DairyBusiness News Team DP, Author at Dairy Business News

Waste Milk Nutrient Values Change Daily, Calf Nutrient Needs Don’t

January 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Fortifying waste milk provides essential vitamins and trace minerals to growing calves. Imagine if waste milk came with a product label that listed nutrient values and fat, protein and lactose concentrations. You’d know exactly what [Read More …]

Pinkeye: New Challenges Call for New Solutions

January 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Cattle exposed to pinkeye are at risk of lower calf-growth rates, potential blindness and permanent damage if left untreated.1 It’s estimated that this highly contagious disease causes annual losses of more than $150 million in [Read More …]

CA: Dairy farmers continue collaborative efforts to address community drinking water

January 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The California dairy community has long been dedicated to improving groundwater protection, and this commitment will only grow in the new year. By participating in the Central Valley Salinity Coalition, and working closely with regional [Read More …]

AMSG puts it all together in new Calf Café

January 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Imagine. You’re ready to group calves and go to automatic feeding. Now you need to get the feeding system, design the calf feeding room, create all the hookups, hire a contractor to install and commission [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast: Don Bennink of North Florida Holsteins talks about AI, cattle breeding, dairy cooperatives, and what it takes to succeed in business.

January 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairying in Florida for 40 years, Don Bennink of North Florida Holsteins has learned a few things about cow care, working with employees and making a lot of milk. With 6500 cows on 3X milking, [Read More …]

30th Annual Butter Sculpture Unveiled: East Meets West at the Pennsylvania Farm Show

January 2, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Mascots from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia Come Together to Celebrate Dairy at the Pennsylvania Farm Show American Dairy Association North East, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, revealed the recreation of three of the [Read More …]

Dates Announced for Phase 3 California Quota Meetings

January 2, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Phase 3 meetings regarding options for the California quota program will be held on January 6-8 throughout the state. At these meetings, Dr. Marin Bozic and Matt Gould will present the three proposals brought forward [Read More …]

The 2019 Global Dairy Business Year in Review

January 1, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

We curate a one-stop, one-of-a-kind historical archive of the most important global dairy business developments of the year. The U.S. Dairy Export Council tracks global dairy business developments every day from news and other sources around [Read More …]

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December Dairy Market Report from NMPF and DMI

December 31, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Recently reported wholesale and farm-level milk and dairy-product prices continue to be their highest since at least the beginning of 2015. Stockpiles have been down and use up. The most recently reported stocks of the [Read More …]

NEDPA and NYSVGA File Lawsuit Seeking Clarity on FWFLPA

December 30, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

FARMERS FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT SEEKING CLARITY AND TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH NEW LAW, IN THE NEW YEAR Farm Worker Legislation Remains Vague, Requires Fixes A coalition of New York State dairy and vegetable farms has [Read More …]

55th National DHIA Annual Meeting March 3 – 5, 2020 Savannah, Georgia

December 27, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The NDHIA Leadership Workshop and 55th Annual Meeting will be held March 4th and 5th (Wednesday and Thursday). There will be shoulder meetings the days prior to the NDHIA 2020 Annual Meeting. The shoulder meetings [Read More …]

Register for the 2020 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit

December 27, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Are you ready to reignite your passion for dairy? Registration is now open for the 2020 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit! With opportunities to network with your peers and learn from experts across the industry, the Summit [Read More …]

Gene-edited cattle have a major screwup in their DNA

December 27, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Bid for barnyard revolution is set back after regulators find celebrity “hornless” bovines contaminated by bacterial genes. They were the poster animals for the gene-editing revolution, appearing in story after story. By adding just a few letters of [Read More …]

Dairy Defined: Be Thankful for Dairy’s Success This Christmas

December 25, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Despite the seasonal pressures to buy, buy, and buy, the holidays are best as a season for giving. Yes, that means solicitations – deserving charities fill mailboxes, and earnest pleas to remember the less fortunate [Read More …]

CDCB changes to evaluation system (December 2019)

December 24, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Updates to crossbred evaluations Two important updates will be implemented in the crossbred evaluations in December 2019: Change in F1’s threshold for the breed of evaluation to be the breed of the ID: Since the [Read More …]

Allen Chester talks about reducing heifer inventory and improving cashflow

December 20, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Things are changing on this Northern New York dairy. Allen Chester talks with Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness about reducing heifer inventory and improving cashflow on this 650-cow operation in St. Lawrence County. With genomics, beef semen and high-end embryos, Allen says it’s a new [Read More …]

Vilsack urges swift Senate action on USMCA ‘for dairy and all of agriculture’

December 20, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Approval by House brings landmark trade agreement closer to opening the Canadian market for more U.S. dairy exports, among other benefits. The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) praised the [Read More …]

Farmers Applaud Trump on Phase One of China Deal

December 14, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The American Dairy Coalition applauds the efforts of President Donald Trump and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer for their hard work and dedication to farmers across the nation for reaching phase one of a new [Read More …]

Join nearly 400 resilient dairy producers and industry professionals at this premier industry event!

December 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

This biennial conference offers high-quality programming targeted to progressive dairy farmers in the Northeast. Previously known as the NEDPA Conference, the mission remains the same – to provide the latest information on current trends and [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers Remain Resilient in 2019

December 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

“Resilience” could be the word of the year for America’s dairy farm families in 2019. While on-farm prices have rebounded, farmers tell us that business is still challenging, but the overwhelming message has been that [Read More …]

Improving Human Resource Management on Your Dairy

December 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Human Resource Management is a strategic approach to managing people, and it’s becoming more and more of a hot topic. A lot of us are working on improving HR on the farm, not only because [Read More …]

Show Appreciation to Increase Engagement, Improve Performance

December 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

As frequent readers know, I am a reader of leadership books. I believe the ideas in my latest read can greatly contribute to workforce engagement and retention. My goal in this article is to share [Read More …]

Butter and Powder Markets Are Shifting

December 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

There are important long-term shifts happening in the nonfat dry milk and butter markets. Estimated inventories of skim milk powder in Europe are dropping quickly which is tightening up the global supply and demand balance [Read More …]

Why Do Cows Leave the Milking Herd Earlier than in the Past?

December 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In 2018, U.S. Holstein cows in the Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI) program remained in the milking herd for an average of 28.4 months. Looking back to those born in 1975, they stayed an average of [Read More …]

Fighting an Uphill Battle

December 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

I was recently reading a review of the comments offered by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue while he was visiting World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. I wasn’t there, so I am not defending his [Read More …]

Cheddar Cheese Pricing Rules the Dairy Industry. – Here are the Details and Dynamics.

December 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

As covered in many past posts, the cheese price is the most important element in calculation of the Class III milk price. The Class III category is the largest of the four milk Classes. An [Read More …]

Forages, Feeding and the Future

December 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Complete a forage analysis first; then adjust rations, calculate income over feed cost This growing season didn’t start out or end as anyone hoped. Now is the time to make the most of the crop [Read More …]

Eight Steps to Get Your Milking Routine Winter Ready

December 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Keep milk quality high when the temperatures drop. Break out the hand warmers, wool socks and boot dryers – winter is here. Just as you adapt your winter routine to care for your herd, you [Read More …]

Six Management Tips to Raise Milk Yields

December 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

By implementing strategic dry cow protocols, producers can eliminate mastitis infections that negatively impact milk production Intramammary infections present at calving can reduce milk yield by 5% throughout a cow’s upcoming lactation.1 This can be problematic [Read More …]

Five Fundamentals to Improve Herd Reproduction

December 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

To achieve the best reproductive performance, we need to go back to the basics to get cows off to the right start after freshening. Compliance with synchronization programs, proper heat detection, semen handling and correct [Read More …]

Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

Waste Milk Nutrient Values Change Daily, Calf Nutrient Needs Don’t

Pinkeye: New Challenges Call for New Solutions

CA: Dairy farmers continue collaborative efforts to address community drinking water

AMSG puts it all together in new Calf Café

DairyVoice Podcast: Don Bennink of North Florida Holsteins talks about AI, cattle breeding, dairy cooperatives, and what it takes to succeed in business.

30th Annual Butter Sculpture Unveiled: East Meets West at the Pennsylvania Farm Show

Dates Announced for Phase 3 California Quota Meetings

The 2019 Global Dairy Business Year in Review

December Dairy Market Report from NMPF and DMI

NEDPA and NYSVGA File Lawsuit Seeking Clarity on FWFLPA

55th National DHIA Annual Meeting March 3 – 5, 2020 Savannah, Georgia

Register for the 2020 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit

Gene-edited cattle have a major screwup in their DNA

Dairy Defined: Be Thankful for Dairy’s Success This Christmas

CDCB changes to evaluation system (December 2019)

Allen Chester talks about reducing heifer inventory and improving cashflow

Vilsack urges swift Senate action on USMCA ‘for dairy and all of agriculture’

Farmers Applaud Trump on Phase One of China Deal

Join nearly 400 resilient dairy producers and industry professionals at this premier industry event!

Dairy Farmers Remain Resilient in 2019

Improving Human Resource Management on Your Dairy

Show Appreciation to Increase Engagement, Improve Performance

Butter and Powder Markets Are Shifting

Why Do Cows Leave the Milking Herd Earlier than in the Past?

Fighting an Uphill Battle

Cheddar Cheese Pricing Rules the Dairy Industry. – Here are the Details and Dynamics.

Forages, Feeding and the Future

Eight Steps to Get Your Milking Routine Winter Ready

Six Management Tips to Raise Milk Yields

Five Fundamentals to Improve Herd Reproduction

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