Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

The Kansas Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA– APHIS), has identified highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in two commercial dairy operations. These are [Read More …]

MMPA partners with well-known, international brand Amul

Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA), America’s tenth largest dairy cooperative, announced a partnership with Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF), the world’s largest dairy cooperative. This partnership between the two organizations will bring [Read More …]

Influential Dairy Leaders Awarded World Dairy Expo Recognition Awards

World Dairy Expo® is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2024 Expo Recognition Awards. Nominated and selected by their peers, these individuals have made remarkable contributions to the dairy industry and their communities. Honorees [Read More …]

Mid-Kings River GSA Holds Meeting Ahead of State Probationary Hearing

It was a big week in Hanford, California for the Mid-Kings River Groundwater Sustainability Agency (MKRGSA), one of the five Groundwater Sustainability Agencies in the Tulare Lake Subbasin. Three identical public workshops were held where [Read More …]

Central Plains Dairy Expo features cutting edge technologies, exceptional education

Event showcases innovative products, resources and services “Everything dairy” drew 3,573 dairy producers and allied industry representatives to the 2024 Central Plains Dairy Expo (CPDE), held March 19-21, in Sioux Falls, S.D. This heralded event [Read More …]

Generational Communications, Manager Training and Market Updates

Earn Dairy AdvanCE continuing education credits and join interactive conversations with leading experts This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will feature episodes to strengthen your team’s communications and management [Read More …]

Dairy Markets Continue to Drop

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending March 22, 2024 Despite signs of continued contraction, the dairy markets just keep dropping and CME spot Cheddar blocks led the retreat. Cheddar output has fallen below [Read More …]

Joint Dairy Organization Statement on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Cows

March 21, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Statement from the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed highly pathogenic [Read More …]

New England Holstein Association Podcast: Marketing Over the Years

In episode 2 of the New England Holstein Association podcast, host Betsy Bullard meets with Dave Kennett & Karen Wheatley. They discuss marketing over the years and talk about their favorite cows. They also discuss [Read More …]

2023 Semen Sales Report Reflects Global Trends

March 18, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

National Association of Animal Breeders regular members unit sales shows domestic and global semen use continues to shift. The National Association of Animal Breeders (NAAB) members report annual units for the categories of domestic sales, [Read More …]

Indecision Pervades the Dairy Markets

March 18, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending March 15, 2024 Indecision continued to pervade the dairy markets this week as the price of most products waffled close to recent levels. While the market tone [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast: Tim Abbott talks with Arjun Singh of Lawwal Holsteins in New Zealand on their upcoming sale April 19

March 15, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In this episode, Tim Abbott of Showbox Sires talks with Arjun Singh of Lawwal Holsteins in New Zealand on their upcoming sale Friday April 19, 2024, expecting around 800 people. Both discuss some of the [Read More …]

National Dairy Board Scholarship Applications Being Accepted

March 13, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Applications are being accepted for college scholarships that are awarded by America’s dairy farmers and importers through the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB). Eleven scholarships worth $2,500 each will be awarded, in addition [Read More …]

Midwest Dairy Announces New Chief Executive Officer

Midwest Dairy, the checkoff organization representing over 4,000 dairy farmers in a ten-state region, officially announced that Corey Scott of Marine on Saint Croix, Minn. has been named its new Chief Executive Officer. Scott is [Read More …]

Dairy Markets Search for the Bottom

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending March 8, 2024 The dairy markets are feeling around for a bottom. April through July Class III futures notched life-of-contract lows this week. But the bulls are [Read More …]

Vilsack, Stabenow, Boozman confirmed for Agri-Pulse Ag & Food Policy Summit

Agri-Pulse is pleased to announce that USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Ranking Member John Boozman, R-Ark., are all confirmed to speak in person at the Agri-Pulse Ag & Food [Read More …]

USDA Finalizes Voluntary “Product of USA” Label Claim to Enhance Consumer Protection

March 7, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA makes additional investments to support independent processing capacity and build resilience in the meat and poultry supply chain; announces new actions to enhance transparency and competition in the seed industry. Today, at the National [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast: John Ellsworth Talks about Dairy in 2023 and Where to Focus Your Business Going Forward

Connie Kuber of Connor AgriScience and Sealpro Silage Barrier Films talks with well-known dairy business financial consultant, John Ellsworth of Success Strategies. John, a regular DairyBusiness News contributor, discusses cash flow issues that many farms [Read More …]

A Rough Week on LaSalle Street as Markets Propel Upward and Downward

March 4, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending March 1, 2024 It was a rough week on LaSalle Street. The trade had hoped that lower milk output and a smaller dairy herd would propel the [Read More …]

Mary Ellen Charter, Larry Lightfoote and Benja Sanchez Talk About Mastitis Management

March 2, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In this episode of DairyVoice, Connie Kuber of Connor Agriscience and Sealpro Silage Barrier Films talks with Mary Ellen Charter of Dairy One, Benja Sanchez Dominguez, Larry Lightfoote of Lightland Farms. They discuss their goals [Read More …]

After Period of Exuberance Dairy Markets Run Into Resistance

February 26, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending February 23, 2024 The U.S. dairy industry continues to shrink. In the latest Milk Production report, USDA trimmed its estimates of 2023 milk production, and it cut [Read More …]

Dairy Producers Can Enroll for 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage Beginning Feb. 28

February 23, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Payments to Begin Early March Starting next Wednesday, dairy producers will be able to enroll for 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC), an important safety net program offered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that [Read More …]

Betsy Bullard Hosts The Inaugural New England Holstein Association Podcast

In episode 1 of this Inaugural New England Holstein Association podcast, host Betsy Bullard of Turner, Maine talks with Nate Robertson of Bohanon Farm and Contoocook Creamery. Betsy is from Brigeen Farms and is currently [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Announces Record Distribution of Patronage Dividends

Farm Credit East, ACA, the Northeast’s largest agricultural lending cooperative, announced its distribution of $120 million in cash patronage dividends to 12,500 farm, fishing and forestry business owners and operators across the Northeast. On average, [Read More …]

Farmer Focus: Coldstream Farms Deming, WA

For Galen Smith, a financial decision as simple as replacing a pickup truck is made with sustainability in mind. “We try to find something with a little bit better fuel mileage that matches our needs [Read More …]

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