Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

With an all-new deck and cutting chamber design, John Deere cuts no corners when it comes to improving mowing and cutting performance with the introduction of a new family of rotary cutters. A variety of [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers Of America Employees Work Together To Give Back For Hunger Action Month

Employees Collect More than 15,000 Pounds of Non-Perishable Items for Local Food Banks Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national cooperative owned by family farmers across the U.S., is committed to helping nourish consumers across the United States [Read More …]

Winterizing a Dairy Farm: The ABCs

Winterizing a Dairy Farm As much as we hate to admit it, winter is coming and just like every other season, it comes with its own set of challenges. These cold challenges can be minimized [Read More …]

University of New Hampshire to Host 16th Annual Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge

More than 120 students from 13 colleges and universities across the northeast and Canada are expected to attend the 2018 Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge. The three-day event is a hands-on educational opportunity to prepare students [Read More …]

Celebrate National Farmer’s Day on Friday, October 12

Farm and ranch families make up only 2 percent of the U.S. population, but manage to feed and clothe the growing population every day. National Farmer’s Day on October 12 is an opportunity to celebrate [Read More …]

Alltech launches online store, redefines how farmers source nutrition supplements for animals and crops

Alltech customers can now buy animal nutrition and crop products through a newly-launched website. The Alltech Store allows customers to research and shop for animal nutrition and crop offerings and have those products delivered straight [Read More …]

Cornell Feed Dealers Seminars

Register now to attend seminars! The Feed Dealer Seminars are specifically targeted for nutritionists, veterinarians, crop and management consultants, extension educators, and dairy producers with specific interest in nutrition-oriented topics. They are designed to blend [Read More …]

Navigating dairy farm decision making

Oct. 29th meeting will highlight various decision making tools available to producers Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County and Pro-Dairy wish to invite all local dairy producers to attend the Blue Print for Change: Navigating [Read More …]

USDA prepared to respond to Hurricane Michael

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USDA staff in the regional, State and county offices stand ready and eager to help The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds rural communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses potentially impacted by Hurricane Michael of [Read More …]

Perdue on Trump’s ethanol announcement

Trump directs EPA to expand the sale of corn ethanol, to include E15 year-round U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today hailed President Trump’s directive to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to begin a rulemaking [Read More …]

Comments open for CDFA manure program

Accepting comments on the draft RGA for Alternative Manure Management Program The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is now accepting public comments on the draft Request for Grant Applications (RGA) for the Alternative [Read More …]

Asia’s Fast-Moving Cheese Markets: Australia’s Race to win

Cheese is not a part of the traditional Asian diet. By global standards, Asian per-capita consumption of cheese is low, with plenty of headroom for growth. And, as the competitive environment intensifies, Australia must continue [Read More …]

Improvements to Census of Agriculture website

Website now improved for customer experience, survey response & data use USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has fully integrated the Census of Agriculture website into its primary website to provide a consistent look and [Read More …]

Prepare for media interviews at workshop

The ability to successfully handle a media interview is a valuable skill for dairy producers and dairy industry professionals, but even the most confident manager can become nervous when the cameras and microphones appear. A [Read More …]

White House Announces E15 Waiver, RIN Transparency

Farmers Union Encouraged by Move to Higher Levels Blends of Ethanol, But Says “Compromise” is Net Loss for Family Farmers President Donald Trump today announced the administration’s intentions to allow the use of E15 gasoline [Read More …]

Wisconsin Business Signs Development Agreements with Indonesian Firms

Exporting Wisconsin ag products and helping food production During last week’s World Dairy Expo Global Dinner, hosted by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Central Wisconsin AG Services Global (CWAS) signed Memos of Understanding with two [Read More …]

AllHay.com Explains How Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Have Impacted The Hay Industry

Steel and aluminum tariffs put in place by President Trump on China are impacting much more than the steel and aluminum industry. Just ask AllHay.com on the impact these tariffs have had on the hay [Read More …]

This Week in Dairy Interview With Wisconsin Dairy Producer Cody Heller

Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News interviews Wisconsin Dairy Producer and ag businessman Cody Heller, who tells us about his firm’s plans for dairy development in Indonesia, exporting U.S. cattle and equipment. With his family he [Read More …]

Armyworms march across Texas

Pests bring great destruction on growing crops—like a great army on the march Texas has been invaded this year by armyworms. Conditions are perfect right now. The tiny larvae of a little brown moth are [Read More …]

Heard About the Curd? National CHEESE CURD Day (Oct 15)

Curd Your Enthusiasm ?: It’s National Cheese Curd day is Monday, Oct 15th TOP 10 “Did You Know?” Wisconsin Cheese Curd Fun Facts In Wisconsin, we all know one thing for certain: cheese curds are [Read More …]

World Dairy Expo Results

The 2018 World Dairy Expo ended on Sat., Oct. 6, after its five-day run welcoming a record 890 participating companies in the Trade Show, experiencing record participation in WDE Youth Contests and once again bringing [Read More …]

Dairy Strong 2019 registration is open!

January 23-24, 2019 Monona Terrace, Madison, Wis. An inclusive event moving us forward… Register Now Be inspired and re-energize with a diverse program of events. Learn about current research and new technologies, get updates on [Read More …]

National Dairy Council accepting entries for collegiate New Product Competition

Students will be tasked with developing a dairy or dairy-based product that satisfies consumers’ desire for performance nutrition. The National Dairy Council (NDC) and its New Product Competition is seeking the next innovative dairy product [Read More …]

What can you do to minimize risk within the dairy market?

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CT Broker and hedger Carl Babler will explain the newest tool for managing market volatility – Dairy Revenue Protection Insurance, offered through the USDA Risk Management Agency. [Read More …]

Initiative addresses emergent ag challenges

National FFA is working with technology companties to educate FFA student members Top technology and agriculture companies have announced a partnership with the National FFA Organization to empower and educate nearly 670,000 FFA student members. Amazon [Read More …]

Leaders across five decades unite to oppose USDA plans

Manifesting alarm over the USDA’s plan to reorganize and relocate its statistical and research agencies, 56 former USDA and federal statistical agency officials, including former deputy and undersecretaries, have written to Congress to warn of the likely [Read More …]

Cornell Food Venture Center completes upgrades

State-of-the-art research facility supports more than 500 companies annually Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the completion of $13 million in upgrades to the Cornell Food Venture Center Pilot Plant. The state-of-the-art research facility supports [Read More …]

Ireland farmers focus on efficiency ‘dovetails’ with climate change report

“Ireland’s focus on improving efficiency in the agriculture sector dovetails with key proposals contained in the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.” This is according to the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Environment Committee chairman, [Read More …]

Recombinetics Launches TARGET-TB with Researchers in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to Develop Genome Editing Solutions for Bovine Tuberculosis

Research aims to reduce the public health risk and financial costs associated with this disease Recombinetics announced today the launch of TARGET-TB, a tripartite collaborative research project with University College Dublin in the Republic of Ireland [Read More …]

Mold and Mycotoxin Problems in Livestock Feeding