Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

Economic Contribution of Agriculture in Disaster-Impacted Regions Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CC BY 2.0 In 2018 and 2019 U.S. farmers and ranchers nationwide weathered several major disastersincluding wildfires, a volcanic eruption, two Category [Read More …]

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Petition Seeks to End California Quota

A law firm in Bakersfield, Calif., representing Eugene Azavedo and a “coalition of dairymen” has submitted a petition to the California Department of Food and Agriculture asking for termination of the California milk quota program, [Read More …]

Central Valley Meat Holding Company to Acquire Harris Farms’ Beef Operations

Harris Farms, Inc. (“Harris Farms”) Owner John Harris and Central Valley Meat Company, Inc. President and CEO Brian Coelho announced today that Central Valley Meat Holding Company will acquire Harris Ranch Beef Holding Company (“Harris [Read More …]

U.S. Dairy Exports Start with Farmer Passion for Sustainability, Customer Focus, Animal Care and Efficiency

First-person essays by four farmers show how the U.S. dairy industry lives its values for its global customers. Despite the challenge of retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and China, the U.S. dairy industry set an all-time record for dairy exports last year, shipping more than [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 1.1 Million Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted four offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 253,532 pounds (115 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese, 661,387 pounds (300 metric tons) of [Read More …]

Rabo AgriFinance Adds Dairy Analyst Ben Laine

Research will Feature Knowledge and Insights to Help Dairy Producers Rabo AgriFinance announces the hiring of Ben Laine as a dairy analyst on the company’s RaboResearch team. He will collect key insights regarding the U.S. [Read More …]

Social Security “No-Match” Letters Return

April 8, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently resumed issuance of Employer Correction Requests, commonly known as social security number “no-match” letters. These notices alert employers of mismatches between submitted W-2 form information and SSA records. Employers [Read More …]

Phibro Animal Health Corporation’s OmniGen™ Nutritional Specialty Product Awarded Patent for use in Heat Stress in the EU

With hot, humid summer weather around the corner, dairy experts remind producers about the importance of protecting their herds from negative health and economic impacts of heat stress on cattle. EU Patented OmniGen feed supplement [Read More …]

Do Happier Cows Make For Happier Consumers?

April 8, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

I recently came across a fascinating product aimed at dairy farmers. Check out the video below, which shows a cow enjoying the product, called the BlissBrush, which is designed to help dairy cows reduce stress, [Read More …]

Manure application changes can cut nitrogen loss

April 7, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

Penn State study shows dairy farmers can improve water quality, increase forage production Dairy farmers in the Northeast can improve water quality and boost the profitability of their operations by changing the timing and method [Read More …]

Dr. Novakovic addresses NEAFA members

April 6, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

“Dairy policy isn’t just pricing and prices.” Dr. Andrew Novakovic, the E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics at Cornell University’s Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, addressed the Northeast Agribusiness and Feed [Read More …]

Interview with David Erf of Zoetis on the Jersey health traits

April 4, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Zoetis has introduced genomic testing for seven healthtraits in Jersey cows and three wellness traits in calves. Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News speaks with David Erf of Zoetis, who talks about how the traits were [Read More …]

FARME Institute March 2019 Component Prices

April 4, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

March will have a nice upturn; component values are up, but PPD will be down. Fat was flat with protein roaring back $0.45/lb and other solids decreasing 14%. For our example herd, component prices increased [Read More …]

Final Programme for IDF Mastitis Conference Now Posted

April 2, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Registration We are looking forward to welcoming you to the IDF Mastitis Conference from 14 to 16 May 2019 in Copenhagen and very happy to annouce that the final programme has been posted on the [Read More …]

Simmental Project to Accelerate Carcass Selection

April 2, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

American Simmental Association launches large-scale carcass data effort. US cattlemen and women have successfully improved beef quality during the last several decades, yet capturing widespread carcass data proves elusive. The most important traits are still [Read More …]

Georgia Hosts 18th Annual Dairy Challenge®

April 2, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Collegiate dairy students – 240 in total – from 29 different states and Canadian provinces traveled to Georgia for the 18th annual Dairy Challenge.® This trip to the Southern Region of the dairy industry was [Read More …]

Herd Health And Nutrition Conference

April 1, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Pre-registration will close on April 5 – register today! Join other feed industry representatives, agriservice personnel, veterinarians, and dairy producers to increase your knowledge of current herd health and nutrition management techniques while interacting with [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 615,090 Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales, Announces New Products Eligible for Assistance

April 1, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted six offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 575,407 pounds (261 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese, and 39,683 pounds (18 metric tons) [Read More …]

Perotti & Carson Joining Semex

April 1, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Semex is pleased to announce two key additions to its global team in March 2019. Charlie Perotti has accepted the role of Director, Corporate Account Programs effective Monday, March 18 and Mark Carson has accepted [Read More …]

BioGen AG portable feeding platform

Farmers and ranchers across America are discovering a new sustainable, healthier and more affordable source of food for their cattle and horses…the BioGen AG portable feeding platform. It’s a concept that may be timely in the wake [Read More …]

Interview with Emily Yeiser Stepp on the National Dairy FARM Program

Now in its 10th year, the National Dairy FARM Program – Farmers Assuring Responsible Management – helps dairy producers document their successful management practices to reassure processors and the consuming public how responsibly milk is [Read More …]

USDA invests in rural water infrastructure

Will help improve rural water infrastructure for 171,000 rural Americans in 23 states Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that USDA is investing $116 million (PDF, 158 KB) to help [Read More …]

Groups urge Congress to address water challenges

Over 100 water, ag organizations urge Congress to use infrastructure legislation Over 100 organizations representing water and agricultural interests in the Western U.S. urged Congress today to use any infrastructure package under consideration to help [Read More …]

Broadband Access, the Difference Between Can and Do

How an FCC Survey Question May Overstate Broadband Access in Rural America At issue in the rural broadband debate is the way in which internet service providers are asked if they provide internet services to [Read More …]

Program on Dairy Markets and Policy

Up? Down? Sideways? What Direction for Dairy! April 30 and May 1, 2019, Grand Rapids, Michigan Register for this event (require a use verification first after clicking above) This is the 25th Annual National Workshop [Read More …]

Three advantages to flexible-label mastitis therapy

Take the steps to avoid unnecessary risk and needlessly expensive treatment costs Costs of re-treatments, milk loss and the spread of pathogens associated with mastitis relapse offer tremendous incentive to completely cure the disease. But [Read More …]

Alltech launches nationwide on-farm dairy support network

In response to the mounting challenges faced by America’s dairy industry, Alltech has launched a program to provide experts and resources to support farmers. The Alltech Dairy On-Farm Support program includes a team of experienced, [Read More …]

Statewide disaster relief approved for Pennsylvania farms

Farmland owners in 61 Pennsylvania counties are eligible to receive disaster relief help The Wolf administration has notified farmland owners in 61 Pennsylvania counties that they are eligible to receive disaster relief assistance from the [Read More …]

INTL FCStone Know-Risk Platform Now Open to Broader Market