Articles by Sarah S News Team

Marking National Agriculture Day, Secretary Rollins Prioritizes Timely Support for Farmers U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, on National Agriculture Day, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing up to $10 billion [Read More …]

Professional Dairy Producers Announces Additional Farm-Your Footprint Funding at 2025 Business Conference

New board and 2026 business conference dates, location also announced The 2025 Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) Business Conference brought together approximately 1,000 dairy producers and industry professionals March 12-13 at the Alliant Energy Center in [Read More …]

Lactose-Free Milk Makes Schoolkids Smile

Jessica Shelly is the Director of Student Dining Services for Cincinnati Public Schools in Cincinnati, Ohio. She’s responsible for overseeing the service of more than 60,000 meals a day in the lunchroom operations at 65 [Read More …]

SupplyOne Enhances Business Efficiency with Inventory Management

Optimize Packaging Supply Chain, Reduce Costs, and Improve Overall Operational Efficiency Newtown Square, Pennsylvania – SupplyOne, Inc., an industry-leading distributor, service provider, and manufacturer of custom corrugated products, highlights its comprehensive inventory management services. As [Read More …]

Newborn Management, Risk Management and Market Update

PDP presents opportunities for dairy professionals to learn from experts on trending topics These episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will focus on strategies for animal health and business management. Tune in on [Read More …]

Hilmar Cuts the Ribbon at New Dodge City Facility

Officials tour Hilmar’s State-of-the-art manufacturing plant Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc., one of the world’s largest cheese manufacturers and a global supplier of high-quality whey ingredients was joined by Kansas Governor Kelly, U.S. Senator Moran and [Read More …]

Energy potential and GHG reduction with anaerobic digestion of dairy manure and food waste

On-farm energy produced by anaerobic digestion (AD) systems that process dairy manure with or without other organics, such as food waste, can supply flexible and storable energy in the form of biomethane (renewable natural gas), [Read More …]

Kevin Griswold Honored with 2025 Dean Strauss Leadership Award

Kevin Griswold was honored as the fifth recipient of the Dean Strauss Leadership Award on Thur., March 13, at the 2025 Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) Business Conference in Madison, Wis. Griswold co-owns and operates Tag Lane [Read More …]

World Dairy Expo Recognizes Influential Dairy Leaders

World Dairy Expo® is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Expo Recognition Awards. Nominated and selected by their peers, these individuals have made remarkable contributions to the dairy industry and their communities. Honorees will [Read More …]

Farm Credit Presents Northeast Forest Products Industry Outlook Webinar

With the resumption of a 25% tariff on U.S. imports of Canadian goods, the forest products industry is navigating a complex landscape in 2025. Join Farm Credit East and Horizon Farm Credit for a webinar [Read More …]

Dairy Producers Invited to Tour PA Dairy Farms & Get Training in Animal Care

Three Workshops Will Be Held This April in Crawford, Mifflin and Bradford Counties Three more Animal Care Workshops will be held this April for both English and Spanish-speaking dairy producers and their employees. The events [Read More …]

Milk Producers Council SGMA Roundup

Semitropic Water Storage District in Kern County approved paying its share of the planning and permitting cost for the delta tunnel this week. The Delta Conveyance Program is part of the State Water Project, which you can [Read More …]

Fourteen Dairy Farmers, Industry Professionals Graduate from PDP Cornerstone Dairy Academy

The 2025 edition of Cornerstone Dairy Academy®, presented by Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP), recognized fourteen dairy farmers and allied industry professionals as graduates of the three-pillar program. The application-based leadership-development course is designed to build [Read More …]

Ice Cream & Cultured Innovation Conference

Overview The Ice Cream & Cultured Innovation Conference is the premier event for makers of ice cream, frozen desserts, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, dips, and spreads, focusing specifically on innovations in research, technology, and emerging [Read More …]

National Dairy Board Scholarship Applications Being Accepted

Applications are being accepted for college scholarships that are awarded by America’s dairy farmers and importers through the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB). Eleven scholarships worth $2,500 each will be awarded, in [Read More …]

Caring for Calves – A Hands-On Learning Opportunity!

Cornell Cooperative Extension offers a local opportunity to learn more about transition heifers Caring for transition heifers can be an expensive part of the dairy farm, so it’s important that farm owners and employees have [Read More …]

Topcon Agriculture Announces TAP FEED Integration with Connecterra

Topcon Agriculture announces the integration of its TAP FEED API with Connecterra. The company has signed an agreement with Connecterra to provide dairy farmers and agricultural professionals with enhanced data integration and analysis capabilities. The new API demonstrates Topcon’s commitment [Read More …]

Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation awards five scholarships to PDP Cornerstone Dairy Academy

Five students accepted into the 2025 Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) Cornerstone Dairy Academy® earned a scholarship to the program from the Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation (WROF). Recipients include Will Cordes, Stratford, Wis.; Stacy Eberly, Monroe, Wis.; Regan Kramer, [Read More …]

John Deere Garners Nine 2025 AE50 Awards for Innovative Product Engineering

John Deere (NYSE: DE) recently earned nine 2025 AE50 Awards for outstanding innovation in engineering and technology for agricultural, food and biological systems. Annually, the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) recognizes the [Read More …]

Finding a Safety Net and Protecting Your Margin With Dairy Margin Coverage Free Webinar

Looking to find a safety net and protect your margin in a marketplace that seems to always be shifting? The Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program is a risk management program that’s intended to serve as that [Read More …]

The Importance of Agricultural Exports for Wisconsin

Each year, we celebrate National Ag Day in March. In Wisconsin, agriculture contributes $116.3 billion annually to the state’s economy, and about one in ten people working in the state hold a job related to [Read More …]

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Holstein Foundation Board of Trustees Welcomes Heather Moore

The Holstein Foundation is pleased to announce that Heather Moore of Maquoketa, Iowa, will be joining the Board of Trustees. The trustees oversee the direction of the Holstein Foundation’s youth and young adult education and [Read More …]

Join the Next PA Agriculture HPAI Monthly Call on March 19

As Pennsylvania continues to monitor the cases of HPAI in dairy cattle and poultry flocks across the United States, the Center for Dairy Excellence will host the next monthly Pennsylvania Agriculture HPAI Conference Call on Wednesday, March 19 at 1 [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Contributes $100,000 to Northeast Food Security Initiatives

Farm Credit East recently announced it contributed $100,000 to Northeast food security initiatives as part of the Food Access Infrastructure Initiative. The Urban Agriculture Cooperative, based in Newark, New Jersey, and the Burlington Food Pantry, [Read More …]

Become a Cheese Industry Leader: Apply for the ACS Certified Cheese Professional® Exam!

*UPDATE: Join us for an Ask Me Anything Facebook Live Session with Nathan Aldridge from GFI on Thursday, March 20th at 2pm MT/4pm ET. We will dive into all things related to ACS Certification. Bring your [Read More …]

New guidelines encourage widespread adoption of methane-reducing feed additives in dairy and livestock

After many decades of research, the dairy sector has a significant body of peer-reviewed research showing that feed additives can effectively reduce methane, the greenhouse gas that makes up most of dairy’s environmental footprint. Yet [Read More …]

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates March 2025

NOTE: The WASDE report only considers trade policies that are in effect at the time of publication. Further, unless a formal end date is specified, the report also assumes that these policies remain in place. U.S. [Read More …]

Creameries Encouraged to Participate in 2025 PA Ice Cream Trail