Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

IDFA launched this week a new Dairy Forum 2019 website complete with agenda highlights, featured speakers and the program theme: Dairy Forward. Dairy leaders and teams are invited to register for the industry’s premier event, January 20-23 [Read More …]

California Farmers Union: Trade war with China

As the world’s two largest economic powerhouses entered a formal trade war last week, the United States stood alone in its dispute with China, lacking the support of our traditional allies. What’s alarming is it’s [Read More …]

American Dairy Coalition (ADC) Rolls Out Initiative to Take Back the Word “Milk”

July 17, 2018 — The American Dairy Coalition (ADC) has rolled out a new initiative to advocate for the proper use of federally standardized terms established for the word “milk” on product labels entitled the [Read More …]

Dairy Producer Scholarship Opportunities for the Young Dairy Leaders Institute

The Young Dairy Leaders Institute (YDLI), a cornerstone program of the Holstein Foundation, is a nationally recognized three-phase leadership and communication skills development program for young adults (ages 22-45) working in the dairy industry. The [Read More …]

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CWT Assists with 8.8 Million Pounds of Cheese, Butter and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 3.949 million pounds (1,791 metric tons) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, 578,714 pounds (263 [Read More …]

Usfra, Animal Agriculture Alliance Respond To New Book “Eating Animals”

USFRA recently teamed up with the Animal Agriculture Alliance for an “Eating Animals”: Myths and Facts resource guide. For background, the new documentary Eating Animals claims to address the question of where our meat, milk, [Read More …]

Israel: Meir Shamir Wants to Buy Back Tnuva at Half the Price

Sharply lower valuation follows 3 hard years for Israel’s biggest food maker under control of China’s Bright Food Three years after it sold a controlling stake in Tnuva, together with the Apax Partners private equity [Read More …]

China Uses One-Third of World’s Soybeans

For the 2018/19 marketing year, Chinese soybean utilization for domestic crushing and exports is projected at 4.2 billion bushels. Global soybean production for the marketing year is projected at 13.2 billion bushels, meaning China is expected to [Read More …]

Dieball Dairy recognized

Dieball Dairy named 2018 Sibley County Farm Family of the Year Congratulations to Dieball Dairy and the Dieball Family for being recognized as the 2018 Sibley County Farm Family of the Year! Dieball Dairy, which [Read More …]

DCHA returns to Madison, Wisconsin, for 2019 annual conference

Mark your calendar to attend the 2019 Dairy Calf & Heifer Association (DCHA) Annual Conference, April 9-11, at the Madison Marriott West, Middleton, Wis. With a conference theme of “Joining forces. Reaching higher.” attendees will [Read More …]

NNYADP-Funded Research by Miner Institute Evaluates How Summer Heat Impacts Dairy Cows

Heat stress in dairy cattle in the United States costs the dairy industry $1.5 billion annually according to a 2003 study by Ohio State University (St. Pierre et al.) and the University of Illinois. A 2012 study [Read More …]

USDEC July Global Dairy Data Dashboard

Every month, USDEC aggregates domestic and global dairy data to create 10 charts displayed in a one-page, printable dashboard. The July Dairy Data Dashboard is now available. Click here for 1-page PDF from USDEC

Tim Bratland Appointed President of Legend Seeds

Legend Seeds proudly announces the promotion of Tim Bratland to president, effective August 1, 2018. Bratland’s appointment is part of an executive transition that includes prior president, Glen Davis, moving into the role of CEO. Legend Seeds has entered [Read More …]

Soil health experts at Empire Farm Days

Empire Farm Days is the largest outdoor ag trade show in Northeastern U.S. The Soil Health Seminars programming at the 2018 Empire Farm Days at Rodman Lott and Son Farms in Seneca Falls, NY, will [Read More …]

NY Corn & Soybean Summer Crop Tour

Event will be hosted by Merrimac Farms, Inc. in Mt. Morris, on July 26th The 2018 Annual Summer Crop Tour brought to you by by the New York Corn and Soybean Growers Association is coming [Read More …]

Prindle Farms to host July 18 pasture walk

Part of the Graze River Country series presented by River Country RC&D and WFU The Prindle family will host a July 18 pasture walk on their Alma Center farm. The event, which kicks off at [Read More …]

Expo Seminars Bring Additional Value to WDE

World Dairy Expo is pleased to provide attendees additional educational value once again through its diverse series of Expo Seminars. Presented by industry leaders daily, these seminars address topics centered around policy, research, finances and [Read More …]

Wisconsin Dairy Tours: You Can Still Make It

Tomorrow – Tuesday, July 17, 2018 7:45 am – 5:45 pm Talk with the experts and join the round table discussion Cut to the heart of dairy management in today’s dairy climate as consultants Dave [Read More …]

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese opens plant in Petaluma

The stainless steel vats arrived from the Netherlands, the computerized operating system was purchased from Canada, the air quality system came from France and the machine that foil wraps cheese wheels was made in Germany. [Read More …]

NZ: Keytone Dairy targets Asia with $15m raise

Keytone Dairy plans to boost production and exports to China with the $15 million it raised ahead of its expected float on the Australian share market. The New Zealand-based dairy company – which sells milk [Read More …]

Vermont Dairy Farm of the Year lauded for stewardship

A 400-head dairy farm in Berkshire is Vermont’s 2018 Dairy Farm of the Year. Aires Hill Farm has earned the distinction from the University of Vermont Extension and the Vermont Dairy Industry Association in cooperation [Read More …]

This Washington Dairyman Pleased with Robots

Leroy and Jana Plagerman Well established dairy producer Leroy Plagerman milks some 1200 cows with his family near Bellingham, Wash. As board chair of the Darigold cooperative, the largest in the Northwest, he’s no stranger [Read More …]

Ten Years of Delivering Results for U.S. Dairy Farmers

For the past 10 years, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy has helped to advance dairy farmer interests throughout the value chain. Read on and you’ll see the work that is being done to assert [Read More …]

Hilmar Cheese Company Unveils Largest Dairy Mural in the U.S.

Celebrates with Scoop it Forward Event to Collect Food for Hilmar Helping Hands Hilmar Board Chair Jim Ahlem (blue cap) Assists with Ribbon Cutting Hilmar Helping Hands food bank received thousands of food items on [Read More …]

Pooling and De-Pooling in the California FMMO

Getting California’s dairy payment system into a Federal Order has been a long process. It is now a done deal to be implemented before the end of 2018. Will there be some unexpected impacts of [Read More …]

Free DeLaval Calf College webinar #4

Dr. Bob James Discusses Caring for Pre-weaned Calves In a free DeLaval webinar series on calf raising, Dr. Bob James spoke on June 8 about feeding and managing pre-weaned calves. He emphasized the importance of [Read More …]

Five Reasons Whole Milk May Not be ‘Perfect’ After All

Give whole milk a boost to give calves the balanced nutrition they need. Milk: It’s “nature’s most perfect food,” or at least that’s what we’ve been told as long as humans have been feeding domesticated [Read More …]

Transition Cow Management Holds the Key to a Successful Lactation

Help prevent health issues and enhance productivity in your herd “There’s a lot that can go wrong during the transition phase,” said Dr. Mark van der List, senior professional services veterinarian with Boehringer Ingelheim. “A [Read More …]

Top Ten Milk Producing States in May 2018

USDA estimates milk production in the 23 top producing states increased 0.9% in May 2018, compared with May 2017. USDA reports California production increased 0.5% compared to the same month in 2017 with 30 lbs. [Read More …]

AGCO Crop Tour 2018 Shows Impact of Planting Practices and Planting Technology on Corn Emergence and Yield