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Top 10 WLAC finalists represent Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, Tennessee and Canada Russele Sleep of Bedford, Iowa was named the 2019 World Livestock Auctioneer Champion (WLAC) at the 56th annual competition held at Tulare [Read More …]

New High-Protein, Low Sugar Dairy Drink Up for Global Award

Darigold FIT milk shortlisted for World Dairy Innovation Awards Darigold FIT is a finalist for best dairy drink in the World Dairy Innovation Awards. These prestigious awards highlight the best dairy developments from across the [Read More …]

Peterson, Costa Statements on Dairy Margin Coverage Signup

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota and Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California issued the following statements in response to today’s announcement of open signup for the [Read More …]

Cropping Options After Small Grain Harvest

Instead of leaving the land fallow after small grains, double crop soybeans, plant cover crops, or plant annual forages for grazing to improve your operation. Winter barley and wheat and spring oat harvests are on [Read More …]

Discussing current and future ag trade efforts

The hearing “Certainty in Global Markets for the U.S. Agriculture Sector” was held June 13th U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, recently held a hearing titled, [Read More …]

Ice Cream Capital of the World Opens New Three Million Dollar Visitors Center

The Wells Dairy Company has opened a made-over Visitor Center and Ice Cream Parlor in downtown LeMars. The new $3 million dollar center tells the Wells story growing from a family business delivering milk, into [Read More …]

Union blasts USDA relocation announcement

Employees and agency stakeholders united in opposition to move The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement that it plans to relocate employees at two of its research agencies from Washington, D.C., to Kansas City is a [Read More …]

Kansas City region chosen for ERS, NIFA relocation

Move puts ERS, NIFA closer to customers, expected to save nearly $300M nominally U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will relocate the Economic Research Service (ERS) and [Read More …]

Dairy Task Force 2.0 to meet June 21

The meeting is open to the public and will be led by Chair Dr. Mark Stephenson The Wisconsin Dairy Task Force 2.0 will meet on Friday, June 21 at 1:00 p.m. at the Department of [Read More …]

Oconoto-Marinette Co. FSA to hold DMC meeting

Wednesday, June 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Town of Pound Hall The Oconto-Marinette County Farm Service Agency, along with Scott Reuss from University of Wisconsin-Extension, are hosting a Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) informational meeting [Read More …]

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Organic Dairy Series begins on July 11

Free workshops will take place in Vermont, New York & New Hampshire beginning in July As part of the 2019 Summer Organic Dairy Series, the University of Vermont (UVM) Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program [Read More …]

Dr. Barry Bradford, Kansas State, to discuss amino acids and the immune system during Adisseo wine and cheese

Dr. Barry Bradford from the Animal Sciences and Industry Department at Kansas State will present “Taking Amino Acids Beyond Production: How Amino Acids Impact the Immune System” during an upcoming Adisseo wine and cheese reception. [Read More …]

USDEC Sponsoring U.S. Entries for the 2019 World Cheese Award

The World Cheese Awards (WCA) is one of the most respected competitions in the world attracting thousands of entries each year and your company’s cheese could be among the contenders. Last year’s edition drew in [Read More …]

Mapping $8.5 Billion in Trade Assistance

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Reviewing MFP Payments by Commodity and State In response to U.S. tariffs on imported solar panels, washing machines, steel and aluminum, as well as additional products from China, e.g., Tariff Revenues Up Sharply, many of [Read More …]

Lab-grown dairy: The next food frontier?

Could dairy proteins may be the next product produced in a lab? Lab-grown meat is getting a lot of attention along with plant-based meat substitutes. Technology is driving the industry toward providing alternatives to conventionally [Read More …]

Prairie Farms Celebrates June Dairy Month with Mega Dairy Prizes

Charitable Giving Program Set to Reach 4-million Cap Milestone June is National Dairy Month – a great time to celebrate the milk on your cereal, cheese on your pizza, ice cream in your cone, and [Read More …]

NMPF Applauds Passage of H-2A Amendment Aiding Dairy Farmers

From National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jim Mulhern: “We greatly appreciate the work of Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) on behalf of America’s dairy producers to include year-round employees on [Read More …]

Navigate the Dairy Margin Coverage program

New tool available from UW-Extension USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced the signup period for the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program will open June 17, 2019. Dairy producers who elect a DMC coverage level between [Read More …]

Late spring planting decision making resources

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Making decisions about late crop planting? Joe Lawrence, PRO-DAIRY Dairy Forage Systems Specialist has developed some resources to help. Late Spring: Forage considerations beyond corn Recent weather windows have allowed some progress around the [Read More …]

Land O’Lakes CEO: Farmers Are in Crisis—and America Isn’t Paying Attention

Imagine, if you can, a computer virus that cut the productivity of Apple, Google, and Facebook in half. Or try to imagine Wall Street’s investment bankers seeing a season’s worth of deals washed away. Such [Read More …]

Dairy Team has new On-Farms Dairy Series

Meetings are 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., include lunch and a farm tour following educational session Penn State’s Extension Dairy Team is offering a new “On-Farm Dairy Series: Plan the Work; Work the Plan” at [Read More …]

Dairy industry to Congress: Help us, pass USMCA

Letter details how provisions of USMCA positively impact the U.S. dairy industry The U.S. dairy industry is urging Congress to quickly ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) with an outreach campaign highlighting the importance of the [Read More …]

Dairy risk management webinar set for Friday

Farm Credit East and Crop Growers holding free webinar on Friday from 11 a.m. to noon Farm Credit East and Crop Growers, LLP are hosting a webinar on available dairy risk management options on Friday [Read More …]

‘Birthday Batter Blast’ Proclaimed Dairy Goodness Bar’s 2019 Flavor of the Fair

The colorful concoction made with vanilla ice cream or malt, birthday cake bites and rainbow sprinkles will be available exclusively at Midwest Dairy’s Dairy Goodness Bar at the 2019 Minnesota State Fair The people have [Read More …]

USDA DATA SHOWS FOURTH MONTH OF DMC PAYMENTS

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has reported milk and feed prices that peg the April 2019 margin under the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program at $8.96 per cwt, which would generate a payment that [Read More …]

Soil Health Center names keynote presenters

Announces keynote speakers for the 2019 Empire Farm Days in Seneca Falls, N.Y. The New York State Interagency Soil Health Working Group, New York Soil Health Initiative, and Empire Farm Days have announced the Soil [Read More …]

NIGON JOINS VITA PLUS AS SUMMER 2019 INTERN

Kristyn Nigon was selected as the 2019 Vita Plus summer intern. She will be working with the Vita Plus Loyal team to gain experience in dairy management and the feed industry, as well as conduct [Read More …]

Perdue on disaster and trade-related assistance