Corona

Virtual Sustainability Tour Moves Needle with Influencers

October 6, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The impacts of COVID-19 have shined a spotlight on sustainability in new ways, with consumer priorities shifting to the food supply chain and topics like food safety, worker safety and animal well-being. Sorting through complex [Read More …]

USDA announces additional assistance to farmers and ranchers impacted by Coronavirus

September 24, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The USDA announced up to an additional $14 billion dollars for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19. Signup for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 2) is [Read More …]

Leadership – a Key Solution to Pandemic Crisis and Recovery

September 24, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

During the Dairy Workforce Focus: Leadership – a Key Solution to Pandemic Crisis and Recovery webinar, participants will expand their thinking and find creative opportunities for improvement with Dr. Bob Milligan from Dairy Strategies, Inc. [Read More …]

Farming and Agriculture Is Top Rated U.S. Business and Industry Sector

September 24, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

For the first time in 20 years of Gallup tracking America’s views, farming and agriculture is best viewed among the 25 sectors assessed Americans recognize farmers for their hard work and dedication to feeding the [Read More …]

Breaking Down CFAP 2.0

September 23, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

On Friday, the administration announced details of the new $14-billion-dollar Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, or CFAP2, that will provide direct payments to farmers and ranchers to partially offset COVID-19-related losses for producers. This follows an estimated $10 [Read More …]

Apply Now for a Second Round of Payments Through USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

September 22, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Available Support The dairy payment will amount to $1.20/cwt. on a farm’s production during the last nine months of 2020. Dairy payments will be based on actual milk production from April 1 to Aug. 31, [Read More …]

NMPF statement on latest federal disaster assistance efforts

September 22, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation thanked President Trump and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for providing additional support to dairy through its latest round of disaster assistance to agricultural producers, as well as Congress for providing [Read More …]

ADC Asks for Congressional Leadership to Stop the Bleeding Caused by the Pandemic

September 18, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The American Dairy Coalition (ADC), along with more than 40 other agriculture-related associations, sent a letter to Congressional leadership requesting they replenish the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) in their upcoming continuing resolution. This fund has been [Read More …]

American Agri-Women Support Affordable and Nutritious Food for Families

September 16, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

American Agri-Women (AAW) recognizes the importance of their members and schools during this pandemic year. AAW appreciates their work in keeping the agriculture chains moving and making sure families are continually being fed. AAW members [Read More …]

Tracking Ag Trade: July Changes

September 15, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA’s import and export trade data for July 2020, released last week, provides important insight into the continuing impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on U.S. agricultural trade. July 2020 marked the fifth consecutive month and [Read More …]

Where is Dairy Consumption in the U.S. Going?

September 15, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

The recent posts to this blog have been concerned with the impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. dairy industry. This post will be a change. Data is now available for U.S. consumption of dairy products [Read More …]

Penn State researchers to study novel coronavirus potential to infect livestock

September 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

$1 million grant to a team led by Suresh Kuchipudi, Penn State professor A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will enable Penn State researchers to study the potential for SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus [Read More …]

COVID-19 Prevention and Management on Dairy Farms as Important as Ever

September 10, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

It’s been more than six months now that COVID-19 has upended supply chains and strained markets, yet dairy farmers and their workers have continued to milk, feed, clean and provide high-quality care for their animals. [Read More …]

Cargill and Ecolab Help Advance Digital Innovation Across Food and Ag With New Techstars Farm-to-Fork Accelerator Class

September 9, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The 2020 all-virtual class roster brings a diverse and global perspective to some of the industry’s biggest challenges Helping advance the critical role of digital innovation in agriculture and food safety, Cargill and Ecolab today [Read More …]

Farm Cash Receipts Forecasted to Hit a Decade-Low in 2020

September 7, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Following a sharp downturn in many commodity prices following COVID-19, e.g., Coronavirus Sends Crop and Livestock Prices into a Tailspin, USDA’s most recent Farm Income Forecast, released Sept. 2, projects cash receipts from the sales of [Read More …]

Rural Orgs. Set Example of Success in Contrast to USDA Food Box Program

September 4, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In response to the COVID-19 crisis and an attempt to address the triple threat of crop waste, rising food insecurity, and food industry lay-offs, a rural food hub and a local community organization joined forces [Read More …]

Dairy Strong conference going virtual

September 4, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy Business Association announces Jan. 19-21 dates, online format for event Dairy Strong, an annual conference that brings together farmers and a wide variety of others connected to the dairy community, will move to an [Read More …]

COVID-19 Testing: New Best Practices and Strategies

September 4, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

For Limiting Transmission and Ensuring Safety As our industry continues to grapple with the negative effects of COVID-19 in both the home and workplace, dairy food companies are implementing new best practices and strategies to [Read More …]

Western Dairy Management Conference Postponed

September 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The 2021 Western Dairy Management Conference has been postponed until Nov. 1 – 4, according to conference organizers. The biennial event which typically attracts over 1500 dairymen and industry personnel was originally set for early [Read More …]

Farming is Our Future: American Farmland Trust to Launch Initiative to Transform Agriculture

September 2, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The pandemic previewed the impacts of a collapsing food system – land preservation, better farming practices and land access are key to ensuring agriculture will support society in the future. For 40 years American Farmland [Read More …]

Dairy Working to Advance Despite the Wait

September 2, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP Comments Off

The long wait for normalcy that’s only growing longer as the COVID-19 pandemic reaches its half-year mark of disruption is excruciating for many farmers and their families. They’re waiting to see when schools reopen nationwide. [Read More …]

Food-chain return to “normal” is slow, but it will happen, NMPF’s Detlefsen says

September 1, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The coronavirus crisis is far from over, but the food supply chain has adapted effectively, said Clay Detlefsen, chief counsel for the National Milk Producers Federation and the private-sector chair of the Food and Agricultural [Read More …]

California Fall National Show cancelled

August 29, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

With great disappointment we must share that the California Fall National Show, scheduled for October 21-25 in Tulare, California has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control. The event venue, International Agri-Center has cancelled [Read More …]

Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Rural Prosperity to hold first of three listening sessions beginning Aug. 31

August 27, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Panel offers multiple ways for rural Wisconsin residents to speak out The Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Rural Prosperity will hold the first of three virtual listening sessions on Monday, Aug. 31, from 12 to [Read More …]

Dairy MAX Continues to Help Schools Feed Students

August 27, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

From the COVID-19 shutdown, through summer and now the fall, schools and students remain a priority. In the United States, nearly 30 million children depend on the USDA’s National School Lunch Program for free or [Read More …]

AFIA Suspends 2020 Feed Facility of the Year Program

August 26, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The American Feed Industry Association in partnership with Feedstuffs is suspending the annual Feed Facility of the Year program for 2020, citing issues brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The temporary suspension of the program [Read More …]

$13.6 million remains available for Pa. dairy industry

August 25, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Any dairy farm that experienced financial losses due to COVID-19 may apply for assistance Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding visited the Scattered Acres Dairy Farm in Reading today, one of Pennsylvania’s many dairy farms that had [Read More …]

New York State Will Have A Butter Sculpture In 2020

August 25, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Virtual State Fair Experiences & Contests Announced by American Dairy Association North East Somethings are just too iconic to cancel! Despite the cancellation of the 2020 New York State Fair, American Dairy Association North East [Read More …]

Pennsylvania agriculture to be celebrated virtually for 2021 PA Farm Show

August 21, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

No in-person events or competitions Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced today that Pennsylvania’s agriculture industry will be celebrated virtually for the 2021 PA Farm Show, with no in-person events or competitions, to mitigate against COVID-19. [Read More …]

PA Dairymen’s Assoc. Statement on State’s Decision to Host a “Virtual 2021 PA Farm Show”

August 21, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dave Smith, executive director of the Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association, issued the following statement today regarding the Pa. Department of Agriculture’s decision to transition to a virtual Farm Show in January 2021 due to the lingering [Read More …]

Virtual Sustainability Tour Moves Needle with Influencers

USDA announces additional assistance to farmers and ranchers impacted by Coronavirus

Leadership – a Key Solution to Pandemic Crisis and Recovery

Farming and Agriculture Is Top Rated U.S. Business and Industry Sector

Breaking Down CFAP 2.0

Apply Now for a Second Round of Payments Through USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

NMPF statement on latest federal disaster assistance efforts

ADC Asks for Congressional Leadership to Stop the Bleeding Caused by the Pandemic

American Agri-Women Support Affordable and Nutritious Food for Families

Tracking Ag Trade: July Changes

Where is Dairy Consumption in the U.S. Going?

Penn State researchers to study novel coronavirus potential to infect livestock

COVID-19 Prevention and Management on Dairy Farms as Important as Ever

Cargill and Ecolab Help Advance Digital Innovation Across Food and Ag With New Techstars Farm-to-Fork Accelerator Class

Farm Cash Receipts Forecasted to Hit a Decade-Low in 2020

Rural Orgs. Set Example of Success in Contrast to USDA Food Box Program

Dairy Strong conference going virtual

COVID-19 Testing: New Best Practices and Strategies

Western Dairy Management Conference Postponed

Farming is Our Future: American Farmland Trust to Launch Initiative to Transform Agriculture

Dairy Working to Advance Despite the Wait

Food-chain return to “normal” is slow, but it will happen, NMPF’s Detlefsen says

California Fall National Show cancelled

Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Rural Prosperity to hold first of three listening sessions beginning Aug. 31

Dairy MAX Continues to Help Schools Feed Students

AFIA Suspends 2020 Feed Facility of the Year Program

$13.6 million remains available for Pa. dairy industry

New York State Will Have A Butter Sculpture In 2020

Pennsylvania agriculture to be celebrated virtually for 2021 PA Farm Show

PA Dairymen’s Assoc. Statement on State’s Decision to Host a “Virtual 2021 PA Farm Show”

Dietary crude protein: how low can we go thanks to the amino acid balancing concept in dairy cows?

Why Herd Immunity Matters to Your Dairy

What If You Could?

Cover Crops After Corn Silage