Articles by Sarah S News Team

California is in the second year of a drought. Governor Newsom (last) week made his first drought declaration. Just how dry is this drought, so far? What are some likely implications? And what might State [Read More …]

Dairy farmers to seek emergency USDA hearing on Class I mover reform

The National Milk Producers Federation’s Board of Directors voted today to request an emergency USDA hearing on a Federal Milk Marketing Order proposal to restore fairness for farmers in the Class I fluid milk price [Read More …]

Dairy farmers to seek emergency USDA hearing

Requests emergency USDA hearing on Class I fluid milk price mover reform The National Milk Producers Federation’s Board of Directors voted today to request an emergency USDA hearing on a Federal Milk Marketing Order proposal [Read More …]

Walking Strong: A hoof health webinar series

Learn more about infectious claw diseases Tuesdays, May 11, 18, and 25, 2 pm to 3:30 pm When it comes to health issues on a dairy farm, lameness is usually a main concern along with [Read More …]

“This American Dairy Farmer” series explodes in popularity

The first six episodes of this new video series have already garnered nearly 660,000 views Consumers are tuning in to hear local dairy farmers’ stories on American Dairy Association North East’s new documentary-style video series [Read More …]

USDA to Provide Critical Nutrition Assistance to 30M+ Kids Over the Summer

Builds on Proven Solution to Combat Child Food Insecurity The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a new effort funded by the American Rescue Plan to provide adequate nutrition to more than 30 million [Read More …]

Holstein Association USA Honors Junior Members

Holstein Association USA is thrilled to announce the 2021 Distinguished Junior Member Semifinalists and 2021 Young Distinguished Junior Member Finalists. The National Junior Holstein Association is a dynamic organization for youth under the age of 21, [Read More …]

USDA Expands Nutrition Assistance for Seniors Amid Pandemic with American Rescue Plan Funding

Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is increasing food assistance to low-income seniors – a population that has been especially hard-hit by the pandemic – by providing nearly $37 million in additional support to [Read More …]

New Line-up of Speakers Announced for Week 55 of The Dairy Signal™

Online series features nutrient management planning, calf housing and market updates from leading experts Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW), announces the line-up of speakers for week 55 of The Dairy Signal™. Episodes this week feature a [Read More …]

KDA Shares Virtual Open House of New Agricultural Laboratory

In 2020, the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s agricultural laboratory moved into a brand-new facility in Manhattan, next door to the KDA headquarters building. A virtual open house tour is now available to allow Kansans an [Read More …]

U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff Appointments and Senior Staff

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior positions in Washington, D.C. Karama Neal, PhD was named Administrator for the Rural Business-Cooperative Service. Most recently, Neal served as [Read More …]

NMPF supports labeling integrity through DAIRY PRIDE Act

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) commended Representatives Peter Welch (D-VT) and Mike Simpson (R-ID) and Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and James Risch (R-ID) today for reintroducing the DAIRY PRIDE Act, a bill that would [Read More …]

Are Your Cost Standards Dynamic Enough To Keep Up?

May 6, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. Eastern Modern manufacturing enterprises need to be agile and operate in a manner where they can adapt to customer demands. That ever changing demand is altering the traditional production [Read More …]

New ODPA Milk Pricing Review Committee

In 2020, the ODPA Board of Directors activated a Milk Pricing Review Committee to better understand the issues that negatively affect the milk price dairy farmers are paid. The role of the committee is: To [Read More …]

How to talk about COVID-19 vaccination with your employees

As a manager, your words and actions have potential to influence employee attitudes about the vaccine The decision to receive the COVID-19 vaccine is a highly personal one, yet each individual’s decision has profound implications [Read More …]

How will your farm emerge from the pandemic?

Emergency preparedness should be re-evaluated, plans adjusted It has been more than a year since Coronavirus was declared a pandemic. Everyone has been touched by the pandemic either directly or indirectly. As an industry, agriculture [Read More …]

What They’re Saying About the Growing Climate Solutions Act

Organizations and companies supporting the Growing Climate Solutions Act This week, U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) reintroduced the bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act, [Read More …]

First “No Kill” Fertilizer Now Available for Direct Purchase

Johnny Appleseed Organic’s New ClimateGard™ Fertilizer Helps Fight Climate Change After a very successful pre-launch through the crowdfunding site, Indiegogo, Johnny Appleseed Organic officially launched their newest product, ClimateGard™, the first no kill, premium, all-purpose, organic [Read More …]

Real California Milk and Celebrity Dad Mario Lopez Partner to Debut Children’s Stories

Join Mario Lopez and Real California Milk April 24th for Instagram Live Breakfast Story Reading Highlighting the Importance of Family and Breakfast in Instagram Live Event With families balancing work and at-home or modified school [Read More …]

Every Day Is Earth Day For Dairy Farmers

Seven Ways to be Sustainable Like a Dairy Farmer Every April, dairy farmers rally together to celebrate environmental practices that help preserve the earth. On Earth Day especially, everyone is reminded of the continued need [Read More …]

Dow and Shiny Meadow give hard-to-recycle plastic a second life with “Milk Bottle Road”

Partnership creates first road in China made with recycled plastic Dow (NYSE: DOW) and Shiny Meadow, the premium dairy brand in China, announced their partnership to divert plastic waste from the environment. In China’s first [Read More …]

Pneumonia can strike all ages on dairy

Ideal BRD control program can be broken down into three phases “In the dairy world, we tend to think of respiratory disease as a post-weaning event, but its reach goes much further than that,” said [Read More …]

Innovative, milk permeate-based sports drink

Center for Dairy Research partners with entrepreneur on innovative new drink GoodSport, a new sports drink developed in part at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Dairy Research, has the potential to turn the sports [Read More …]

Center for Agricultural and Shale Law upcoming program

Will cover recent dairy industry developments On Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at 12 noon – 1 pm EDT Penn State Law’s Center for Agricultural and Shale Law will be conducting a third webinar in its [Read More …]

USDA Expands and Renews Conservation Reserve Program in Effort to Boost Enrollment and Address Climate Change

USDA Also Announces Investments in Partner Programs to Support Climate-Smart Policies Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA will open enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) with higher payment rates, new incentives, and [Read More …]

“Fundamentals of Milk Market” Announced in The Dairy Risk Management Academy!

May 18th – 20th, 2021 | 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Eastern What are the major supply and demand drivers for dairy? What are the Federal Milk Marketing Orders and how do they determine prices? Register [Read More …]

Border Restrictions Extended

The land border restrictions between the Canada-USA-Mexico have been extended through May 21, 2021. All “non-essential travel” (including tourism and recreational travel) is still not allowed. Air travel is permitted. Essential travel still allowed; visa [Read More …]

USDA Seeks Comments on Food System Supply Chains in Response to President Biden’s Executive Order