corn silage acres with a small grain is a strategy that provides additional forage inventory and maintains cover on fields. Production perspective: Double cropping corn silage acres with a small grain is a [Read More …]

Robotic Dairies: The why, benefits, and considerations

January 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Robotic milking dairies have been increasing since the first commercial dairy installed an Automatic Milking System (AMS) in 1992, and there are not any signs that would suggest the increased adoption of this technology will [Read More …]

California Quota: Phase III Meetings Narrow the Options

January 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

At meetings held Jan. 6 – 8 in Chino, Tulare, Turlock and Petaluma, Dr. Marin Bozic and Matt Gould – the two economists (the TEAM) hired by the industry to guide the search for a [Read More …]

CA: Statement by Don Cameron, President of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture on the Governor’s Proposed Budget

January 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

As a farmer, the investments by Governor Newsom in the proposed budget to our rural communities, the food and agricultural sector and for climate resilience is a strong step forward for a “California for All.” [Read More …]

Fecon Introduces Low Flow Mulcher Head for Skid Steer Loaders

January 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

Fecon introduces a new low-flow mulcher head which is ideal for use with most standard skid steer loaders, Avant-type wheel loaders, and others carriers that are able to provide 17-27 gpm of hydraulic flow, have [Read More …]

Worksaver exhibiting at National Farm Machinery Show

January 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The new ESCG-48 (Electric Sub-Compact Grapple) will be on display at Booth #8843 at the National Farm Machinery Show from February 12-15, 2020 in Louisville, KY. Designed for sub-compact tractors (up to 32-hp) equipped with [Read More …]

Aidan Connolly, CEO of Cainthus, discusses the future and importance of technology in the dairy operation.

January 16, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The digital age with big data and artificial intelligence has arrived in agriculture. Irish executive Aidan Connolly, CEO of Cainthus, describes the impact on dairy farm management in episode 10 of DairyVoice. In his discussion [Read More …]

Last Call for Southwest Nutrition Conference

January 15, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The popular Southwest Nutrition Conference is just around the corner slated for Feb. 5 – 7 in Chandler, Ariz. The Southwest Nutrition Conference brings applicable science and information that provides dairy professionals with the knowledge [Read More …]

Dairy Applauds Key Achievements Made in China Phase One; Still, Dairy Market Access Contingent on Lifting Retaliatory Tariffs

January 15, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Today’s signing of the Phase One trade agreement with China makes important advances on non-tariff issues harming U.S. dairy trade. While promises of additional Chinese purchases of U.S. agricultural products in the next two years [Read More …]

Midwest Dairy Grants Total of $95,000 to Second Harvest Heartland for Coolers

January 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Fresh produce, lean protein and dairy products are in high demand at food shelves. This donation makes it easier to store and provide what food shelf clients need most: nutritious foods. Midwest Dairy has provided [Read More …]

Borden Dairy Receives Court Approval of Motions to Continue Business as Usual During Financial Reorganization

January 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Company receives authorization to continue paying employees and critical vendors; next court date scheduled for Jan. 23 Borden, one of America’s favorite dairy companies founded in 1857, announced that it and certain affiliates (collectively, “Borden” or [Read More …]

China and MFP Tranche 3

January 10, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

To assist farmers and ranchers who have lost markets due to retaliatory tariffs, the Trump administration issued two rounds of Market Facilitation Program payments (Trade Aid Round One: A State Perspective and USDA Announces Details Behind the [Read More …]

2020 Global Dairy Supply and Demand – Dairy Economist Nate Donnay Looks Ahead

January 9, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy economist Nate Donnay looks ahead to 2020, assessing global dairy supply and demand with impact on U.S. farm milk prices. He explains to Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness that more details along with other related [Read More …]

Last Day to Save for the California Dairy Sustainability Summit with Early Bird Rates

January 8, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Early Bird Rates End Tomorrow! Join us at the California Dairy Sustainability Summit to learn how our state’s dairy families are leading the way in achieving economic and environmental sustainability. For example, watch this short [Read More …]

Elegant MicroWeb Provides Business Intelligence and Application Development for India’s National Dairy Development Board

January 8, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Elegant MicroWeb has joined forces with the National Dairy Development Board(NDDB) of India to provide application development for financial and budget control management for NDDB projects all over India with workflow management. To support NDDB analytical [Read More …]

Andy Seibel named executive secretary of Virginia FFA

January 7, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Andy Seibel has deep roots at Virginia Tech and the nearby community, and that’s fitting for the new leader of Virginia FFA, a group that has been affiliated with the university since the earliest days [Read More …]

Class and Component Prices for December 2019

January 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The class and component prices for December 2019 are broken down and explained by Lawrence Jones. Plus, he gives viewers a preview of The CWT website with instructions to gain access to this valuable tool. [Read More …]

Six Things I Learned from Visiting U.S. “Mega-Dairies”

January 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

Rhian Price,Livestock editor, Farmers Weekly Dairy farming in the US has become synonymous with the words “mega-dairy”. While the scale of US dairy farms bears little resemblance to UK operations, there are some striking similarities [Read More …]

The Coca-Cola Company Acquires Remaining Stake in fairlife LLC

January 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Coca-Cola Company today announced that it has acquired the remaining stake in fairlife LLC from its joint venture partner Select Milk Producers. Coca-Cola now owns 100% of fairlife, up from its previous 42.5% minority [Read More …]

Hear from Dairy Industry Experts at Vision 20/20: Global Markets Outlook

January 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

As part of the Vision 20/20: Global Markets Outlook, the Dairy Outlook 20/20 track will offer attendees insights into emerging trends within the industry, along with strategies to protect profits and enable growth in the [Read More …]

There is No “Try”!

January 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

John Ellsworth I was recently reminded of an old episode in the Star Wars movie entitled The Empire Strikes Back, where the famous character Yoda encourages young Luke Skywalker to use his mind to accomplish [Read More …]

Controlling the 4C’s

January 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Controlling the 4C’s: crops, cows, cash and conservation. Production perspective: In today’s economic climate profitable farms target management practices on crops, cows, cash and conservation or the 4C’s. People often ask if there are commonalities [Read More …]

Climate Change Conversation to Shift Dramatically, Research Shows

January 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Most Americans engaging online about climate change are mired in the debate as to whether it exists. However, the focus of the conversation will shift dramatically in the next two years, according to new research [Read More …]

2019 Moisture Affected Both Soil and Plant Health

January 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

As if 2019’s moisture-laden growing and harvest conditions weren’t enough, the very soil that farmers everywhere depend on may also suffer long-term effects of this challenging year. Recent plant analysis data is showcasing a new [Read More …]

Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

Fair Wage Milk – a New Idea to Strengthen Dairy Farming

Are You Sure About This?

The Formula for Class I milk changed in May of 2019. What was the impact?

You Might Be a Redneck…

Get to know the new Midwest Dairy CEO: 7 Questions with Molly Pelzer

Landmark Legislation Can Change Your Retirement Planning

Small Grain Silage for the Lactating Herd

Robotic Dairies: The why, benefits, and considerations

California Quota: Phase III Meetings Narrow the Options

CA: Statement by Don Cameron, President of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture on the Governor’s Proposed Budget

Fecon Introduces Low Flow Mulcher Head for Skid Steer Loaders

Worksaver exhibiting at National Farm Machinery Show

Aidan Connolly, CEO of Cainthus, discusses the future and importance of technology in the dairy operation.

Last Call for Southwest Nutrition Conference

Dairy Applauds Key Achievements Made in China Phase One; Still, Dairy Market Access Contingent on Lifting Retaliatory Tariffs

Midwest Dairy Grants Total of $95,000 to Second Harvest Heartland for Coolers

Borden Dairy Receives Court Approval of Motions to Continue Business as Usual During Financial Reorganization

China and MFP Tranche 3

2020 Global Dairy Supply and Demand – Dairy Economist Nate Donnay Looks Ahead

Last Day to Save for the California Dairy Sustainability Summit with Early Bird Rates

Elegant MicroWeb Provides Business Intelligence and Application Development for India’s National Dairy Development Board

Andy Seibel named executive secretary of Virginia FFA

Class and Component Prices for December 2019

Six Things I Learned from Visiting U.S. “Mega-Dairies”

The Coca-Cola Company Acquires Remaining Stake in fairlife LLC

Hear from Dairy Industry Experts at Vision 20/20: Global Markets Outlook

There is No “Try”!

Controlling the 4C’s

Climate Change Conversation to Shift Dramatically, Research Shows

2019 Moisture Affected Both Soil and Plant Health

Dietary crude protein: how low can we go thanks to the amino acid balancing concept in dairy cows?

Why Herd Immunity Matters to Your Dairy

What If You Could?

Cover Crops After Corn Silage