Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

GENEX now offers UdderLife™ OptiShield™ teat sealant to help cows block intramammary infections throughout the dry period. UdderLife™ OptiShield™ teat sealant is a sterile, antibiotic-free, off-white paste that provides a malleable barrier in the teat [Read More …]

McLanahan Introduces the Modular SMS12 Separator for Sand Bedding

McLanahan Corporation announces the launch of the Modular SMS12, a system to separate bedding sand from manure. The Modular SMS12 utilizes proven equipment for separating manure and sand. The Modular SMS12 is a low cost, [Read More …]

FMH Offers New Cyber Risk Protection for Farmers

Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa (FMH) introduces the new FMH Cyber Risk Protection suite, which includes two new cyber risk products to provide protection and services in the event an individual, family, or farm [Read More …]

PermaNet® Screen Aims to Greatly Reduce Biting Insects

Screen Kills Biting Flies and Midges on Contact Proximity Veterinary Health (PVH) has entered into an agreement for the distribution and sale of PermaNet® Screen, the world’s only insecticidal screen that kills biting flies and [Read More …]

Red Wing® Software Releases New Topic-specific Videos for CenterPoint® Payroll

Red Wing Software has released a new series of topic-specific training videos for its CenterPoint Payroll software. More than 50 new videos have been released, in a shorter, more concise format, so customers can quickly [Read More …]

Kristan Reed addresses new NEAFA Agronomy Committee

Reed’s work is focused on better understanding dairy farm nutrient management Kristan Foster Reed, the NEAFA Partners Sesquicentennial Fellow in Dairy Cattle Nutrition. (Courtesy Photo) The Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance (NEAFA) launched its newly [Read More …]

PDPW financial literacy for dairy training

November 2, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 2

Multi-session training series offered in Marshfield, Wis. Operating a successful dairy in today’s complex and volatile dairy business environment requires not only top-notch management of animals and employees, but also a solid understanding of financial [Read More …]

Are your calves getting enough ventilation?

Review your ventilation now so you can avoid problems down the road With fall upon us and winter on its way, it’s a good idea to review your ventilation now so you can avoid problems [Read More …]

Pro-Ag Seminars to examine market outlook in Iowa

Sessions scheduled across Iowa during November and December As harvest comes to a close, producers, ag lenders and suppliers are planning ahead for next year. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach economists will offer valuable [Read More …]

Funding to increase opportunities in rural areas

USDA’s investments will help more than 4.5 million rural Americans Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that USDA is awarding grants for 128 projects to increase access to job training (PDF, 351 KB), educational and health care [Read More …]

Trans-Pacific free trade pact to take effect Dec. 30

U.S. pulled out from the original 12-member framework in January 2017 A trans-Pacific free trade pact without the United States covering 13 percent of the global economy is set to enter into force on Dec. [Read More …]

Gain Insight from Industry Experts at the Inaugural California Dairy Sustainability Summit

Join us November 27-28 at the Sacramento Convention Center to be a part of an important discussion about California’s world-leading achievements in sustainable dairy farming. To learn more, visit CADairySummit.com. Featured Panel: Dairy’s Role in [Read More …]

New grant opportunity for dairy farmers

Grant permanently conserves farmland while providing funding to dairy farms in transition We know that times are tough, and we would like to help where we can. If you are a cow dairy farmer in [Read More …]

Dr. Angle begins term as Director at USDA NIFA

Dr. J. Scott Angle appointed for a six-year term at the agency on August 31 U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today swore in Dr. J. Scott Angle as the Director of the National Institute [Read More …]

This Week in Dairy with Joey Airoso and Daryl Maas

Joel Hastings with DairyBusiness News looks at a dozen dairies with digesters capturing methane from some 35,000 cows, 22 miles of underground pipeline, and a bio gas processing operation. All this was recognized at Calgren [Read More …]

Risk management education to aid farmers

RMA announces cooperative agreements for risk management education The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced funding for partner organizations in educating farmers, ranchers, and producers with real-time crop insurance information [Read More …]

Alltech opens inaugural Nepal office

Global animal health and nutrition company Alltech has strengthened its presence in Asia with the official opening of its Nepal sales and support office in the city of Kathmandu on Oct. 25, 2018. Alltech serves [Read More …]

Hundreds of FFA Chapters Benefit From Tenth Annual Zoetis Industry Support Program

Zoetis customers allocate funds to support future leaders in agriculture More than 1,600 National FFA Organization chapters across the country are receiving funds from veterinarians and animal health dealers and distributors through this year’s Zoetis [Read More …]

Bovine TB in Dane County dairy herd

Bovine TB is a respiratory disease of cattle that does not spread easily The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that a Wisconsin dairy herd in Dane County has tested positive [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 2 Million Pounds of Cheese, Butter and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted 11 offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 604,067 pounds (274 metric tons) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, 275,578 pounds of [Read More …]

‘Hard to describe’ loss: Waunakee dairy herd quarantined for bovine tuberculosis

A dairy herd in Waunakee has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis, which can be spread to humans through unpasteurized milk or close contact with infected animals, state officials said. During a routine slaughter inspection at Maier Farms [Read More …]

NMPF Calls Out Plant-Based Beverage Industry Misinformation, Citing New Consumer Data

Citing data that shows consumers are being misled about the nutritional merits of cow’s milk versus plant-based imitators, NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to [Read More …]

US Farm Systems Sold to the Valmetal Group

US Farm Systems, the manufacturer of manure handling and wastewater treatment systems founded and operated by Rejean Houle and his family, announces its sale to Valmetal Group, based in Quebec, Canada. In describing the transaction, [Read More …]

2018 Community Impact Awards: Sustainability

GOLD AWARD: Darigold Employees: 1,694 Stan Ryan, president/CEO darigold.com “We use the word sustainability,” says Darigold CEO Stan Ryan. “Our farmers use the word stewardship. They see [dairy farming] as a bit of a higher [Read More …]

Blueprint for Change workshops offered – NY

October 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

Workshop topics are focused to support small and midsize dairy farms The Central New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team of Cornell Cooperative Extension along with PRO-DAIRY will be hosting a workshop titled “Blueprint [Read More …]

Despite milking over 500 cows this German dairy farm is not making a profit

Nicole Winkelmann is the finance director of a 500-cow farmers’ co-op farm near the German/Polish border. She is one of 37 local co-op members who own and farm the 2,300ha farm, which has a 500-cow [Read More …]

PDPF funds urgent needs of dairy community

Grant applications are due December 1, 2018 The Professional Dairy Producers Foundation (PDPF) awards grants to non-profit organizations that share the Foundation’s passion and vision for education in dairy communities. Grant dollars are available to [Read More …]

Land rent meetings Nov. 13 and 15 in Minnesota

Landlords, Farmers, and Agri-Business Professionals should make plans to attend Landlords, Farmers, and Agri-Business Professionals should make plans to attend one of the informative land rent meetings being held across Central Minnesota. These free meetings [Read More …]

Pasture walk at Batdorf Dairy Nov. 2

Event focuses on a variety of forage species and no-till practices University of Missouri Extension will host a pasture walk starting at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 2 at the Andrew Batdorf family farm, 2216 [Read More …]

Roundup weed killer lawsuit hits a snag