Articles by Sarah S News Team

Mark Diederichs was honored as the third recipient of the Dean Strauss Leadership Award on March 16 at the Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) Business Conference in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. From Malone, Wis., Diederichs has long been [Read More …]

PDPW Business Conference Empowers Success, Names New Board

2024 Business Conference theme, dates also announced The 2023 Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) Business Conference brought together nearly 1,400 dairy producers and industry professionals March 15-16 at Kalahari Resorts in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. “Empowering success” [Read More …]

Male-sterile sorghum may offer dairy cows needed energy with less water use

Texas A&M AgriLife research indicates water-efficiency and highly digestible fiber is possible With dairy cattle numbers increasing in Texas, especially over the Ogallala Aquifer where water resources are limited, producers and researchers are seeking drought-tolerant, [Read More …]

Nearly $19,000 Raised at 2023 Professional Dairy Producers Foundation Silent Auction

Silent Auction, Plant A Seed fundraising campaigns to benefit dairy leadership, education Professional Dairy Producers Foundation, also known as Dairy’s Foundation, raised $18,970 during a silent auction held at the recent Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) Business [Read More …]

Texas about to become third largest dairy state – but still must import milk

The Texas dairy industry is blossoming into the third largest dairy state, according to several recent dairy industry publications. Texas’ milk production grew by 5.9% last year, more than all the other top 10 dairy [Read More …]

Virtual Farm Tours: Join Our Next Tour!

Our Virtual Farm Tours transport you digitally to a real dairy farm with the farmer as your LIVE guide! It’s simple to get started: Register at the links below for one tour, or many! You [Read More …]

Alfalfa Winter/Spring Injury: Alfalfa Continuation or Termination in Spring?

A field scouting program in early spring is needed to decide if alfalfa production should continue or be terminated. Alfalfa producers must decide to continue or terminate alfalfa stands every spring based on the stand [Read More …]

U.S. dairy exports start strong in 2023

Growth in core products led to double-digit gains in January. U.S. dairy’s positive momentum in the international market continued in 2023 as exports got off to a strong start in January. U.S. shipments climbed 16% year-over-year in volume on [Read More …]

FMMO Modernization: What’s Next? Webinar

Thursday, March 30 | 1:00 PM Eastern Time The Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) program is a key pillar of U.S. milk pricing that relies on a complex system of product price formulas. To operate [Read More …]

Increasing the Value of Animal Manure for Farmers

Animal manure provides crop nutrients and improves soil quality. However, manure’s nutrient variability and low phosphorus and nitrogen content per unit weight reduce its market value relative to chemical fertilizers. While manure remains an important [Read More …]

Alltech’s 2021 Global Feed Survey

Fortified by a decade of documentation and research, the 10th annual Alltech Global Feed Survey provides the strongest evaluation of compound feed production and prices in the industry and is the most complete data source [Read More …]

California Creamery Operators Association Announces ‘California Dreaming’ Conference

CCOA will host its 123rd Annual Meeting on June 26-27 in South Lake Tahoe. Register by April 28 to save. The 123rd Annual Meeting of the California Creamery Operators Association (CCOA) returns June 26-27 to South Lake [Read More …]

Apply Now for the Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) reminds students to apply now for the Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council. Applications will be accepted through March 31, 2023 from students who will be seniors [Read More …]

Berkey Creamery ‘Flavor Madness’ tournament returns March 13

Spring is just around the corner, which means it’s almost time to vote for your favorite Penn State Berkey Creamery ice cream flavor in this year’s Flavor Madness competition. The online tournament — in which [Read More …]

Tyson Ventures invests in Athian’s cloud based carbon credit marketplace for livestock sector

Will help fund ground-breaking solution to reward livestock producers for certified greenhouse gas reductions Athian (athian.ai), the world’s first cloud-based carbon marketplace for the livestock industry, announces a seed investment from Tyson Ventures, the venture [Read More …]

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DeLaval invests in its automatic milking facility

DeLaval plans to increase its production capacity of automatic milking machines to meet rising customer demand. Automatic milking continues to grow across the world. At the same time, DeLaval has seen a positive customer response [Read More …]

IDFA Senior Vice President Joseph Scimeca, PhD, Announces Retirement

National Search Begins for Successor Joseph Scimeca, PhD, senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs for the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), recently announced his plans to retire in the summer of 2023 following [Read More …]

Managing Dairies During Heavy Rainfall

Actions producers can take in-between rain storms. Any producer who’s wrestled with local flooding, corral ponding and mud knows it’s easier to take preventative measures before the storms than it is to address them once [Read More …]

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Learn how animal rights groups are exploiting animals and donors at 2023 Stakeholders Summit

Early registration discounts extended through March 17 Animal rights extremism is unfortunately nothing new to the animal agriculture and food communities, but the tactics and campaigns used by those seeking to take meat, poultry, dairy, [Read More …]

Local Dairy Farmers, NFL Players Visit Maryland, New York Schools

To help raise awareness about the important role school breakfast plays children’s lives, Maryland and New York dairy farmers joined American Dairy Association North East and National Football League (NFL) players at two schools during [Read More …]

Using QuickBooks to Manage Your Farm Business: Instructor-Guided

Learn basic accounting principles and QuickBooks to run your farm business. This course includes instructor interaction and webinars. Course Dates March 2023: The course opens on 3/7; webinars on 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11 from 6pm [Read More …]

Brown Swiss Fertility Haplotype BH14

Switzerland in 2022 began reporting a new lethal haplotype in Brown Swiss (BH14) that causes early pregnancy loss. BH14 has been added to the list of genomic haplotypes reported in the U.S., following USDA AGIL [Read More …]

ADC Applauds NMPF for backing our position to move back to the Class I ‘higher of’ milk pricing formula

American Dairy Coalition (ADC) welcomes the news this week that the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) board has endorsed an FMMO hearing plan that includes returning the Class I pricing method back to the ‘higher [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Presents 2023 Maple Industry Economic Outlook

Join Farm Credit East on Wednesday, March 15, at 12 p.m. for a free webinar that will provide a recap of the maple industry in 2022, as well as economic projections for the year ahead. [Read More …]

GROWMARK Offers 55 Scholarships Valued at $2,000 Each

GROWMARK, Inc. announces a revamped scholarship program for 2023. The GROWMARK Foundation will provide 55 scholarships of $2,000 each to students pursuing agriculture and business-related degrees or certificates at colleges, universities, and technical schools [Read More …]

Behnke Named World Dairy Expo Communications Manager

World Dairy Expo® is pleased to announce Lisa Behnke, New Glarus, Wis., as their Communications Manager. Behnke began her duties on February 27, 2023. In this role, Behnke will coordinate strategic marketing and manage internal and [Read More …]

On labeling, keep your eye on the carton

FDA has finally offered its draft guidance on the “Labeling of Plant-Based (Nutritionally Inferior and Misleading) Milk Alternatives.” So now what? Pay attention to this: This is from FDA’s draft guidance, showing labeling best practices for plant-based manufacturers. [Read More …]

NNYADP Dairy Employee E-Training Project Results Presented to National, International Audiences

The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program announces that the results of dairy worker E-training research funded by the farmer-driven program, and conducted by Quality Milk Production Services, have recently been presented to the National [Read More …]

USDA cost-share assistance for on-farm grain storage

Sign-up is for areas with limited commercial capacity due to severe storms Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that producers in counties affected by eligible disaster events in Kentucky, Minnesota, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, [Read More …]

Chariman Thompson Votes To Vacate Biden Administration’s Flawed WOTUS Rule