Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

Planning for the 2019 National Ag Day began this month as the new Board of Directors held their annual summer meeting at John Deere Financial in Johnston, IA. Isabella Chism of the American Farm [Read More …]

Understanding Your Break-Even Cost of Production

With earnings dropping from 2017, and this becoming the fourth year of low or negative earnings for many dairy farms, understanding different financial aspects of your business is critical. A key starting point is to [Read More …]

First Quarter Dairy Profit Monitor Update

During first quarter of 2018, 43 farms participated in the Dairy Profit Monitor (DPM) program for the past 12 months. This DPM March 2018 data set includes farms that entered at least nine months of [Read More …]

Research Grant Program Accepting Applications

Holstein Association USA invites researchers to submit proposals for the Research Grant Program. The applications must include expected outcomes to benefit the profitability of Holstein cattle. Holstein Association USA is interested in research that advances [Read More …]

GEA announces new STR Series Semi-Tanker for liquid manure transport

GEA has announced the North American launch of its STR Series Manure Semi-Tanker, the latest addition to the GEA range of manure management equipment. The STR Semi-Tanker is designed to make manure transportation quicker and [Read More …]

Farm Credit Awards Efforts to Promote and Strengthen Northeast Agriculture

The Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Program, a joint effort of Farm Credit East, Yankee Farm Credit and CoBank, recently provided funding to 21 organizations for their efforts to promote northeast agriculture, support young and beginning [Read More …]

PDPW Wisconsin Dairy Tours to Focus on Creating Efficiencies

July 17 Event Includes Stops at Son-Bow Farms and Alfalawn Farm Sharing ideas, systems and technologies that will create margin-focused strategies in today’s farm operations are the goals of the PDPW Wisconsin Dairy Tours hosted [Read More …]

SD dairy industry continues to grow, add economic value

South Dakota’s dairy industry is growing rapidly, and the public is getting to see that for themselves during June Dairy Month open houses hosted by Ag United of South Dakota. MoDak Dairy of Goodwin is [Read More …]

Officials See Rich Dairy Future For Indiana

State agriculture officials say a decision by Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) to locate a major milk processing facility in Fort Wayne validates what they say is a promising future for the state’s dairy industry. Walmart [Read More …]

College students awarded Klussendorf and McKown Scholarships

The Klussendorf Association and McKown Fund are excited to announce the seven $1,500 scholarship recipients totaling $10,500 in awards. These scholarships are presented annually to students in their first, second, or third year at a [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 1.5 Million Pounds of Cheese and Butter Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 1.345 million pounds (610 metric tons) of Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack cheese and 137,789 [Read More …]

$5 Billion in Exports at Stake as India Defends Religious Stance on Dairy Import, Medical Price Caps

Six days from now, a stuffy US government committee will decide the fate of a little over $5 billion in Indian exports, and with it the economic prospects of thousands of local medium, small and [Read More …]

New blood test reveals susceptibility to costly disease in dairy cows

Oregon State University researchers have developed a blood test to identify dairy cows are susceptible to bovine clinical mastitis. The interdisciplinary research team published its findings in the Journal of Dairy Science. Bovine clinical mastitis, [Read More …]

650 Million Reasons for U.S. Dairy’s Long-Term Investment in Southeast Asia (video)

A new relationship with a leading food innovation and research center is one of several USDEC efforts emphasizing “people, promotions and partnerships.” To watch 2-minute video, click arrow, lower left. Southeast Asia’s population surpassed 650 million [Read More …]

Trade war would cause casualties – farmers and cheesemakers

If a trade war is coming, the cheesemakers of Wisconsin are standing in the line of fire. So are the farmers of the Great Plains and the distillers of Kentucky. And the employees of iconic [Read More …]

Trump’s tariffs & how China is responding

President Donald Trump just imposed tariffs on hundreds of Chinese products — from X-ray tubes to incinerators. And Beijing is striking back by targeting U.S. soybeans, beef, seafood and other products. The punch-and-counterpunch announced Friday [Read More …]

Nathan Chittenden, Dutch Hollow Farm honored

Farmer will be recognized as pioneer advocate for the dairy farming industry Nathan (Nate) Chittenden is a third-generation farmer from Dutch Hollow Farm in Schodack Landing. Nate graduated from Cornell in 2002 with a bachelor’s [Read More …]

Shift Happened. Now what?

The “new consumer” presents challenges and opportunities for dairy Recently I was asked to share insights and observations about the changing consumer landscape and the implications these changes hold for the dairy industry. As global [Read More …]

Life-Saving Silage Safety Basics

The 5 W’s plus how to prevent accidents It’s one of those things we don’t think about…until we must. We hear a siren, see an ambulance pull out of someone’s yard, read an article about [Read More …]

Semex Announces Alliance for Polled Genetics

The Canadian AI firm Semex has announced a relationship with a gene editing company that will allow its bulls in the future to result from high merit embryos genetically edited for the polled gene. Offspring [Read More …]

Successfully Feeding the Newborn Calif

The DeLaval Calf College webinar, hosted May 4 by Dr. Robert James, DVM, covered the foundations for successful newborn feeding. “This is where it all begins, and we don’t get a second chance,” he said. [Read More …]

Fungicide Application May Improve Yield, ROI for BMR Corn Silage

The quality of your corn silage in the field is critical to the quality of feed you’ll have available in the coming year. Foliar diseases can compromise plant health and yield. The challenge is determining [Read More …]

Sulfate Trace Minerals May Cause More Harm Than Good in the Dairy Ration

When it comes to trace minerals in the dairy ration, not all forms of trace mineral supplementation are equal. As researchers learn more about the form and function of trace minerals, questions have arisen about [Read More …]

National Dairy Shrine Announces 2018 Scholarship Winners

The National Dairy Shrine is pleased to announce the winners of their dairy scholarships for 2018. National Dairy Shrine will provide 40 scholarships worth more than $45,000 to students at their annual scholarship & awards [Read More …]

From Farm to Table – Midwest Farm Families Share Insights on How to Make a Strong Community Connection and Highlight Dairy’s Many Benefits Through National Dairy Month Events

There is no denying it—the conversation around dairy has changed. Consumers are now more interested than ever in where their food comes from – including how the animals are treated on the farm, what the [Read More …]

Consumers’ Love-Hate Relationship with Government Agencies

5 Tips for Lasting Commitment Ask any marriage counselor: a relationship without trust isn’t much of a relationship at all. According to the latest research from The Center for Food Integrity (CFI), consumers and federal government food [Read More …]

CA: USDA Announces the Formation of the California Federal Milk Marketing Order: Now the Work Begins

On June 7, the United States Department of Agriculture made an official announcement that the producer referendum held in April passed. As they had told us when they came out to California to conduct meetings [Read More …]

CA: USDA Launches California Federal Milk Marketing Order Website

USDA recently launched a dedicated website with all the relevant information about the newly created California Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO), according to Geoff Vanden Heuvel, director of regulatory and economic affairs at the Milk [Read More …]

CA: AgXscape! The first agriculture and dairy themed escape room opens at Hilmar Cheese Company’s Visitor Center on June 11 – Celebrate June Dairy Month!

“You have always wondered what it is like have a farm. Now your team is managing Bob’s dairy. You get a call from a neighbor that there is a severe situation. You must quickly follow [Read More …]

CA: Farm Credit helps students achieve ag career goals