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An advisory committee to develop USDA’s Dietary Guidelines for 2020 – 2025 will be named in coming weeks by Secretary Perdue. Dairy advocates urge that members be appointed who have proper scientific credentials so that dairy and [Read More …]

Conservation Reserve Program in the 2018 Farm Bill

Farmers Will Continue to Be Good Stewards of Land and Water USDA administers several conservation programs with an emphasis on voluntary land retirement programs, working lands programs and conservation easements. Land retirement programs provide payments [Read More …]

University of Illinois to Hold 2019 Midwest Dairy Challenge® at Highland Community College

University of Illinois will host college dairy students at the Midwest Dairy Challenge, February 13-15, 2019, in Freeport, Illinois. Dairy Challenge® is a prominent educational event for students planning a career in the dairy industry. [Read More …]

Spring Crop Sales Closing

The deadline to insure spring crops in the northeast for the 2019 crop year is March 15, 2019. Insurable spring crops include field and vegetable crops such as corn, soybeans, barley, oats, fresh market sweet [Read More …]

DCRC announces 2019 webinar series schedule

Mark your calendars for the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council’s (DCRC) 2019 webinar series. These highly regarded sessions offer access to high-quality information and interaction with industry experts to attendees from across the United States and [Read More …]

Upcoming Dairy Supply Management Meetings February 10-13th

Join Us to Discuss Supply Management Next Week Canadian Dairy Farmer to Speak About Supply Management in Elk Grove, Turlock and during World Ag Expo in Tulare February 10-13, 2019 Dairy Farmers of Ontario Chair Ralph [Read More …]

National DHIA awards $1,500 scholarships to 3 veterinary medicine students

The National Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA) Scholarship Committee selected three college of veterinary medicine students – Amanda Aker, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Elizabeth Endres, University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, [Read More …]

How Much Do You Really Know ABout World Ag Expo®?

About World Ag Expo • World Ag Expo® was established in 1968. • 106,700 people came from 49 states and 63 countries to attend the 2018 show. • World Ag Expo® is produced by International Agri-Center®, an education-based, [Read More …]

Cooperative Extension takes its message to Albany

CCE county associations from across the state met with senators and Assembly members The halls of the New York State Capitol Building in Albany were lined with red Jan. 22 as nearly 50 executive directors [Read More …]

Dairy Kicks Off 2019 With Price Improvement

Slowly but surely, global markets are moving into better balance. For the last three years, the dairy market conversation has been dominated by global milk supply growth and European intervention stocks of milk powder. These [Read More …]

House members introduce Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act

Legislation builds on previous bills and USDA rule by allowing School Lunch Program to offer both unflavored and flavored whole milk. In 2010, Congress passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which amended nutrition standards in [Read More …]

What follows this polar vortex in 2019?

Forecasting 2019 Wednesday, February 27, 2019 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CT What does the weather have in store this year? Long-range weather predictions are critical to the decisions producers make as they prepare for [Read More …]

From beef blockchain to swine sensors, The Pearse Lyons Accelerator selects startups on the cutting edge of ag-tech

Record number of startups apply for third year of The Pearse Lyons Accelerator After a record-breaking 251 startups from 53 countries applied to be part of The Pearse Lyons Accelerator, the class of 2019 has [Read More …]

CDCB Connection: Reno Edition

As U.S. dairy transforms in an ever-changing, competitive environment, there are important questions to answer. The Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding – as the main gear of the U.S. dairy genetic engine – is seeking input to the ultimate [Read More …]

Von Ruden re-elected WFU President

Von Ruden is the 11th president in WFU’s 88-year history Westby dairy farmer Darin Von Ruden was re-elected president of the Wisconsin Farmers Union this weekend in Appleton, where 300 family farmers and rural advocates [Read More …]

Canada, Mexico to take part in USDA forum

Ag leaders of Canada and Mexico will speak at USDA’s 95th Agricultural Outlook Forum The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that the agriculture leaders of Canada and Mexico will speak at USDA’s 95th Agricultural Outlook Forum (PDF, 113 [Read More …]

USDA awards trade promotion funding

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $200 million to 57 organizations through the Agricultural Trade Promotion Program (ATP) to help U.S. farmers and ranchers identify and [Read More …]

Farm Credit Dairy Center to Again be Hub of World Ag Expo

More than 100,000 expected to attend annual event in Tulare from February 12-14 When the World Ag Expo kicks off its three-day run on February 12 at the International Agri-Center in Tulare, the Farm Credit [Read More …]

All Breeds Blog

NMC Annual Meeting draws milk quality experts from 23 countries

World-renowned presenters discuss mastitis, milk’s value, communications Milk quality, mastitis and udder health researchers, dairy producers and dairy industry partners gathered for the 58thNational Mastitis Council (NMC) Annual Meeting, held Jan. 29-Feb. 1, in Savannah, [Read More …]

Janet Keller named PDPF Executive Director

The Professional Dairy Producers Foundation (PDPF) Board of Directors announced Janet Keller as Executive Director during their December 2018 meeting. Keller began her duties Jan. 7, assuming the leadership position held by Deborah Reinhart who [Read More …]

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‘The Udder Doctor’ receives NMC’s 2019 Award of Excellence

National Mastitis Council (NMC) named Andrew (Andy) Johnson as the 2019 NMC Award of Excellence for Contribution to Mastitis Prevention and Control recipient. Affectionately referred to as “The Udder Doctor,” Johnson served as the 2003 [Read More …]

CMAB Winter District Meetings – February/March 2019

District Date Venue/Address Guest Speaker 9 Tuesday, February 5 Valley Oaks Golf Course – Iron Wood Grill 1800 South Plaza Street Visalia, CA 93277 Social – 6:00 p.m./Dinner – 6:30 p.m. Janet Arellano, CMAB Manager [Read More …]

DATCP Reminds Wisconsin Farmers of New Tool Available Today

Beginning Feb. 1, farmers can turn to a new version of Wisconsin’s Runoff Risk Advisory Forecast that gives them a much more localized look at the threat of runoff before they plan to spread manure. [Read More …]

NY cattle farm nationally recognized by NCBA

Agriculture Commissioner Ball congratulates Thunder View Farms on environmental award Thunder View Farms, owned by the Coombe family, is situated between the Neversink Reservoir and the Rondout Reservoir, which make up part of New York [Read More …]

New Ag Worker Legislation Introduced

New legislation introduced in mid-January would address dairy farm labor needs by reforming the immigration system. The Agricultural Worker Program Act, introduced in both chambers of Congress, would provide farmers with access to a legal [Read More …]

AFIA Announces 2018 Feed Facility of the Year Category Winners

The American Feed Industry Association and Feedstuffs are proud to announce four category winners for the 2018 Feed Facility of the Year (FFY) program. AFIA congratulates Famo Feeds of Freeport, Minn., as the winner of [Read More …]

Annual FDA Drug Sales and Residue Reports Find Continued Progress