DairyBusiness News Team DP, Author at Dairy Business News

DCRC presents uterine health webinar in Portuguese

July 31, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The next Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council’s (DCRC) webinar, presented in Portuguese, features “New Alternatives for Prevention and Treatment of Uterine Diseases.” On Aug. 22, at 1 p.m. Central Time, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine [Read More …]

PennState Extension: Recognizing Mental Health Disorders

July 31, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Information on how to recognize signs of poor mental health and resources for help and support. Mental health can be defined as “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own [Read More …]

BQA Training to be held at Empire Farm Days

July 31, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

RSVP due August 3rd for the training on August 7th from 4-7pm The New York Beef Council is once again partnering with Cornell University Beef Extension Specialist Dr. Mike Baker to offer Beef Quality Assurance [Read More …]

California farmers and Mexican cheese sales, U.S. trade war takes a toll

July 31, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Stephen Mancebo, a fourth-generation California dairy farmer with 2,300 cows, has battled ups and downs in his temperamental industry for a quarter-century only to find himself a casualty of a U.S trade war with one [Read More …]

Patrick Criteser , CEO of Tillamook, on business of dairy farming. (audio)

July 31, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Patrick Criteser , CEO of Tillamook, on business of dairy farming. He speaks on Bloomberg Markets with Pimm Fox and Bob Ivry. Click to Play Audio > Link to Bloomberg Markets: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2018-07-30/bloomberg-markets-criteser-of-dairy-farming-audio

Soil health field day Aug. 7

July 31, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The training will be held at Elam Shirk Farm in Thorp The University of Wisconsin-Extension is teaming up with the Clark County Land Conservation Department to host a soil health field day on Tuesday, August [Read More …]

Projects to spur conservation innovation

July 31, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

22 new projects will spur innovation in grazing lands, organic systems, soil health USDA will invest more than $10.6 million for 22 new projects that will drive public and private sector innovation in conserving natural [Read More …]

2018 ACE On-the-Farm Twilight Meetings

July 31, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

This is a Free Event Discover how agriculture and community members can thrive and grow stronger as we combine resources and work together. This free event is the place to bring your questions relating [Read More …]

Jessica Peter to Coordinate Ayrshire Sire Development at Select Sires

July 31, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Beginning August 1, 2018, Jessica Peter will assume the responsibilities of Ayrshire sire development within Select Sires’ industry-leading sire department. In accordance with Select Sires’ mission statement, Peter will coordinate and develop Ayrshire genetics that [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 15.4 Million Pounds of Cheese and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 908,305 pounds (412 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese and 14.495 million pounds (6,575 metric tons) [Read More …]

Farmer-owned cooperative combats hunger in Michigan with 2.6 million servings of milk

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

For the fourth year in a row, the Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) has made a donation of fresh milk to the state’s food bank network. MMPA is donating 150 gallons of milk a day [Read More …]

Tom Vilsack Discuss Mexico and China Tariffs

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

U.S. Dairy Export Council President/CEO and Former Secretary Tom Vilsack gives his take on the current Mexico and China tariffs as well as NAFTA.

Perdue on ECJ ruling on genome editing

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

European Court of Justice has announced their ruling on newer mutagenesis methods U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding this week’s European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling (PDF, 115 KB) on newer [Read More …]

EU rules: Organisms obtained by mutagenesis are GMOs

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Found to be in principle, subject to the obligations laid down by the GMO Directive Unlike transgenesis, mutagenesis is a set of techniques which make it possible to alter the genome of a living species [Read More …]

Crop Protection Industry Sees a 5% Sales Increase as well as Competitive Landscape Changes, According to Kline

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Due to industry consolidation, investments in precision agriculture, and new product introductions the U.S. crop protection chemical industry experiences an interesting year in 2017. The total crop protection market in the U.S. grows by over [Read More …]

NY Agricultural Leaders to Gather August 8 at Empire Farm Days

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Advocates for the agricultural industry of New York State will gather at the Ag Leadership Luncheon sponsored by Farm Credit East on Wednesday, August 8 at the 2018 Empire Farm Days at Rodman Lott and [Read More …]

Central NY dairy farmer gored to death by bull

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Eugene Wolfert was pronounced dead shortly after emergency personnel arrived at his farm Police say a 68-year-old dairy farmer has died after being gored by a bull in his pasture in central New York. Otsego [Read More …]

First Dairy Farm In Nebraska, Third In U.S., To Add Top Grassfed Label To Leading Animal Welfare Certification

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Davey Road Ranch is the first farming business in Nebraska–and the third in the U.S.–to become Certified Grassfed by A Greener World (AGW) for dairy cattle. Certified Grassfed by AGW is an optional, additional accreditation [Read More …]

No-deal Brexit would cause severe dairy shortages in UK

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Tighter supplies and significant price hikes for dairy staples such as butter, cheese and yoghurt have been forecast for Britain if the country crashes out of the EU next March. A London School of Economics [Read More …]

Options for drowned-out spots in fields

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Southern Minn. has received 4 to 7 inches of precipitation above normal since April 1 Figure 1. Precipitation deviation from the norm for three southern Minnesota regions. (Source: MN DNR) A quick review of climate [Read More …]

Center for Dairy Excellence releases survey on Pennsylvania Dairy Farms

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The average herd size for a Pennsylvania dairy farm is approximately 100 cows, 83 of which are heifers, according to the Center for Dairy Excellence’s 2017 Pennsylvania Dairy Study Producer Survey. The average farm is [Read More …]

Do you Remember Government Cheese? Could it be coming back

July 28, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

If you’ve ever tasted what’s known as “government cheese,” you won’t soon forget it. Its flavor was described as somewhere between Velveeta and American cheese and smacked of humiliation or gratitude for the people who [Read More …]

Australia: Technology extends shelf life of dairy exports

July 28, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

A suite of drying technology platforms developed by researchers at Monash University could help extend the shelf life of Australia’s powdered dairy exports – including infant formula – while meeting stringent safety and quality benchmarks. [Read More …]

Illinois researchers update producers on latest pests and pathogens

July 28, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Pests and pathogens are keeping Illinois corn and soybean farmers busy right now, with recent reports of Japanese beetles, grey leaf spot, Diplodia leaf streak, and southern rust in fields across the state. “This week [Read More …]

Is the 2018 Illinois soybean crop as good as it looks?

July 27, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

If the appearance of the soybean crop going into late July predicts how it will yield, the 2018 crop in Illinois will be a high-yielding one. As of July 22, the crop in Illinois was [Read More …]

I-29 Moo University Summer Tour Reminder

July 27, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

PLAN TO ATTEND, REGISTER TODAY! Summer 1-29 Moo University Dairy Tour August 3rd, 2018 “Treat Me Right” Implementing Best Management Practices Now is your chance to gain valuable training for you and your employees. The upcoming I-29 Moo [Read More …]

Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

DCRC presents uterine health webinar in Portuguese

PennState Extension: Recognizing Mental Health Disorders

BQA Training to be held at Empire Farm Days

California farmers and Mexican cheese sales, U.S. trade war takes a toll

Patrick Criteser , CEO of Tillamook, on business of dairy farming. (audio)

Soil health field day Aug. 7

Projects to spur conservation innovation

2018 ACE On-the-Farm Twilight Meetings

Jessica Peter to Coordinate Ayrshire Sire Development at Select Sires

CWT Assists with 15.4 Million Pounds of Cheese and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales

Farmer-owned cooperative combats hunger in Michigan with 2.6 million servings of milk

Tom Vilsack Discuss Mexico and China Tariffs

Perdue on ECJ ruling on genome editing

EU rules: Organisms obtained by mutagenesis are GMOs

Crop Protection Industry Sees a 5% Sales Increase as well as Competitive Landscape Changes, According to Kline

NY Agricultural Leaders to Gather August 8 at Empire Farm Days

Central NY dairy farmer gored to death by bull

First Dairy Farm In Nebraska, Third In U.S., To Add Top Grassfed Label To Leading Animal Welfare Certification

No-deal Brexit would cause severe dairy shortages in UK

Options for drowned-out spots in fields

Center for Dairy Excellence releases survey on Pennsylvania Dairy Farms

Do you Remember Government Cheese? Could it be coming back

Australia: Technology extends shelf life of dairy exports

Illinois researchers update producers on latest pests and pathogens

Is the 2018 Illinois soybean crop as good as it looks?

I-29 Moo University Summer Tour Reminder

GENEX Releases Dairy Bull Search App

Feed & Grain LIVE 2019 Set for January 8 – 10

Final call to complete 2017 Census of Ag

Trump, EU leaders pull back from trade war

Dietary crude protein: how low can we go thanks to the amino acid balancing concept in dairy cows?

Why Herd Immunity Matters to Your Dairy

What If You Could?

Cover Crops After Corn Silage