Articles by Sarah S News Team

Before you take on that second dairy site, there are four key areas to consider that can make or break the long-term viability and profitability of this decision. Curtis Gerrits, Senior Dairy Lending Specialist from Compeer [Read More …]

2024 Food Export Advisor Program

Your Partner for Sound Export Growth The Export Advisor Program is a year-long service providing custom assistance to help your company kick start or improve your strategy for export growth. Our expert advisors provide a [Read More …]

Crave Brothers Gives Back with ‘Udderly in Love’ Valentine’s Day Gift Boxes

Send a cheese-gram to someone special to benefit the American Heart Association You’ve heard of a candy-gram, but what about a cheese-gram? Now until the end of February, Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese will offer cheese-grams to send [Read More …]

GROWMARK and CHS enter into exploratory process to discover opportunities to best serve customers and owners

Today, the GROWMARK and CHSBoards of Directors are pleased to announce that they have jointly agreed to conduct an exploratory process over the coming months to identify opportunities for the two cooperatives to further collaborate [Read More …]

World Dairy Expo Announces 2024 Associate Judges

World Dairy Expo® is delighted to announce the eight individuals selected to serve as associate judges of Expo’s 2024 Dairy Cattle Show. Nominated by the official judge and approved by a committee of Expo exhibitors, these [Read More …]

Dairy Performance Indicators: Where PA Stands

Join Us for a ‘Protecting Your Profits’ Webinar THIS Friday Don’t forget: Join us for a special edition of our monthly “Protecting Your Profits” webinar happening THIS Friday, January 19 from 12-1 p.m. Titled “Dairy Performance Indicators – Where [Read More …]

Why Finding Labor, Especially in Agriculture, is Going to Continue to be a Challenge

Building on the previous Udder Report article based on a WSJ (September 25) article “Why America Has a Long-Term Labor Crisis”, this month I would like to dive a little deeper on why we not [Read More …]

National Milk Day — honoring 100 years of the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance

This is National Milk Day in the US, and in recognition of that, here’s a video produced by the Food and Drug Administration noting that 100 years have passed since the establishment of the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO). In [Read More …]

Closing the Gateway of Diseases: Hypocalcemia Control

VIRTUAL LIVE WEBINAR February 13, 2024 Discover strategies to prevent milk fever and optimize transition cow health. Join our webinar for insights and effective dietary management. A must for producers aiming to enhance herd productivity. [Read More …]

2024 Genetic Evaluation Schedule

CDCB releases genetic evaluations at various times – weekly, monthly, and triannual – to best serve the diverse needs of animal owners and stakeholders. CDCB, data partners and genomic nominators work diligently to meet these [Read More …]

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates: Dairy

Milk production for 2023 is lowered from last month, with lower milk cow inventories and lower expected milk per cow. The 2024 production forecast is lower due to a reduced average cow inventory for the [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers Peterson and Nyman Named U.S. Dairy Export Council Chair and Vice Chair

Dairy farmers Alex Peterson of Missouri and Becky Nyman of California have been elected to guide the U.S. Dairy Export Council as its chair and vice chair, respectively. The vote came in a December 13 [Read More …]

From Your Farm to Our Policy Book

Every morning, when I am able to be at home, I look over our family farm and can’t help but feel an overwhelming pride knowing that my father and grandfather stood and looked over these [Read More …]

Clean Energy Begins Producing Renewable Natural Gas at Latest Project

Digester at Drumgoon Dairy in South Dakota Completed in December and Began Injecting Ultra-Low Carbon RNG into Pipeline Soon After Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) announced that it has completed a new renewable natural gas (RNG) production [Read More …]

Learn How to Maintain your Dairy’s Market Access at Carbon Conference 2.0

Learn How to Maintain your Dairy’s Market Access at Carbon Conference 2.0 PDPW presents January 30 conference with information to steer through complex markets Understanding the options, opportunities, risks and pitfalls of the growing carbon [Read More …]

GROWMARK and CHS enter into exploratory process to discover opportunities to best serve customers and owners

Cooperatives anticipate emerging from conversations with an increased focus on collaboration to better serve customers and owners Today, the GROWMARK and CHSBoards of Directors are pleased to announce that they have jointly agreed to conduct [Read More …]

Energy Generation, Breeding Heifers and Dairy Industry Update

Earn Dairy AdvanCE continuing education credits while tuning in for interactive discussions This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) will feature interactive conversations on timely topics for today’s dairy farmers. Tune [Read More …]

Junior Holstein Members Shine in Virtual Interview Contest

Young dairy enthusiasts from coast to coast practiced their professional skills during the 2023 Virtual Interview Contest. The contest helps Junior Holstein members refine their resume writing and interview skills, giving them practical knowledge for [Read More …]

New, Board-Approved CDCB Strategic Plan

At its December 2023 meeting, the CDCB Board of Directors approved a new CDCB Strategic Plan that directs organizational priorities and activities for 2024 to 2026. In 2023, CDCB staff and Board members completed an [Read More …]

Conversando con Líderes Lecheros (Conversations with Dairy Leaders) – Juan Quezada, Milk Source, y Elsie Gonzalez Leach, Motiva Dairy Consulting

On this episode of the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, guest host Elsie Gonzalez Leach from Motiva Dairy Consulting sits down with Juan Quezada from Milk Source to talk about his career journey, from starting as a [Read More …]

You’re Invited to the Federal Dairy Policy Forum

Get Your Update From DC on February 6 It’s a ‘Farm Bill year’ in Washington, DC, and between that, masses of migrant workers entering the U.S. and the FMMO Hearing, 2023 was a year like [Read More …]

Cheese rebounds in November, but overall U.S. dairy export volume declines

Mixed results mark another challenging month. U.S. cheese suppliers had their best November ever, shipping 38,610 MT—a 4% increase over the previous year. However, the cheese category’s improvement—plus ongoing growth in high-protein whey exports (WPC80+)—were [Read More …]

It’s (Almost) World Milk Day!

June is a favorite at The Dairy Alliance, and for good reason! National Dairy Month is the time of the year for all areas of the dairy industry to be highlighted. With fun events, educational [Read More …]

2024 Fill a Glass with Hope® Campaign Sends 36 Million Servings of Fresh Milk Flowing into Pennsylvania’s Charitable Food Network

Super Bowl Champ Teams Up with Campaign Partners to Address Hunger Today at the PA Farm Show, 2024 Fill a Glass with Hope® (FGWH) charitable milk distribution program got a big boost with $135,500 in donations thanks to [Read More …]

Feedworks USA adds Minnie Ward to the Feedworks Lytes™ Team

Feedworks USA, Ltd., is excited to announce Minnie Ward has joined the Feedworks Lytes™ team as a calf specialist. In this newly created position, Ward will help launch the Feedworks Lytes family of scientifically formulated electrolyte products. [Read More …]

Federal Order Pool Losses Continue from 2018 Farm Bill Formula Change

Since May 2019, the price for Class I milk, i.e., milk used to produce beverage milk products, has been calculated using the simple average of advanced Class III (cheese) and Class IV (milk powders) skim [Read More …]

Over $520,000 Awarded By PCC-DBII To Stabilize And Expand Dairy Business In California, Oregon, and Washington

Catalytic Funding for New or Used Equipment Purchases to Help Dairy Processors Evolve Operations and Adopt More Sustainable Practices $4.1 million in grants available to Dairy Processors in California, Oregon, Arizona, Washington, Nevada and New [Read More …]

Statement by Agriculture Secretary Vilsack in Celebration of National Milk Day

Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack offered the following statement in support of America’s dairy industry, in advance of National Milk Day, which will be celebrated on Thursday, January 11. Agriculture Secretary Vilsack today visited the [Read More …]

National Institute for Animal Agriculture Selects Third Cohort for the Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders Program

The third class participating in the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s (NIAA) Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders has been selected and will convene for their first session in Chicago in February 2024. NIAA established the leadership [Read More …]

Tools to Reduce Mastitis on Your Farm