DairyBusiness News Team DP, Author at Dairy Business News

USDA Announces Enrollment Period and Payment Rates for Specialty Crop Farmers

June 2, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Pre-filled Applications Available Online to Producers with a Login.gov Account U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced payment rates and the enrollment period for the Assistance for Specialty Crops Farmers (ASCF) program. The [Read More …]

Darigold Selects Trozzolo Communications Group as Agency of Record

June 2, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

TCG agencies, Trozzolo and Midan, team up to win over PNW consumers for iconic dairy brand Seattle-based Darigold, one of the nation’s largest dairy producers, has named Trozzolo Communications Group (TCG) its agency of record [Read More …]

AFBF Analysis Highlights Gaps in Dairy Margin Coverage Program

June 1, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Dairy Margin Coverage Program is meant to be a safety net for dairy farmers. However, as Chad Smith shares, the program has some flaws. Smith: The Dairy Margin Coverage Program is a farm safety net program that [Read More …]

Applications Open For New Electric Farm Equipment Grant

June 1, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is now accepting applications for the 2026 Electric Farm Equipment Grant (EFEG) program. This new program helps Minnesota farmers purchase electric farm equipment to reduce air pollution. The MDA expects [Read More …]

Farm Bankruptcies Hit Six-Year High in April

June 1, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Law360’s Hilary Russ and Emily Lever reported that “monthly farm-related Chapter 12 filings soared in April to a more than six-year high, with more likely on the horizon, amid an overall increase in all bankruptcies as [Read More …]

Trace Mineral Requirements: A Practical Guide for Dairy Nutritionists

June 1, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Tuesday, July 14 · 10:00 AM EST Providing adequate trace minerals (cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium and zinc) to dairy cows can improve health, productivity and reproductive efficiency but conversely excess trace minerals can [Read More …]

Land O’Lakes, Inc. CEO Beth Ford Named No. 13 on Fortune’s 2026 Most Powerful Women in Business List

June 1, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Fortune named Land O’Lakes, Inc. President and CEO Beth Ford as No. 13 on its Most Powerful Women of 2026 list. The annual list, compiled by Fortune editors, highlights 100 of the world’s most influential [Read More …]

Grassland Manure Injection Field Days

June 1, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Grassland Manure Injection Field Days Live manure application equipment demonstrations, grassland injection, with site specific focuses. Exact dates, times and field locations will be notified via email, so you must RSVP to receive confirmation of [Read More …]

PDP: Effects of Processing Colostrum & Market Update

June 1, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Producers can connect with leading experts in interactive webinars. Next week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will give dairy producers the opportunity to interact with top researchers and analysts. The [Read More …]

DCRC recognizes UW-Madison’s Iago Leão as its 2026 Scholar

June 1, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Iago Matheus Rosa Leão, a PhD candidate in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earned the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council’s (DCRC) 2026 Scholar award. As the award recipient, Leão won an [Read More …]

Jacoby: Historically Lofty Perch

June 1, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending May 29, 2026 After a heart-stopping plunge off the cliff, the milk powder markets found a ledge and clambered upward. CME spot nonfat dry milk (NDM) regained [Read More …]

U.S.-China Trade Talks Signal New Agricultural Commitments

June 1, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Following the Trump-Xi meetings in Beijing, the White House announced a new series of trade commitments aimed at expanding bilateral commerce, including several provisions directly affecting U.S. agriculture. For farmers and ranchers facing prolonged tight margins, the [Read More …]

Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In honor of June being National Dairy Month, our next Ag Workforce Central Virtual Office Hour will focus on the TN visa and its use as a labor strategy for dairy farms. The TN visa [Read More …]

Magazine

Soccer Fans Will See How ‘Dairy Does More’

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Soccer is often called “The World’s Game” and good reason. There are an estimated 4 billion soccer fans globally and hundreds of millions of active players across more than 200 countries. No sporting event captures [Read More …]

How Do You Keep Up With Herd Data When There’s No Time to Slow Down?

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Today’s dairy herd managers live and work in a fast-paced, demanding environment, rarely pausing for breaks, much less dedicating time at the office computer to review the latest Test Day results or confirm the list [Read More …]

More than 25,000 retailers in 20 states will be stocked with Prairie Farms or Hiland single-serve milk bottles

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Celebrating five winners of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Indianapolis Motor Speedway, American Dairy Association Indiana and the Prairie Farms Family of Companies once again are collaborating to bring Indianapolis 500-branded single-serve milk bottles and [Read More …]

When Cow Level Oversight Slips, So Do Outcomes

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

It’s easy to spot herd-level trends when you’re tracking daily numbers. But what about the cow that’s quietly underperforming without making a ripple in the averages? Missed insights at the individual level can snowball [Read More …]

Too Much Milk and Too Many Cows

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The milk cow population in the U.S. has grown significantly in 2025 and the first quarter of 2026 (Chart I). During this time the milk cow population has grown by 3%. As covered in prior [Read More …]

John Ellsworth: Are You Being Reasonable?

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

During my career, I have often been described as “unreasonable” by some Bosses, numerous Bankers, and some of the so called “Industry Experts.” While they might not agree with my approach, it has really served [Read More …]

Earlier BRD Intervention Leads to Better Outcomes for Beef-on-Dairy Cattle

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Timely treatment supports lung health and long-term performance. As beef-on-dairy cattle become a larger part of the U.S. supply chain, early health decisions carry long-term performance consequences — especially when it comes to bovine respiratory [Read More …]

When and How to Safely Involve Children in Farm Tasks?

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Practical information that farm parents, or any caregiver, can use to decide when children can be on the farm worksite, the type of tasks that can be assigned to the children, and the [Read More …]

There’s No “I” in Team or in Dart

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

“I love it when a plan comes together.” This famous quote delivered by the leader of the fictional action stars in “The A-Team” celebrates when all the pieces of a puzzle fit together in perfect [Read More …]

Natural trans fats in dairy do not raise heart disease risk

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Trans fats found naturally in dairy foods such as milk, butter and cheese do not increase the risk of heart disease or type 2 diabetes, a new study has found. Researchers analysed evidence from 22 studies involving thousands of people across Europe, [Read More …]

The Hidden Costs of Employee Turnover on a Dairy

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Finding and keeping quality employees has become one of the greatest challenges today’s dairy operations face. As dairies continue to grow and adopt more advanced technologies, employees are no longer simply an added labor source, [Read More …]

Registration Now Open for Farming for Success Field Day

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Mark your calendars and register now for the Farming for Success Field Day, held on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Penn State Extension and the Penn State Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center (SEAREC) are hosting [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast: Katie England from DRMS talks about new HerdHQ tools – RapidReports and BovineBio

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In this episode of DairyVoice podcast, host Mike Opperman of Black Dirt Communications talks with Katie England, Technical Support Analyst with DRMS. They discuss the HerdHQ platform and the new RapidReports and BovineBio products, both [Read More …]

Mexico’s Dairy Sector Signals Strong Demand and Expanding Opportunities for U.S. Producers

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Mexico’s dairy market is entering 2026 with renewed momentum, and the latest USDA Foreign Agricultural Marketing Service semi‑annual report shows a landscape that US dairy producers should watch closely. The country’s fluid milk production, cheese [Read More …]

Scab Risk for Flowering Wheat Increases across PA

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Check your crop’s growth stage and your area’s risk level to prepare for scab infection. Now that most of Pennsylvania has received measurable rain and remains humid, any wheat that is now flowering is at [Read More …]

Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) & Price Loss Coverage (PLC)

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA), offer financial assistance to agricultural producers. The ARC program provides payments when the actual revenue for a [Read More …]

U.S. Dairy Cites New USITC Report in Call for Action on Canadian Dairy Trade Practices

May 29, 2026 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council today reiterated their call for the U.S. Trade Representative to use the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) joint review process to address Canada’s distortionary nonfat milk [Read More …]

Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

USDA Announces Enrollment Period and Payment Rates for Specialty Crop Farmers

Darigold Selects Trozzolo Communications Group as Agency of Record

AFBF Analysis Highlights Gaps in Dairy Margin Coverage Program

Applications Open For New Electric Farm Equipment Grant

Farm Bankruptcies Hit Six-Year High in April

Trace Mineral Requirements: A Practical Guide for Dairy Nutritionists

Land O’Lakes, Inc. CEO Beth Ford Named No. 13 on Fortune’s 2026 Most Powerful Women in Business List

Grassland Manure Injection Field Days

PDP: Effects of Processing Colostrum & Market Update

DCRC recognizes UW-Madison’s Iago Leão as its 2026 Scholar

Jacoby: Historically Lofty Perch

U.S.-China Trade Talks Signal New Agricultural Commitments

Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development

Soccer Fans Will See How ‘Dairy Does More’

How Do You Keep Up With Herd Data When There’s No Time to Slow Down?

More than 25,000 retailers in 20 states will be stocked with Prairie Farms or Hiland single-serve milk bottles

When Cow Level Oversight Slips, So Do Outcomes

Too Much Milk and Too Many Cows

John Ellsworth: Are You Being Reasonable?

Earlier BRD Intervention Leads to Better Outcomes for Beef-on-Dairy Cattle

When and How to Safely Involve Children in Farm Tasks?

There’s No “I” in Team or in Dart

Natural trans fats in dairy do not raise heart disease risk

The Hidden Costs of Employee Turnover on a Dairy

Registration Now Open for Farming for Success Field Day

DairyVoice Podcast: Katie England from DRMS talks about new HerdHQ tools – RapidReports and BovineBio

Mexico’s Dairy Sector Signals Strong Demand and Expanding Opportunities for U.S. Producers

Scab Risk for Flowering Wheat Increases across PA

Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) & Price Loss Coverage (PLC)

U.S. Dairy Cites New USITC Report in Call for Action on Canadian Dairy Trade Practices

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