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Early Bird Registration Announced for California Dairy Sustainability Summit
Organizers of the California Dairy Sustainability Summit have opened registration and announced speakers, sponsors, and event partners for the 2020 event. Early bird registration is now open for the California Dairy Sustainability Summit taking place [Read More …]
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Contrôles A-Tech Drummond becomes Valmetal Automation
The Valmetal Group announces that its control panel manufacturing division, Contrôles A-Tech Drummond, is changing its name to Valmetal Automation. With automation experiencing significant growth in the agricultural industry, it is now strategic for the [Read More …]
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FDA Nomination Heads to Senate Floor With NMPF Hopeful for Progress on Fake Milk
The National Milk Producers Federation today expressed hope that the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee vote to send Dr. Stephen Hahn’s nomination to be commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to [Read More …]
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NFL Players to Showcase Passion for Fuel Up to Play 60
10 NFL players to recognize program during ‘My Cleats My Cause’ games Ten National Football League (NFL) players will vividly showcase their passion for the farmer-created Fuel Up to Play 60 program during games played [Read More …]
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DairyBusiness and DHIA Release All-Inclusive News App
DairyBusiness News and NDHIA have produced a new mobile app for dairy professionals DairyBusiness News, in partnership with the National Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA), have released a new mobile app today for dairy producers [Read More …]
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2019 All-National Honorees
Congratulations to all of the breeders, owners, and exhibitors! You can view the top 10 at www.holsteinusa.com/allnational2019.
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Holstein Journal Publisher Peter English Dies at 76
G. Peter English, 76, the retired owner and publisher of the Holstein Journal in Canada died on Nov. 29 in hospital at Newmarket, Ont. He grew up on the Enghill Holstein farm of his parents, [Read More …]
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The 2020 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) Program in 4 Minutes
Senior Vice President of Membership Services and Strategic Initiatives Chris Galen discusses 2020 signup for the USDA’s Dairy Margin Coverage program.
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RCI Announces Acquisition of Ag-Bag
RCI has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Ag-Bag product line from CNH Industrial America. Ag-Bag, based in St. Nazianz, Wisconsin, is the global leader in ag-bagging of forages and other agricultural commodities. “We [Read More …]
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Vilsack optimistic about dairy exports in 2020
The USDEC president and CEO says the U.S. dairy industry is in the export business “to stay and to win.” Despite trade policy challenges in China and other markets, U.S. Dairy Export Council President and [Read More …]
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2019 H-2A Sets Records, While a 2020 AEWR Wage Increase Approaches
Q4 Info The fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 saw a 6% increase in the number of certified positions compared to Q4 2018. This is the most modest Q4 increase since DOL began making quarterly data [Read More …]
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All American Winners of 2019 Announced by American Jersey Cattle Association
The official Jersey All American and Reserve All American winners of 2019 have been announced by the American Jersey Cattle Association. The All American events are held annually in Louisville, Ky., in conjunction with the [Read More …]
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This Wisconsin Producer Describes ‘Judicious Antibiotic Use’ on Her Dairy
Heidi Fischer, partner and calf manager at a Wisconsin dairy farm, was recognized as the grand prize winner of a pharmaceutical company’s recognition program. Boeheringer Ingelheim’s Producers for Progress competition evaluated 31 dairies for “judicious [Read More …]
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Employee Turnover: It Is Important in Agriculture Also
Lots of conversations in agriculture lately focuses around labor or the lack of a labor pool of employees. This is the case not only for dairy farms, but also within the entire agriculture industry. In [Read More …]
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A Challenge for You: Collaboration
“Two minds are better than one.” I am a believer in this oft used saying meaning that better decisions can be made when multiple people are proactively addressing an issue or decision. As farm businesses [Read More …]
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The Missing Link: Financial Health
The financial health or profitability of a dairy operation is often the missing link of the farm’s financial picture. When the financials are broken, any attempt to make production improvements may not result in financial [Read More …]
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Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day
John Ellsworth of Success Strategies This is an old expression that I’m sure you’ve heard people express many times. You know what? It’s true. Recently, however, I’ve been surprised to hear some bankers and vendors [Read More …]
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Exports Show Limited Growth
Export and import data is now available for the third quarter of 2019. This post will cover cheese and butter, the most important commodities in the Class III price calculation. By comparison, the first half [Read More …]
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Cheese: Bringing People Together All Over the World
Once a small store located on Old World Third Street in Milwaukee, today the Wisconsin Cheese Mart is a national Wisconsin Cheese retailer, offering more than 150 different cheeses and shipping to all 50 states. [Read More …]
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CA: Independent Contractor Chaos Reigns in California
On September 18, 2019, the Governor signed AB 5, which significantly impacts independent contractors’ classification. It not only changes the standards in which employers use to determine whether a hired contractor will be classified as [Read More …]
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CA: Golden State Notes
Sustainability Summit Offers College Scholarships The California Dairy Sustainability Summit is offering three scholarships for California college students in dairy science in a writing contest. The grand prize winner will receive a $1000 scholarship and [Read More …]
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The Judicious Use of Antibiotics – A Growing Concern
This Wisconsin Producer Describes ‘Judicious Antibiotic Use’ on Her Dairy.
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NMPF has created this online letter for dairy farmers to send to their members of Congress
The House Judiciary Committee approved the agriculture labor bill, the “Farm Workforce Modernization Act,” last Wednesday. NMPF has created this online letter for dairy farmers to send to their members of Congress in support of [Read More …]
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CWT assists with 2.4 million pounds of dairy product export sales
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted twelve offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 1.572 million pounds (713 metric tons) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, 661,387 pounds [Read More …]
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The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending November 22, 2019
Dairy Markets Absorbed Disappointing Data But Kept Right On Climbing The dairy markets absorbed some disappointing data this week and kept right on climbing. November 2019 and first-half 2020 Class III futures traded at new [Read More …]
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Holstein Association USA Announces All-National Showcase Program Honorees
With much excitement, Holstein Association USA presents the inaugural lineup of All-National Showcase honorees. Exhibitors from all over North America paraded their finest cattle in the showring from March through November to earn points based [Read More …]
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California dairy accelerator event features technology measuring preferences and intensity of feelings about tastes and aromas
At the recent California dairy accelerator event for new products, consumer reactions were measured by neural testing conducted by an organization named Thimus. By detecting brain waves, this technology can measure preferences and even intensity [Read More …]
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Global risks give farmers no respite in 2020 – Rabobank
US-China trade war, fallout from African swine fever and low prices among headwinds affecting agri-commodity farmers next year Millions of coffee and sugar farmers face impoverished livelihoods. Although Rabobank sees prices increasing in 2020, coffee [Read More …]
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Dean Bondholders Just Say No to Merger With Dairy Co-op
Dean Foods Co., the biggest U.S. milk processor which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday, has said it’s in advanced talks to sell assets to milk cooperative giant Dairy Farmers of America. Bondholders, however, [Read More …]