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California, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas auctioneers qualify for World Livestock Auctioneer Championship Dean Edge, Rimbey, Alta., was named Champion at the 2020 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship (WLAC) Midwestern Regional Qualifying [Read More …]

Phase One U.S. trade deal with China positive step but U.S. dairy industry still needs tariffs lifted

China’s retaliatory tariffs have contributed to a 47% drop in U.S. dairy exports to China over a 12-month period. A Phase One trade agreement between the U.S. and China signed Wednesday makes progress [Read More …]

Creating an emergency plan

What to do if you lose your dairy processor/co-op This meeting will be held on February 17, 2020 from 11:00 am to 2:30 pm at the Swan Club in De Pere (875 Heritage Rd, De [Read More …]

Farm Credit continues sponsorship of California Leopold Conservation Award

Farm Credit joins in saluting Rominger Brothers Farms, the winner of this year’s California Leopold Conservation Award. Farm Credit is a long-standing sponsor of the annual award, presented to landowners who ethically manage the natural [Read More …]

Statement from International Dairy Foods Assoc. on Phase One U.S.-China Deal

“Today, the two most powerful economies in the world began to restore a positive, mutually beneficial trade relationship, and dairy producers and processors across the United States are grateful. To put the importance of this [Read More …]

PDPW teams up with Holly Green to offer new online interactive training course

Monthly training brings winning to life by informing, inspiring and engaging your team Online classroom training has become a popular educational tool for producers and industry professionals to take control of their own learning and [Read More …]

Trump Signs ‘Phase 1’ China Trade Deal, But Most Tariffs Remain In Place

Updated at 2:07 p.m. ET A year and a half after launching his trade war against China, President Trump signed a partial truce on Wednesday. “We mark more than just an agreement. We mark a [Read More …]

Eight signposts for U.S. dairy exports in 2020

Like signposts on a road, the U.S. Dairy Export Council anticipates these eight markers will guide global dairy markets this year. Every January, the U.S. Dairy Export Council compiles a list of factors that are [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Cares Donates $66,500 to Northeast Charitable Organizations

Farm Credit East announced today that the Farm Credit East Cares Community Fund donated $66,500 to various charitable organizations throughout the Northeast. Since the program’s 2011 inception, Farm Credit East Cares has contributed more than [Read More …]

U.S. Treasury Declassifies China as a Currency Manipulator

The U.S. Treasury has announced that it is dropping its designation of China as a currency manipulator. The phase one deal that is set to be signed today will include about $200 billion in purchases [Read More …]

Zinpro Promotes Rob Sheffer to President/Ceo

Zinpro Corporation, the industry leader in performance trace mineral nutrition for livestock, poultry, aquaculture and companion animals, today announced that effective Jan. 1, 2020, Bill Scrimgeour, chief executive officer (CEO) has retired and Rob Sheffer, [Read More …]

The AGCO Agriculture Foundation and Global Growers Network Partner to Expand Flagship Agriculture Learning Center in Clarkston, Ga., USA

The AGCO Agriculture Foundation (AAF), a private foundation committed to food security and sustainable agricultural development, today announced a new partnership with the Global Growers Network (GGN) to expand their flagship agricultural learning center in [Read More …]

188th Forum takes pulse of NY agriculture

The NYS Agricultural Society Annual Meeting & Forum recently took place in Syracuse Each January, agricultural industry leaders gather in Syracuse at the NYS Agricultural Society Annual Meeting & Forum to discuss pressing [Read More …]

Improved feed efficiency cuts my feed costs by €60,000

CRV recently installed 40 roughage intake control feeders at Wietse Duursma’s dairy farm in Bellingwolde. These feeders measure the individual feed intake of the herd of 300 dairy cows. The measurements are vitally important in [Read More …]

USDA Reminds Historically Underserved Producers of Advance Payment Option

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) reminds historically underserved producers, who are participating in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), of the advance payment option. This option allows them to get conservation practice payments in [Read More …]

Noble Pharma, LLC, Vets Plus’ Drug Manufacturing Facility, Successfully Concludes Initial FDA Inspection

Vets Plus, Inc. announced that Noble Pharma, LLC, its wholly-owned drug manufacturing facility located in Menomonie, Wisconsin, has successfully completed its initial establishment inspection by the US Food & Drug Administration. Established in 2017, Noble [Read More …]

Hear from dairy supply chain expert during ‘Protecting Your Profits’ call

The January 22 Conference Call Will Feature Katie Burgess and a New Webinar Format On Wednesday, January 22 at noon, the Center for Dairy Excellence will welcome Katie Burgess, Commodity Risk Analyst at Roger W. [Read More …]

fairlife Launches New Line of Real Dairy Coffee Creamers, Aims to Perk Up Coffee Scene

fairlife, LLC has debuted fairlife® creamers, its latest line of premium products made with ultra-filtered milk. Best known for creating fairlife ultra-filtered milk, an innovative beverage that helped to usher in a new era of value-added ultra-filtered [Read More …]

Nation’s Largest Dairy Renewable Natural Gas Producer Announces Expansion of California Facility

Calgren Dairy Fuels and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced that four additional Central Valley dairies have started sending methane produced from cow manure to Calgren’s biogas operation in Pixley, where it is processed into high-quality, renewable natural gas [Read More …]

What are your 2020 goals for your farm?

Setting goals is important to personal and business success Happy New Year! It’s the start of a new year, and I think we are all looking forward to putting 2019 behind us and looking forward [Read More …]

New thinking is focal point of 2020 PDPW Business Conference – Mar. 18-19, 202

Dairy’s Premier Educational Event Will Feature Best-in-Class Education & Networking Presented by Professional Dairy Producers® – (PDPW) the 2020 PDPW Business Conference will be held March 18-19, 2020 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, [Read More …]

President Trump to speak at AFBF Annual Convention

Will address farm and ranch families at the Farm Bureau’s 101st Annual Convention President Donald J. Trump, for the third year in a row, will address farm and ranch families at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s [Read More …]

GFE Registration Now Open

GFE Conference May 27-29, 2020 Fort Worth, Texas Registration is Now Open! We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the 12th Annual Grassfed Exchange Conference to be held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in [Read More …]

Wisconsin’s dairy industry in 2019 and 2020

2020 Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum Jan. 28, 2020 Lorre Kolb: How Wisconsin’s dairy industry fared in 2019 and what lies ahead. We’re visiting today with Mark Stephenson, Director of Dairy Policy Analysis at the University [Read More …]

DCHA Annual Conference registration

Registration is now open for the 2020 Dairy Calf & Heifer Association (DCHA) Annual Conference, April 7-9, at the Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wis. With a conference theme of “Shaping the Future,” attendees will gain [Read More …]

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