Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

December 15, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 10

November Class III milk and Component prices were released on December 5. Milk protein and the Class III milk price were down considerably, and butter and butterfat were down slightly. The Class III price fell to [Read More …]

How to Prepare for Animal Rights Activists Coming to Your Dairy

Here in California this month, we are expecting an increase in demonstrations on dairy farms by so-called animal rights activists. Considering that, the Sheriff’s Department of Stanislaus County, suggests the following protocols for preparing your [Read More …]

Area Ag Lenders Tightening Up on Loans According to Survey

At the Siouxland Agricultural Lenders Seminar on November 1, we surveyed the participants on what they were seeing in their ag loan portfolios in light of the current ag economy. The 58 attendees were from [Read More …]

Coaching Tip: A People-Focused New Year’s Resolution

Bob Milligan, Dairy Strategies Research show that most New Year’s Resolutions are broken. Therefore, I encourage you to make ONE people-focused goal for 2019 and then MEET THAT GOAL. The following are suggested resolutions to [Read More …]

Train Farm Personnel for Better Animal Health and Fertility

Training farm personnel has positive impacts on animal well-being and performance, thus increasing overall farm profitability. The performance of dairy cows is mainly determined by genetic merit, but without proper management by knowledgeable and capable [Read More …]

Farm Labor Markets in the United States and Mexico Pose Challenges for U.S. Agriculture

What Is the Issue? Many U.S. growers of labor-intensive crops have long relied on immigrant workers from Mexico, including many who are not legally authorized to work in the United States. New data and analysis [Read More …]

CA: Change is Coming with California’s Federal Milk Marketing Order

Things are changing for milk producers and handlers in the Golden State. Beginning Nov. 1, milk marketing in the state is now governed by a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO). The state order administered by [Read More …]

New Products: Nedap brings Augmented Reality into the dairy farm

Augmented Reality Nedap is the first to bring Augmented Reality into the dairy farm. Herd information gathered by Nedap CowControl – a worldwide leading cow monitoring system – is now brought to life in the barn. This [Read More …]

New Products: CNH Industrial launches new Precision Farming aftermarket brand AGXTEND™

The AGXTEND™ range of breakthrough precision farming technologies will provide agricultural equipment users with exclusive productivity and efficiency enhancing solutions which simultaneously deliver sustainability benefits. CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) has launched [Read More …]

ACE Regional Meeting Set for January 29, 2019

PDPW, Wisconsin Counties Association and Wisconsin Towns Association to Host “Leading Wisconsin Forward” Meeting in Madison The Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW), Wisconsin Counties Association, and Wisconsin Towns Association will host the 2019 ACE (Agricultural Community [Read More …]

WFU president comments on farm bill

Von Ruden: The passage of the farm bill is welcome news in farm country Wisconsin Farmers Union President Darin Von Ruden gave the following comments Thursday in response to the passage of the farm bill: [Read More …]

Ohio Farm Bureau delegates set policies for coming year

Farm Bureau members convened recently to identify policies that benefit Ohio agriculture Continuing a century-long tradition, Ohio Farm Bureau members convened recently to identify policies that benefit Ohio agriculture and guide their organization. During Farm [Read More …]

Governor-Elect Stitt Nominates State Ag Secretary in Oklahoma

Oklahoma 4-H Foundation Executive Director Blayne Arthur has been nominated Oklahoma Gov.-elect Kevin Stitt has nominated a state 4-H leader to become the new state secretary of agriculture. Stitt on Thursday said he’s nominating Oklahoma [Read More …]

Rice Dairy’s Trevor Slegers to open California branch office

After spending over 5 years working for Rice Dairy in Chicago, Trevor Slegers will be moving back to his home in the Central Valley of California. Trevor will be working on his family’s dairy and [Read More …]

NMPF Strongly Supports EPA Efforts to Exempt Manure Air Emissions Reporting Under EPCRA

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) filed comments today in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Nov. 14 proposal to exempt manure air emissions reporting from the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act [Read More …]

Dairy Revenue Protection Program info meetings

Get comprehensive overview of program; updates to the FSA Dairy MPP University of Wisconsin-Extension will offer a number of meetings across the state for farmers interested in learning about the new Dairy Revenue Protection program, [Read More …]

Farm bill compromise unveiled, clears way for vote

Agreement is the result of months of negotiations to reconcile conflicting versions of the bill Lawmakers have reached an agreement on the farm bill, a mammoth package that will fund key farm safety net programs [Read More …]

NEAFA lauds passage of the 2018 Farm Bill

NEAFA congratulates Congress on the bipartisan passage of the 2018 Farm Bill The Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance (NEAFA) congratulates Congress on the bipartisan passage of the 2018 Farm Bill. This bill’s passage is a [Read More …]

Farm Credit East to Host Informational Webinar on Trucking Compliance for Northeast Agriculture

Each year, the laws and regulations relating to trucking compliance grow more complex, including new Federal Motor Carrier Safety regulations that took effect in 2018 related to Hours of Service (HOS) and Electronic Logging Devices [Read More …]

AFIA Tips Hat to Congress for Farm Bill that Supports Animal Agriculture

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) applauded federal lawmakers late yesterday for passing a Farm Bill that supports many provisions to improve animal health and welfare and expand market opportunities for the animal food industry. [Read More …]

Dairy West announces 2018 award winners

December 13, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

Dairy farmers and industry partners gathered in Boise for Dairy West’s recent annual meeting. The group, formerly known as United Dairymen of Idaho, gave out several awards at the event to honor dairy farmers and industry leaders [Read More …]

This Week in Dairy editorial on three-term Congressman David Valadao

Three-term Congressman David Valadao loses his bid for reelection and the dairy industry takes a hit. He dairies with his family at Hanford, Calif., and was one of the very few in Congress with active [Read More …]

ADC Applauds House and Senate Agriculture Leaders for Passing of the Farm Bill

The American Dairy Coalition applauds Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Rep. Michael Conaway (R-TX) and Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) — all agriculture-oriented leaders — for the hard work to advance the 2018 [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers Of America Commends The House And Senate For Approving The 2018 Farm Bill

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national cooperative owned by family dairy farmers across the U.S., is pleased that both the House and Senate have passed a Farm Bill, which includes several important changes to [Read More …]

IDFA Commends Ag Committee Leaders for Farm Bill that Improves Dairy Risk Management, Boosts Milk Consumption

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today commended House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders for releasing the 2018 Farm Bill, which would allow greater access to risk management tools for dairy foods companies and farmers to [Read More …]

Farm Bill Conference Report has been released

House & Senate Ag Committee leaders release text of Farm Bill conference report House and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairmen Mike Conaway, R-Texas, and Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Members Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and Debbie Stabenow, [Read More …]

Kettler on National FFA Convention location