Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

Vincent joins the ImmuCell team ImmuCell announces the hiring of Becky Vincent as the Sales and Marketing Manager for the Great Lakes Region serving the states of MI, OH IL, IN, KY, TN, AL, GA, [Read More …]

USDA Pennsylvania Weekly Livestock Trends Issued for November 19

Combined Livestock Receipts from Carlisle, Dewart, Greencastle, New Holland, Middleburg, and Vintage. Across Pennsylvania this week, cooler temperatures and our first snow of the season. Roads were a mess by midday on Tursday with road [Read More …]

Lakeland Dairy’s UK merger with LacPatrick under CMA “enforcement order”

The UK’s competition watchdog has imposed a so-called “initial enforcement order” into the planned merger between Ireland-based cooperatives Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies. In a proposed deal first announced in July, the planned amalgamation of the [Read More …]

Farm labor workshops in Missouri

Workshops to be held Nov. 29, Marshall, Dec. 6 in Springfield and Dec. 13 in Sikeston Major farm management decisions concern capital and labor. Too little attention goes to the labor side of farming, says [Read More …]

California dairy program celebrates 20 years

California dairy leads the nation in environmental stewardship In December of 1996 and January of 1997, a series of subtropical pineapple express storms washed over California. Watersheds were already saturated when the storms brought more [Read More …]

PDPW Human Resources Workshop Scheduled for Dec. 12

Human Resources Workshop Agenda General Session – Trevina Broussard Hire right: Spot the eagles among turkeys If you’re going to succeed in business, there’s one key area you have to master – how to find, [Read More …]

All Breeds Blog

AAVSB, ARPAS approve NMC’s continuing education applications

Veterinarians, animal scientists attending NMC event may earn CE credits The American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB) and American Registry of Professional Animal Sciences (ARPAS) approved National Mastitis Council’s (NMC) application for continuing education [Read More …]

Work begins on $555M Michigan dairy processing plant

November 26, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

Construction has begun in central Michigan on a $555 million diary processing plant that will have the capacity to process a quarter of the milk produced in the state each year. Irish food and nutrition [Read More …]

American Farmland Trust Announces Renewed Commitment to Combating Climate Change

American Farmland Trust, the organization behind the national movement No Farms No Food®, announces new commitments to combatting climate change, including hiring Jennifer Moore-Kucera as the new director of its climate initiative and simultaneously announcing its [Read More …]

Registration is Sold Out for the Inaugural California Dairy Sustainability Summit!

Organizers are excited to report that 600+ attendees, including nearly 200 California dairy farmers, will convene at the Sacramento Convention Center tomorrow to discuss California’s world-leading achievements in sustainable dairy farming. Visit the website to [Read More …]

A dairy herd in Co Fermanagh Ireland has been left devastated after a suspected outbreak of Botulism.

Although not confirming botulism as the cause of the deaths of the cattle, a spokesperson for the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) did confirm that department officials had visited the farm. In [Read More …]

Minnesota dairy farmers: Farm aid package not enough

Dairy farmers in Minnesota sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue this week arguing that the government aid is not enough to offset losses from the trade war. Nearly one out of [Read More …]

Alcoa’s Relief From Aluminum Tariffs Might Hinge on Canadian Dairy

The North American aluminum industry is going up against Quebec’s powerful dairy lobby in a renegotiated NAFTA The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is getting an update for the 21st century. Despite threatening to [Read More …]

Drying-off options limited due to product shortage in Ireland

As we draw ever closer to the end of the year, drying-off is certainly on the to do list. Unfortunately, it seems for routine tasks that preparation in our supplies is crucial. In recent years [Read More …]

High tech dairy factory opens in Gore, New Zealand

November 23, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 2

The opening of a new $240 million milk plant in Southland is expected to bring major benefits to the region’s farmers and the local economy. Mataura Valley Milk’s nutrition plant near Gore has been offcially [Read More …]

Experts Say Dairy Crisis Won’t End Soon, Urge Farmers To Pursue Niche Markets

Three experts who deal in dairy products around the world came to Lancaster County on Nov. 14, but could not offer much hope that local dairy farmers’ current financial plight will end anytime soon. The [Read More …]

Dairy farmer harvests first legal elk in Wisconsin’s inaugural elk hunt

For years, Dan Vandertie’s claim to fame were the 43 consecutive awards his Doorco Holsteins dairy farm received as Progressive Breeders’ Registry honorees. The Holstein Association USA’s longest-running award honors top registered Holstein homebred herds [Read More …]

Cargill’s #PutYourHerdFirst Campaign Donates 100,000 Milk Servings to Feeding America

In August, Cargill launched the #putyourherdfirst campaign to support The Great American Milk Drive. More than 65,000 people engaged with the campaign on Facebook and Cargill is extremely proud to announce that all 200 food [Read More …]

Gillibrand pushes for dairy insurance refund

As the Farm Bill Conference Committee works to craft a final Farm Bill in the final days of the current session of Congress, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand called on President Trump to only support a [Read More …]

Pennsylvania Dairy Summit: Follow your compass

It’s easy to get off course in the volatile and ever-changing dynamics existing in today’s dairy industry. The 2019 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit program will offer encouragement and guidance to help dairy producers and industry leaders [Read More …]

Siemens Partners with Heilongjiang Feihe Dairy

Siemens PLM Software and Heilongjiang Feihe Dairy Co., Ltd. have signed a strategic agreement focusing on the digitalization of Feihe Dairy’s research and development, simulation and testing, as well as quality monitoring, supply chain management [Read More …]

Farmers can write off more with Sec. 179

Changes to the tax law mean farmers and other small business owners can immediately expense more of the cost of certain business property. Many are now able to write off most depreciable assets in the [Read More …]

6 decades of leadership distinguishes former dairy farmer

George Moyer was honored with the Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award. George Moyer, a retired Berks County farmer, was presented the Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award at Pennsylvania Farm Bureau’s Annual Meeting in Hershey. The [Read More …]

Butter price slumps nearly 10 percent at Global Dairy Trade auction NZ

Dairy product prices fell at the Global Dairy Trade auction, spurred by slides in butter and anhydrous milk fat that were the biggest in about two years. The GDT price index dropped 3.5 per cent [Read More …]

Solutions to fighting infection and preventing disease come under the microscope in Ireland

Professor Paul Ross from University College Cork delivered the 29th annual Dairy Council for Northern Ireland (DCNI) Nutrition lecture at Ulster University which focused on ‘Human Microbiome Solutions to Fight Infection and Prevent Disease’. The [Read More …]

As farms struggle, industry consultants open up arms & options

Farmers have free, confidential options available to help them through difficult times The last few years have been difficult for many in the dairy industry, as profits have plummeted, family farms forced to close, and [Read More …]

This Week in Dairy with Robert Chesler and Dave Kurzawski of INTL FCStone

Based in Chicago, INTL FCStone is a full service brokerage firm with global reach across a wide range of commodities, including dairy. Joel Hastings from DairyBusiness talks with Robert Chesler and Dave Kurzawski about the [Read More …]

FSA Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs named

William “Bill” Beam has been appointed Deputy Administrator of Farm Programs U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Richard Fordyce announced today that William “Bill” Beam has been appointed by the Trump [Read More …]

Embattled Big Island dairy farm plans to cease operations, lay off employees

An embattled Big Island dairy farm plans to cease operations in the new year and lay off its 24 employees, Hawaii News Now has confirmed. But the farm is also looking for a buyer — and [Read More …]

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