Articles by Sarah S News Team

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture concluded an inbound trade mission with a high-level Moroccan agricultural delegation June 22–28. The visit further strengthened bilateral agricultural cooperation and deepened ties between the U.S. and [Read More …]

USDA Welcomes 2025 Class of E. Kika De La Garza Fellows

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today welcomed 30 faculty and staff from Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) and Hispanic-Serving School Districts around the nation to the 2025 class of E. Kika De La Garza (EKDLG) Fellows. [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Praises President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law: “The One Big Beautiful Bill marks the start of a new [Read More …]

‘Farm of the Future’ showcased at Cornell PRO-DAIRY celebration

Fifteen miles southeast of Cornell’s Ithaca campus, in a sprawling valley surrounded by wooded hills, a Cornell-operated, commercial-scale dairy farm resembles many across New York state. Adjacent to manure and feed storage, two large, red [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Announces New Slate of Presidential Appointments to USDA

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the latest slate of presidential appointments, bringing new leadership to key roles within the Department. These appointees have been selected to implement President Trump’s America First agenda at [Read More …]

Experience World Dairy Expo – In Person or Online

Admission tickets and ExpoTV subscriptions are now available for purchase and allow you to access World Dairy Expo from wherever you are during the first week of October! Buy your digital tickets for this year’s [Read More …]

Risk Mitigation for Your Dairy Free Webinar

There’s a lot of talk about risk management on the financial level, but proper animal care can be a form of risk management as well. Join us on Friday, July 11 at 12 p.m. EST for our [Read More …]

Young Cooperators Push Priorities on Capitol Hill

NMPF welcomed 41 young dairy farmer leaders from 15 states to Washington, D.C. June 3-4 for the 2025 Young Cooperators (YC) Dairy Policy and Legislative Forum. Sponsored by Farm Credit, this year’s event marked the [Read More …]

American Butter Institute Takes Aim At Country Crock

The American Butter Institute, an organization managed and staffed by NMPF, asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to take action against Country Crock’s “dairy free salted butter” in a complaint sent June 25, asserting that the [Read More …]

Farm Provides Governance Update

The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program emphasized important farmer involvement through its various governance groups in updates related to the next program cycle during NMPF’s June Board of Directors meeting. The FARM [Read More …]

Top team of judges at the Holland Holstein sHow 2025

On Friday 14 and Saturday 15 November 2025, the Holland Holstein sHow will be held in WTC-Expo in Leeuwarden. We are excited about the 3 judges we have booked for this show and are happy [Read More …]

World Dairy Expo Dairy Cattle Show Entries Now Open

Entries for the Dairy Cattle Show at the 58th World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin are now being accepted, exclusively online at worlddairyexpo.com. The first entry deadline is Monday, September 1 at 11:59 p.m. (CDT). Late [Read More …]

One Big Beautiful Bill: Senate Edition

Senate Bill Includes $66 Billion For Farm Programs The Senate passed their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 1. This Market Intel highlights the significant differences between that bill and the bill [Read More …]

Beef x Dairy Event this October: ADSA and ASAS

The American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) announced that the 48th Discover Conference will be held in partnership with the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) and will focus on “Beef x Dairy: Opportunity Intersection of [Read More …]

Why Exports Matter to Every Farmer (Even If You Don’t Think They Do!)

If you had told me 15 years ago that I’d be crisscrossing the globe on behalf of U.S. dairy farmers, I might have pointed you back to the milking parlor. But here I am – [Read More …]

From research to reality: mastitis management

Practical mastitis approaches guided by today’s research Studies on mastitis management over the past decades could fill hundreds of volumes of research journals. Through research and on-farm data, the industry has made tremendous strides to [Read More …]

New Milking Speed Trait

The CDCB team is advancing with the new Milking Speed (MSPD) for Holsteins – for release as early as August 2025. After the approval of new data flow by the CDCB Board in April, the [Read More …]

Dairy Producers Continue to Increase Components

Increasing components is the best way to increase producer revenue and producers throughout the U.S. are accomplishing this with a continuing increase in component levels. The most recent data published June 24, 2025, shows continuing [Read More …]

What Is Fear?

I’ve often heard that fear is simply an acronym for “False Evidence Appearing Real.” I’m not sure who to credit for that explanation, but I believe this is often quite accurate. Do we have reason [Read More …]

Texas Takes No. 3 in Dairy

Competition drives innovation in better products, services and efficiencies. In dairy, Texas has grown 6% annually over eight years, outpacing Idaho’s 2% growth, making Texas the third-largest dairy producing state. While this growth supports a [Read More …]

Arizona Dairy Farmer Provides Ag Labor Perspective

The dairy industry has historically relied on skilled immigrants to make up for labor shortages in rural America. Getting milk to market and caring for the daily needs and health and wellbeing of our cows [Read More …]

Nedap ignites the era of AI-powered vision technology with SmartSight

Locomotion monitoring innovation marks the first step in unlocking the transformative possibilities of vision in dairy tech, advancing the world’s most trusted cow monitoring platform. Nedap, a global leader in dairy technology, announces the launch [Read More …]

Advanced manure treatment, where do we stand?

Jason Oliver Manure is the linchpin of biocircularity in dairy production systems. Nutrients in cow manure are recycled back to the land to produce crops, which are used as animal feed. As herds grow, farmers [Read More …]

Stop PI Calves Before They Start: Two Key Tips

Preventing PI calves starts with strong biosecurity and smart vaccination. At first glance, a persistently infected (PI) calf may look just like any other in the herd. But beneath the surface, these calves are silent [Read More …]

The Klaver family, owners of Dutch farm dairy Novelle Kaas, that protect their raw milk cheese using UV-technology raslysation.

Now raw milk cheese can be protected against unwanted bacteria while preserving its unique flavor. The Dutch farm dairy Novelle Kaas safeguards its raw milk cheese using raslysation, an energy- and water-saving technology developed by [Read More …]

Should We Test Commercial Magnesium Sources Used for Dairy Cows?

Magnesium (Mg) is an essential mineral and plays a critical role in bone development, muscle contractions, and nerve function. Unlike calcium or phosphorus, Mg stored in bone cannot be easily mobilized during periods of deficiency, [Read More …]

Do Dairy Cows Have A Sweet Tooth