Corona

DCRC pivots from in-person to virtual conference

August 21, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The in-person Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) Annual Meeting, previously scheduled for Nov.11-12, in Madison, Wis., is rescheduled for Nov. 10-12, in a virtual format. Given current capacity restrictions in Dane County, Wis., due to [Read More …]

DCRC pivots from in-person to virtual conference

August 19, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 3

The in-person Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) Annual Meeting, previously scheduled for Nov.11-12, in Madison, Wis., is rescheduled for Nov. 10-12, in a virtual format. Given current capacity restrictions in Dane County, Wis., due to [Read More …]

Cornell Nutrition Conference

August 19, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

October 19 – 22, 2020 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT daily Due to the ongoing uncertainty related to the Coronavirus pandemic and limitations on an in-person experience, this year’s conference will be offered [Read More …]

Resiliency, entrepreneurial spirit will see agriculture industry through changing economy

August 19, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Home deliveries, direct sales, and an emphasis on local producers are just a few of the ways that the agriculture industry has changed during COVID-19. Change will continue as the economy evolves, and the resiliency [Read More …]

NYFB on testing plan for state’s farmworkers during pandemic

August 18, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Protections can safeguard employees and fall harvest New York Farm Bureau has advocated for inter-agency state coordination related to testing, medical treatment, and emergency housing for farmworkers since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and [Read More …]

Lack of DMC Payments Does Not Reflect Dairy Farmers’ Difficulties

August 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The ripple effects of COVID-19 have been very damaging to dairy farmers. However, while the Dairy Margin Coverage program was helpful in the early months of the pandemic for producers who had elected to receive [Read More …]

No Change in Land Values For 2020

August 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The average value of agricultural cropland is $4,100 per acre in 2020, unchanged from 2019 but in line with the record highs seen in 2019 and 2015, according to USDA’s recently released 2020 Land Values report. Similarly, [Read More …]

Farm animals and COVID-19: Should you be worried?

August 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

With the rapid spread of the new coronavirus believed to have started in bats, some people might be genuinely concerned about their farm animals. Could the animals catch COVID-19? The answer is murky. While there [Read More …]

Farmers need more time to access aid

August 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Letter sent to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue requests deadline be pushed beyond August 28, 2020 The American Farm Bureau Federation is asking the USDA to extend the application deadline for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program [Read More …]

Keeping Rural Communities Connected while Socially Distanced

August 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

COVID Relief for Rural Broadband Like all families, farm families have many worries about the COVID-19 health crisis, and the lack of broadband access adds another obstacle. Never has the need for broadband deployment funding [Read More …]

Coronavirus Trade Data: Four Months In

August 10, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

USDA’s import and export trade data for June 2020, released Wednesday, provides important insight into the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on U.S. farm products. While the first stay-at-home orders didn’t begin until mid-March, concerns [Read More …]

Trade Gives Dairy Something to Cheer About

August 5, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The intensity of U.S. events in recent months has made it very easy, and sometimes necessary, in the dairy sector to be laser-focused on domestic markets, with never-before-seen price swings and a renaissance in consumer [Read More …]

2020 Agrifood Investment to Date Shatters Records

August 4, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

According to Latest Finistere Ventures Global Investment Report Examines Covid Impact in Agtech and Foodtech Financing and Ranks Top Ten Deals in Each Sector Agrifood venture pioneer Finistere Ventures today released its midyear findings of its ongoing AgriFood [Read More …]

Are You Prepared For COVID-19 Lawsuits?

August 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Thursday, August 13 | 1:00 p.m. Eastern Food producers and retailers are facing a wave of class action lawsuits by their workers and the public, challenging the adequacy of COVID-19 protections and often seeking court [Read More …]

Additional coronavirus relief critical to farm businesses

July 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

HEALS Act is the latest in response to the COVID-19 national emergency Senate leadership recently introduced the Health Economic Assistance Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act. The HEALS Act is the latest in response to [Read More …]

Senator Tina Smith Introduces Loan Program to Help Dairy Processors

July 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

U.S. Senator Tina Smith Introduces Loan Program to Help Dairy Processors Weather COVID-19 Economic Crisis Today U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.)–a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee–introduced legislation to create a loan program to provide relief [Read More …]

What’s in the HEALS Act for Agriculture?

July 29, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Comparing HEALS and HEROS Act Provisions for Agriculture On July 27, Senate Republicans announced the details of their $1 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package, the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools Act, follow-up legislation to the [Read More …]

Governor Newsom announces new supports for California workers

July 28, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Governor announces support for workers to isolate and quarantine outside their home Building on previous actions to protect California’s front-line workforce, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a host of new safeguards for California workers who [Read More …]

New shutdowns complicate farms’ plans – from Ag Alert

July 27, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Making planting decisions for fall and winter vegetables is hard enough without a pandemic and ever-changing shutdown orders dimming the crystal ball. The state ordered indoor restaurant dining to cease again July 13 as coronavirus [Read More …]

Revisiting Record-Large Negative PPDs on Milk Checks

July 27, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Milk pricing in the U.S. is incredibly complicated. One particular feature of milk pricing that always seems to rub dairy farmers the wrong way is negative producer price differentials – a line item on the [Read More …]

Ernst Introduces New Bill to Reward COVID-19 Front Line Workers

July 23, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The bill includes a payroll and income tax holiday and has the support of 27 industry groups U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today introduced her new bill to allow essential workers on the front lines [Read More …]

NY Kids And Teens Can Get Free, Healthy Summer Meals

July 22, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Now More Than Ever- It’s Important for Children to Be Properly Nourished Schools may be closed, but free summer meals are available to children at sites around the State. Adapting to accommodate the current situation, [Read More …]

New York Farm Bureau Releases COVID-19 Impact Survey on Food System

July 22, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

New York Farm Bureau, the state’s largest farm organization, unveiled the results of a member survey that found 65% of the state’s farms and agribusinesses have been negatively impacted financially by the COVID-19 pandemic. More [Read More …]

U.S. Economic Recovery Hinges on Virus Control and Consumer Confidence

July 15, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Severity of economic disruption varies widely among agriculture and rural market sectors, while uncertainty abounds Rural industries are grappling with how to adjust their businesses to remain relevant and sustainable in the face of the [Read More …]

May margin triggers Dairy Margin Coverage payment

July 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

FSA has issued more than $176M in program benefits to dairy producers this year The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced that the May 2020 income over feed cost margin was [Read More …]

Experts Weigh In On Future of Food During July 14 Fundraiser

July 10, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Thursday, July 9, 2020 – Internationally recognized experts in consumer insights and the food industry will reveal the latest research on consumer trends, the current environment in food and agriculture and what the future holds [Read More …]

Farm Credit West Distributes Mid-Year Patronage

July 9, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In response to the significant hardship the COVID-19 pandemic and related closures have had on agriculture in California and Arizona, Farm Credit West’s Board of Directors recently resolved to distribute a mid-year patronage cash dividend [Read More …]

Ben Laine of Rabobank talks about DAIRY key points and prices for the rest of the year

July 9, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy prices will likely come down and production will likely go up as we move through the rest of 2020, says Ben Laine, U.S. dairy analyst for Rabobank. In his discussion with Joel Hastings of [Read More …]

The Great NYS Fair has been cancelled

July 9, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Due to the ongoing pandemic Due to concerns over COVID-19, the Great New York State Fair has been cancelled. The fair was originally scheduled for Friday, August 21st through Labor Day, Monday, September 7th. This [Read More …]

Dairy industry will need to adjust to new consumer behaviors

July 8, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

COVID-19 causing shifts and uncertainty in purchasing patterns and consumption habits COVID-19 is dramatically affecting consumer habits and dairy supply chains as food service demand plummets and grocery sales surge. Consumers struggling with job losses [Read More …]

DCRC pivots from in-person to virtual conference

DCRC pivots from in-person to virtual conference

Cornell Nutrition Conference

Resiliency, entrepreneurial spirit will see agriculture industry through changing economy

NYFB on testing plan for state’s farmworkers during pandemic

Lack of DMC Payments Does Not Reflect Dairy Farmers’ Difficulties

No Change in Land Values For 2020

Farm animals and COVID-19: Should you be worried?

Farmers need more time to access aid

Keeping Rural Communities Connected while Socially Distanced

Coronavirus Trade Data: Four Months In

Trade Gives Dairy Something to Cheer About

2020 Agrifood Investment to Date Shatters Records

Are You Prepared For COVID-19 Lawsuits?

Additional coronavirus relief critical to farm businesses

Senator Tina Smith Introduces Loan Program to Help Dairy Processors

What’s in the HEALS Act for Agriculture?

Governor Newsom announces new supports for California workers

New shutdowns complicate farms’ plans – from Ag Alert

Revisiting Record-Large Negative PPDs on Milk Checks

Ernst Introduces New Bill to Reward COVID-19 Front Line Workers

NY Kids And Teens Can Get Free, Healthy Summer Meals

New York Farm Bureau Releases COVID-19 Impact Survey on Food System

U.S. Economic Recovery Hinges on Virus Control and Consumer Confidence

May margin triggers Dairy Margin Coverage payment

Experts Weigh In On Future of Food During July 14 Fundraiser

Farm Credit West Distributes Mid-Year Patronage

Ben Laine of Rabobank talks about DAIRY key points and prices for the rest of the year

The Great NYS Fair has been cancelled

Dairy industry will need to adjust to new consumer behaviors

The Downside and Upside of Increasing Exports

Not all fiber behaves the same in dairy rations

What Is Your Reason?

Preparing Grain Storages for Harvest