Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

The Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) and USDA Animal Genomics Improvement Laboratory (AGIL) announce enhancements in the U.S. dairy genetic evaluations on April 2, 2024. New Variance Component Estimates and Variance Adjusted Weights for [Read More …]

Texas Nearly Closes Milk Production Gap with Idaho in 2023

The Texas dairy industry trails Idaho by just 1.4% in milk production as of the end of 20239. From 2003 to 2023, Texas has seen the largest increase in milk production in the U.S, by [Read More …]

Legal Soil Erosion Control Requirements in Pennsylvania

Summarizing legal soil conservation requirements for Pennsylvania farmers. Controlling soil erosion is important to protect farmland productivity. However, soil eroded from farm fields can also end up in streams, causing harm to the natural environment [Read More …]

Dairy and Sarcopenia and Osteoporosis

Including dairy foods in healthy dietary patterns can help people thrive at every age, including older adulthood. Eating dairy foods, a source of high-quality protein and other essential nutrients, may reduce the risk of age-related [Read More …]

State-of-the-art techniques to reduce climate-warming cow methane

New climate-controlled animal respiration stalls in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences – the only ones currently operating in the U.S. – will allow researchers to definitively measure, verify and monitor methane and other [Read More …]

Purchasing Guide for the Dairy: Precision Technology System

May 1, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Navigating that decision making process for producers to determine which precision technology can be useful on their farm. The integration of precision technologies for dairy farm management has emerged as a vital tool for optimizing [Read More …]

Dairy Aisle Reinvention

ADA North East works to engage shoppers by bringing clarity and organization to different shopping segments in the dairy aisle. Many grocers have updated produce sections to include farmer imagery, meat sections to clearly label [Read More …]

How This Dairy Manager Slayed the Time-Consuming Data Monster

May 1, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

If data has turned into the time-consuming monster that is stealing your focus, delaying decisions and dragging down your progress, you will want to keep listening because Peggy has something important that could change the [Read More …]

Rogue Creamery Wins 2024 Good Food Award for Touvelle Cheese

May 1, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Renowned Oregon cheesemaker Rogue Creamery has been honored with a 2024 Good Food Award for its Touvelle Cheese. This prestigious accolade recognizes the creamery’s commitment to innovative and sustainable cheesemaking practices. Out of nearly 2,000 [Read More …]

Research confirms FerAppease® improves carcass characteristics of finishing cattle

April 30, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In a two-part Texas A&M University research study by Cooke et al. (2024)*, researchers administered FerAppease to finishing cattle and evaluated its impact on carcass characteristics. Results showed that FerAppease, a unique analogue of the [Read More …]

Dairy Markets Swing Back and Forth

April 29, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending April 26, 2024 The dairy markets swung wildly back and forth this week as they digested a slew of data and headlines. Monday’s Milk Production report showed [Read More …]

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Lactose-Free Milk Pilot Drives Consumption

April 29, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Checkoff program in Cincinnati schools improved options for more students A checkoff-led pilot in Cincinnati schools that offered lactose-free chocolate milk increased consumption and reached students who weren’t drinking milk because of real or perceived [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast: Tim Abbott Talks With Olympic Athlete Elle Purrier St. Pierre About Her Career Running And Dairy Life

April 28, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In this DairyVoice podcast series, “The Evolution of the Great Cow”, host Tim Abbott of Showbox Sires talks with Elle Purrier St. Pierre about her life as an olympic athlete, growing up on the farm, [Read More …]

Betsy Bullard & Nicole Schwab on New England Holstein Youth Programs

April 28, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In this episode of the New England Holstein Association podcast, Betsy Bullard talks with Nicole Schwab about all things New England Holstein youth. One of the stronger youth programs in the industry, Nicole gives insight [Read More …]

USDA Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza

Federal Order to assist with developing a baseline of critical information and limiting the spread of H5N1 in dairy cattle To further protect the U.S. livestock industry from the threat posed by highly pathogenic H5N1 [Read More …]

A consultant’s approach to dairy data

Dive deeper into data to uncover solutions for your clients. It is no secret that a dairy farm’s data is valuable for profitable decision-making and performance. As a dairy consultant, having the ability to [Read More …]

For Dairy, Focusing on the Essentials

New research examines the effects of a plant-based feed additive on organic dairy cow methane emissions, as well as milk composition and quantity Operating in markets that have notoriously thin and volatile profit margins, dairy [Read More …]

Nedap enables heat stress detection on dairy farms

New feature allows for immediate action Cows that experience heat stress are more likely to have health problems and produce less milk. Nedap Heat Stress, a new feature within CowControl, detects heat stress and shows [Read More …]

Assessing greenhouse gas emissions

As many of you get ready to head out to do field work this spring, I want to offer some things to think about in your spare moments. My journey starting in 2021 after [Read More …]

Component production per cow per day: Ranges and selected measures

April 23, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Milk component yield has become a key management focus for dairy farms over the last two decades. The combination of the impact that components have on milk pricing and two-tier milk pricing programs have been [Read More …]

NMPF Farmer Focus on Larson Dairy in Florida

Lower milk prices and higher production costs are leaving many dairy farmers with low—or non-existent—profit margins, making modernization to the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) Program critically important to farmers across the country. But in [Read More …]

Spongy Moth Aerial Spraying to Begin in May

April 23, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) plans to treat select areas in nine western Wisconsin counties for spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) starting in May. Residents can expect loud, low-flying planes in [Read More …]

New York Farm Hosts Vanessa Bayer for ‘Dairy Diaries’

April 23, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Comedian, actress provides up-close look of modern dairy farming for Roku. Get ready for a fish-out-of-water journey into the world of dairy farming with Emmy-nominated sketch comedian and actress Vanessa Bayer. Brought to you by [Read More …]

FARM Program, NMPF Celebrate Dairy Conservation Efforts on Earth Day

The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program released findings from its Conservation Practice Questionnaire highlighting the leading stewardship of dairy farmers as FARM and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) observe Earth Day. [Read More …]

U.S. Milk Production + Feed Cost Predictions: HighGround Dairy Market Update

As US milk supply tightens, what opportunities and challenges are ahead for Class 3 and 4, as domestic demand lowers and exports pick up? Corn planters are starting to roll across the countryside, how might [Read More …]

Cheese Market Surge: Class III Futures Rally

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending April 19, 2024 Class III futures came roaring back this week, led by a sizable rally in the cheese markets. USDA’s Dairy Market News reports that domestic [Read More …]

6 Genius Ways Farmers Reduce, Reuse & Recycle

Dairy farmers are the ultimate recyclers! Since they often live on or near the land they farm, caring for the environment is a top priority. Here are some common ways dairy farmers are reducing waste, [Read More …]

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