Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

Few farming operations provide as many different opportunities for accidents to happen as filling the silo. High powered equipment, working in close quarters, and the potential of silo gas formation combine to produce numerous injury [Read More …]

2018 Global Conference on Sustainable Beef

The 2018 Global Conference on Sustainable Beef will be held October 9-12, 2018 at the Lyrath Estate Hotel in Kilkenny, Ireland. The conference’s focus is sustainability in action by showing the impact on the ground. [Read More …]

CDFA Announces Workshops to Assist Dairy Digester Research and Development Program Applicants

Two public stakeholder workshops and one webinar are scheduled during September 2018 to assist applicants to the Dairy Digester Research and Development Program (DDRDP). The aim of these workshops is to introduce dairy producers, new project developers, [Read More …]

Got tar spot? Illinois researcher wants to know

Corn growers in northern Illinois and surrounding areas are noticing a marked increase in tar spot this year, with 30 percent infection rates in some fields. University of Illinois pathologist Nathan Kleczewski has been fielding [Read More …]

Apply Now for Dairy Challenge Social Media Corps

Calling all dairy communications students! The North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC) is now recruiting for the 2018-19 Dairy Challenge Social Media Corps. This unique opportunity allows students to gain real-world experience in developing their [Read More …]

Large supplies of meat and dairy

September 8, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Trade and tariff doubts hurt on-farm prices Large supplies of meat and dairy, possibly record-setting tons, are coming to U.S. consumers. For consumers, this can be good news with lower prices at grocery cases. For [Read More …]

Richard Franta Joins TechMix Global Bovine Team

TechMix Global appoints Richard Franta as Dairy Sales Manager for the heart of the nation’s dairy land, Wisconsin. Franta is a native Wisconsinite who has intimate knowledge of the Wisconsin dairy market and numerous dairies [Read More …]

Agents visit dairy farm that employed Iowa slaying suspect

September 8, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Immigration enforcement agents and state criminal investigators on Thursday visited the Iowa dairy farm that employed and housed the man charged with killing college student Mollie Tibbetts. Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the [Read More …]

Handling flooded and down corn at harvest

Some considerations for silage and grain harvest Rain events during August produced localized flooding affecting numerous corn fields. Recent high winds combined with saturated soils have resulted in lodged corn. All this is occurring at [Read More …]

Reforms would increase access to capital

USDA to hold listening sessions to solicit feedback on plan Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett announced that USDA is hosting listening sessions to solicit feedback on a plan to increase access [Read More …]

Novus Reinforces its Presence and Key Objectives for Latin America North and South Regions

Novus International, Inc. recently announced their commitment to increasing customer focus and investing further in the regional sales organization through a new regional structure and business management. Latin America North will be led by new [Read More …]

DPA’s Founder describes Dairy Pricing

DPA’s Founder describes Dairy Pricing Why Dairy Pricing? For thirty years the United States has been losing dairy farms at an alarming rate. How can the next generation of young people get into this industry [Read More …]

Sharing the status of control programmes to help prevent and control paratuberculosis

Active research and regional control efforts to address the potential transmission of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (M. paratuberculosis) and proactive control measures at the farmer and processor levels to meet trade requirements were showcased at [Read More …]

[Webinar] Annual Dairy.com Cream Symposium Sept. 20 at Noon CST

High freight rates have taken the cream market for a spin in 2018, adding cost and logistical challenges to nearly every load. Meanwhile, fat production growth off the farm has started to dwindle along with slowing [Read More …]

Ensuring Quality Silage After Excessive Rains and Flooding

Large amounts of precipitation and flooding occurred throughout Pennsylvania this summer, and harvesting quality corn silage could be of concern. Corn that will be harvested as silage, and was previously in standing water during the [Read More …]

USDEC: Dairy Exports Down Seasonally, but Still Ahead of Last Year’s Pace

U.S. exporters move milk powder, lactose to maintain record pace in July. U.S. dairy export volumes in July were the lowest since January but remained above last year’s pace. Suppliers shipped 170,100 tons of [Read More …]

Trump team, Canada officials carry on talks to revamp NAFTA

Trump administration officials and Canadian negotiators worked into Wednesday night, trying to strike a deal that would keep Canada in a North American trade bloc with the United States and Mexico. “Teams are remaining [Read More …]

Land O’Lakes supporting dairy start-ups

Land O’Lakes, Inc. has accepted six start-ups in an accelerator program created to support the dairy industry. During a three-month course, participants will meet with business mentors and Land O’Lakes executives and will attend seminars [Read More …]

Nate Donnay INTL FCStone speaks of international demand and impact on U.S. milk prices (Video)

Nate Donnay, Director of Dairy Market Insight for INTL FCStone Financial, provided an overview of global dairy markets in his article in the September 3 issue of DairyBusiness Digital. In this conversation with Joel Hastings [Read More …]

Nebraska Farm Bureau identifies top five farm bill priorities

NeFB shares priorities in correspondence to members of Congressional delegation The Nebraska Farm Bureau has identified the organization’s top five priorities for the new farm bill, as representatives of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate [Read More …]

Missouri farm built in 1930s to be dismantled

Pettis County farming history being dismantled After weathering nearly eight decades and two notable tornadoes, a piece of Pettis County’s farming history is slowly being dismantled. The Reine dairy barn, built in 1939 by Robert [Read More …]

Farm Bureau president meets with Trump, Pence

Russell Boening said Trump told the group that agriculture is very important to him Texas Farm Bureau President Russell Boening was among a small number of U.S. agricultural leaders to meet with President Donald Trump [Read More …]

Applications due Dec. 1 for Jersey Youth Academy

Academy is an educational program sponsored by the American Jersey Cattle Association Dec. 1 is the deadline to submit applications for the sixth Jersey Youth Academy, scheduled for July 14-19, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio. Jersey [Read More …]

2019 NYFVI RFP: seeking proposals

Applications are due by November 14, 2018 The New York Farm Viability Institute (NYFVI) is seeking applied research and education proposals for its 2019 competitive grant program. Successful proposals will have a clear relevance to [Read More …]

Milking cows on an industrial scale arrives in western Minnesota, and some farmers shudder

The milking carousel at Louriston Dairy turns 22 hours a day and milks more cows in half an hour than most dairies do all day. Cows step onto the slow-moving merry-go-round in single file. A [Read More …]

CDFA Awards $21.6 Millioh For Alternative Manure Management Projects

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has awarded $21.6 million in grant funding to 40 alternative manure management projects across the state. These projects, part of the Alternative Manure Management Program, or AMMP, [Read More …]

Eight Positive Things in The Farm Economy

For agriculture, it has felt like the bad news won’t stop coming this summer. While the challenges and uncertainties playing out in 2018 will likely be a talked about for a while, we thought it [Read More …]

Group Unleashes $300 Million Ag Investment Fund

Based on the latest agricultural news headlines, the sector may not seem like one that would be attracting investment. But that’s not the sentiment at Alden-Iowa based Summit Agricultural Group. Recently, the investment and farm [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 10.4 Million Pounds of Cheese, Butter and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted 15 offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 1.98 million pounds (896 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese, 317,466 pounds (144 metric tons) [Read More …]

USDA launches trade mitigation programs