Articles by Sarah S News Team

Emily Solis promoted to manager, communications and content The Animal Agriculture Alliance recently hired Abby Kornegay as manager, issues and engagement. Kornegay assumed her new role on May 9. In this role, Kornegay is [Read More …]

MDVA Awards Scholarships To Future Dairy Leaders

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) is pleased to announce its 2022 scholarship winners. The cooperative awarded $7,500 in scholarships from the MDVA Fund to a promising crop of 10 students pursuing [Read More …]

U.S. retaliatory tariffs required as Canada refuses its USMCA obligations, says U.S. dairy

Panel finds Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) system violates the terms of USMCA The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) has called on the U.S. government to levy [Read More …]

Farm Credit East presents teen employment webinar

Join Farm Credit East on Wednesday, May 25, at 12 p.m. for a webinar with Michael Harrington of FordHarrison LLP Many farms hire minors after school or in the summer. Employees under 18 can [Read More …]

USDA to provide $6 billion to producers impacted by 2020, 2021 disasters

USDA to provide approximately $6 billion to commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by 2020 and 2021 natural disasters The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted [Read More …]

National Dairy Council’s Miller Earns Multiple Professional Accolades

National Dairy Council’s Dr. Greg Miller, who serves as chief science officer, Global Dairy Platform’s nutrition sector lead, and special counsel to the CEO on global nutrition affairs, has been recognized with four prestigious [Read More …]

Protect farmers and ranchers from Wall Street climate rules and regulations

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposes to require publicly traded companies to provide climate-related information from their entire supply chain in their filings and annual reports, including potentially invasive and burdensome information about farms. [Read More …]

Brian Kelroy and Susie Martin recognized for their excellent work as genetic consultants

Select Sires Inc. awarded Brian Kelroy and Susie Martin as Select Mating Service® (SMS®) Genetic Consultants of the Year at the federation’s recent Trusted Advisor Conference in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Both Kelroy and Martin [Read More …]

USJersey To Offer More Than $50,000 In Scholarship/Educational Awards

Friday, July 1 is the deadline to apply for scholarship and educational awards administered by the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA), Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This year $50,750 will be awarded to Jersey youth. The funds [Read More …]

Merck Animal Health Donates $500,000 to Texas A&M for New Animal Science Reproduction and Biotechnology Center

Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside the United States and Canada, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA (NYSE:MRK), today announced a $500,000 donation to Texas A&M [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Presents Teen Employment Webinar

Many farms hire minors after school or in the summer. Employees under 18 can be an important part of the labor force, however, there are certain rules that apply when employing minors. Join Farm Credit [Read More …]

U.S. retaliatory tariffs required as Canada refuses its USMCA obligations, says U.S. dairy

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) today called on the U.S. government to levy retaliatory tariffs on Canada after Ottawa made clear that it refuses to meet [Read More …]

Selecting dairy replacements based on heat stress

New research to create database identifying cows best suited for heat Courtney Daigle is looking for dairy cows that can take the heat without skipping a beat. With heat stress increasingly becoming a part [Read More …]

The oldest and youngest members of the AEM Hall of Fame: Can you guess who they are?

Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) Hall of Fame now accepting new nominations for 2022 As the nomination process for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) Hall of Fame accepts new nominations for 2022, we [Read More …]

FDA commissioners agree: Nutrition’s a problem for plant-based faux dairy

It’s easy to become numb to the over-polished signaling that often passes as discourse in Washington, but sometimes reading things closely reveals interesting nuggets that show how an official is weighing a decision or [Read More …]

Wisconsin wheat production and hay stocks

May hay stocks up but wheat yield forecasts are down from last year All hay stored on Wisconsin farms as of May 1, 2022, was estimated at 630,000 tons, up 11 percent from May 1, [Read More …]

Dairy Girl Network announces 4th Annual Forward TogetHER Conference

Conference will be held at Mystic Lake Center, Prior Lake, Minn. on November 1-3, 2022 The Dairy Girl Network (DGN), an organization supporting all women in dairy by enhancing lives and creating opportunities, is [Read More …]

GROWMARK Announces 2022 Summer Interns

After two years of offering a hybrid program, the GROWMARK/FS System is pleased to welcome its newest class of interns back in-person for the complete immersive experience. Seventy-four interns were selected during a rigorous application [Read More …]

2022 Advanced Dairy Nutrition Shortcourse

June 6 – 9, 2022 Cornell University | Ithaca, New York Course Summary Presented as a partnership between Cornell University Animal Science and Miner Institute, the Advanced Dairy Nutrition and Management Shortcourse is conducted in even calendar years [Read More …]

IDFA Rejects Canadian Announcement of USMCA Tariff Rate Quota Compliance; Urges USTR to Act Swiftly

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), speaking on behalf of the full U.S. dairy supply chain, rejects the Government of Canada’s changes to how dairy tariff rate quotas (TRQs) are allocated under the United [Read More …]

IDFA Welcomes the Nomination of USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor, Urges Confirmation

Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, released the following statement today in support of the nomination of Alexis Taylor, a veteran of Capitol Hill, the U.S. Department of [Read More …]

Eight Registered Holstein Herds Earn 2021 Herd of Excellence Distinction