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Recommendations were developed on federal milk pricing after more than 100 meetings that have taken place over the past year National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) leadership unanimously endorsed a proposal to modernize the Federal Milk [Read More …]

PDPW Dairy Managers Institute builds skills

Three tiers of training available to dairy managers and professionals, Dec. 20-21 As dairy teams begin to wrap up 2022 and look ahead to their goals and plans for 2023, building stronger, more effective teams [Read More …]

UC seminars focus on dairy & livestock education at World Ag Expo

In 2023, four sessions from the University of California will focus on dairy and livestock World Ag Expo® seminars are included with the price of admission and feature experts in global agriculture. In 2023, four [Read More …]

Registration & housing open Nov. 15 for 2023 Commodity Classic in Orlando

America’s largest farmer-led agricultural and educational experience will be held March 9 – 11 in Orlando Online registration and housing for the 2023 Commodity Classic will open on November 15, 2022. America’s largest farmer-led agricultural [Read More …]

NMPF announces cheese, yogurt contest award winners

NMPF has announced its winners for this year’s co-op cheese contest. Yogurt was included for the first time this year. Congratulations to the winners! 2022 NMPF Cheese and Yogurt Contest results final

Economic Feasibility Case Study of Co-Digestion of Manure and Food Waste

A Northern New York Dairy Farm Presented in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension December 1, 2022 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST Are you interested in exploring whether a manure and food waste co-digestion enterprise [Read More …]

Administration Provides $759 Million to Bring High-Speed Internet Access to Communities Across Rural America

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Department is providing $759 million to bring high-speed internet access (PDF, 204 KB) to people living and working across 24 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and [Read More …]

IDFA and Ever.Ag Announce Second Annual DairyTech Conference

Where Dairy and Tech Connect DairyTech Invites Proposals for Conference Session Topics and Speakers The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and Ever.Ag are excited to announce that registration for the second annual DairyTech conference opens [Read More …]

Labor Roadshow VI

Online and in person options offeredLabor Roadshow programming runs from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm each day Ag Workforce Development Council member organizations include: NEDPA, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development, Cayuga Marketing, AgriMark, Upstate [Read More …]

Your next-level portfolio for managing BRD

Take on BRD with solutions you can trust. Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) can keep even the most experienced dairy youngstock producers up at night. That’s what makes the solutions you choose so important to your [Read More …]

One-day on-farm program offered

This one-day program provides on-farm training for dairy farm employees and managers who want to learn more about and improve the feeding process. Each site will feature hands-on activities and demonstrations, presented in both English [Read More …]

Tom Barley Describes How They Maximize Herd Performance, Production and Cow Comfort

Listen to Our Latest “Cow-Side Conversations” Podcast Dairy cows are a lot like high-performing athletes. To help them achieve their peak performance, attention must be paid to every detail. In this episode of Cow-Side Conversations, Tom [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin on DairyBusiness News

Holidays Are Big For Wisconsin Cheesemakers

To drive more demand for your milk, DFW supports the nation’s major grocery stores as they guide consumers’ cheese purchases with a variety of in-store promotions such as price ads, point-of-sale materials, sampling or tasting [Read More …]

Check runoff risk prior to spreading manure

Check the runoff risk advisory forecast before spreading manure on fields The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is reminding farmers and manure applicators to check the runoff risk advisory forecast before spreading manure on fields. [Read More …]

New interventions against ‘pinkeye’ in cattle are on their way

Genome sequencing of Moxarella bovis open doors for new interventions against ‘pinkeye’ in cattle Scientists have revealed that there are two different variants, or genotypes of Moraxella bovis (M. bovis), a bacterium known to cause pinkeye in [Read More …]

NMPF unanimously endorses marketing order modernization plan

National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) leadership unanimously endorsed a proposal to modernize the Federal Milk Marketing Order milk-pricing system at its annual meeting in Denver, which concludes tomorrow. It also welcomed new directors — as [Read More …]

Dairy Composition and Mathematics

December 1st, 2022 | 1:00 p.m. Eastern While many of the new dairy professionals frequently hold degrees in food science or similar disciplines, few have an understanding of dairy composition and its attributes. This introductory [Read More …]

PDPW Dairy Managers Institute® Training Builds Leadership, Coaching and Financial Skills

Three tiers of training available to dairy managers and professionals at the two-day workshop, Dec. 20-21 As dairy teams begin to wrap up 2022 and look ahead to their goals and plans for 2023, building [Read More …]

Apply: Dairy Climate Leadership Specialist

Senior Extension Association position with PRO-DAIRY JOB DESCRIPTION Statewide responsibilities in the area of climate leadership and greenhouse gas reduction strategies for the dairy industry, contributing to New York state’s overall goals for greenhouse gas [Read More …]

PDPW Dairy Managers Institute® Training Builds Leadership, Coaching and Financial Skills

Three tiers of training available to dairy managers and professionals at the two-day workshop, Dec. 20-21 As dairy teams begin to wrap up 2022 and look ahead to their goals and plans for 2023, building [Read More …]

DFA Encourages the Federal Maritime Commission to Support Dairy Exporters

First Proposed Rule under Ocean Shipping Reform Act The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) has submitted comprehensive comments to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in response to the agency’s rulemaking to implement portions of the [Read More …]

Nominate a Dairy Leader to be Recognized at 2023 PA Dairy Summit

As a dairy industry professional who enjoys the PA Dairy Summit each year, we want your help in nominating individuals for the 2023 PA Dairy Industry Awards! Last year, we recognized and announced the award winners [Read More …]

U.S. dairy leaders highlight sustainability, global food security

Panelists look toward U.S.-hosted World Dairy Summit in 2023 A nutrition expert, an innovative dairy farmer and a global food-security leader shared how animal agriculture and dairy can be part of world climate and hunger [Read More …]

Dairy farms encouraged to host on-farm interns for 2023

Producers can mentor college students who are interested in dairy production Dairy producers from Pennsylvania and beyond are encouraged to apply to be a host farm in the 2023 On-Farm Internship Program. The program was [Read More …]

NMPF’s Bjerga on annual meeting, dairy’s challenges

NMPF Senior Vice President of Communications Alan Bjerga talks about some of the challenges dairy farmers face, and how they’re facing it together, in an interview with the National Association of Farm Broadcasters. As NMPF [Read More …]

Scope 3 GHG Emissions in Your Supply Chain

October 26 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions often account for more than 90% of an organization’s carbon footprint. Need information on how to manage and account for Scope 3 [Read More …]

Farm Credit Awards Efforts to Develop and Promote Northeast Agriculture

The Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Program, a joint effort of Farm Credit East and CoBank, recently provided $50,000 in grant funding to 12 organizations to assist their efforts to support young and beginning farmer initiatives, [Read More …]

Conewango Announces Availability of New Catalog

Conewango Products Corporation, a leading distributor of inflations, dairy rubberware and other agricultural rubber products across North America, has released a new “2022-23 Product Catalog” featuring its complete line of products. The completely reconfigured catalog [Read More …]

Introduction to Dairy Product Labeling

October 31 – November 1, 2022 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern IDFA’s popular “Introduction to Dairy Product Labeling” is back on October 31stwith the most up-to-date, essential information you need to produce compliant and effective [Read More …]

DATCP Dairy Processor Grant Application Open through January 30