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June 9, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Learn about the requirements and certification process of becoming an aerial pesticide applicator. How to Become an Aerial (Drone) Pesticide Applicator Are you looking to start your own aerial application business or apply restricted use [Read More …]

Daily Average U.S. Cheese Exports Surge to an All-time High

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending June 6, 2025 U.S. milk and dairy product output is growing quickly. But formidable exports are keeping a firm floor under the dairy markets. Even after sizable [Read More …]

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Michigan State University leads next-generation anaerobic digestion innovation

MSU is spearheading next-generation anaerobic digestion technologies that convert agricultural and food waste into renewable energy, recover nutrients and water, and support environmental sustainability across Michigan and the Great Lakes region. As conversations continue to [Read More …]

What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus US authorities say was smuggled in from China?

Federal prosecutors charged two Chinese researchers on Tuesday with smuggling a crop-killing fungus into the U.S. last summer — charges that come amid heightened political tensions between the two countries and as the Trump administration moves to revoke visas from visiting [Read More …]

Sid Miller Backing Federal Action Against New World Screwworm Threat

“The New World Screwworm cannot be eliminated with half-hearted efforts. Actual eradication requires the strategic release of millions of sterile flies. I was skeptical of the Biden Administration’s approach, but this collaborative effort led by [Read More …]

Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Unveils Legacy Giving Society

The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation is thrilled to recognize supporters with a newly established giving society, the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Legacy Tree. Lifetime contributions and planned or estate commitments to the Wisconsin Farm Bureau [Read More …]

One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Agricultural Provisions

The House of Representatives’ advancement of H.R.1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” marks a significant step toward restoring longer-term certainty for farmers and ranchers after a series of short-term extensions of the 2018 farm [Read More …]

NMPF flags unconstitutional regulations; FARM Biosecurity Program hosts first in-person training

NMPF’s latest Regulatory Register provides updates on NMPF’s approach to the administration’s “deregulation” initiatives and important updates in trade policy, including details about a new agreement that streamlines exports in Costa Rica. The report also [Read More …]

U.S. Dairy Brings the Joy of Ice Cream to White House Summer Social With More Than 4,600 Frozen Treats

Several thousand White House employees and Administration appointees were treated to delicious ice cream novelties this afternoon at the White House Summer Social—an appreciation event on the White House Lawn thrown by the Trump Administration [Read More …]

FFAR, DMI & Zoetis Call for Research Proposals to Study Connection Between Dairy Cow Health, Economics & the Environment

June 6, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) and Zoetis are launching the Dairy Health, Efficiency & Resource Dynamics (Dairy HERD) Initiative. The goal for this $1.3 million research collaboration is to advance research in animal health, [Read More …]

Obituary: Holstein Breeder Gilbert Teixeira, 73

Gilbert R. Teixeira, 73, of Gil-Tex Holsteins in Turlock, Calif., died on May 23, 2025 with his family by his side. He was a successful and enthusiastic breeder of Registered Holsteins for his entire life, [Read More …]

The Dairy Alliance Brings Milk’s Got Game to the Plate for Biloxi Shuckers’ 10th Anniversary

Southeast dairy farm families partner with the Shuckers for an exciting night of baseball The Dairy Alliance, a nonprofit organization funded by dairy farm families in the Southeast, is proud to serve as the presenting [Read More …]

NMPF Applauds Senate Committee for Advancing Whole Milk Bill

The National Milk Producers Federation applauded the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry for supporting by voice vote the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, a vital piece of legislation for increasing student milk [Read More …]

Agenda Announced for the 125th Annual Meeting of the California Creamery Operators Association

The 125th Annual Meeting of the California Creamery Operators Association (CCOA) will take place June 23-24 at the Tahoe Blue Event Center in South Lake Tahoe. The CCOA’s Board of Directors are proud to announce [Read More …]

ImmuCell’s First Defense Team Expands, Adds Dennis Miguel and Tim Winter

ImmuCell Corporation is pleased to announce that Dennis Miguel and Tim Winter have joined the First Defense commercial team. As a Sales and Marketing Manager, Miguel is responsible for the California Plus Region, which includes [Read More …]

Dairy in the Era of “Make America Healthy Again”

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 1-2 p.m. ET Join NMPF for a members-only webinar exploring the implications of the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement. MAHA has already made waves in Washington, with a commission report [Read More …]

Diepersloot named Vita Plus forage and nutrition sales consultant

Cole Diepersloot, Ph.D., recently joined the Vita Plus team as a forage and dairy nutrition sales consultant. Diepersloot will work with the Vita Plus dairy and forage teams to serve customers in the Michigan, Indiana, [Read More …]

CDFA’S OPCA Now Accepting 2025-2026 Proposals For Biologically Integrated Farming Systems

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Pesticide Consultation and Analysis (OPCA), within the Office of Agricultural Resilience and Sustainability, is now accepting concept proposals for its Biologically Integrated Farming Systems Grant Program (BIFS). The program funds on-farm demonstration and [Read More …]

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Evonik continues to optimize its global production setup for MetAMINO®

Evonik will continue to optimize its global methionine production setup for MetAMINO® (DL-methionine) in the third and fourth quarter of 2025. Implementation of several technical measures requires a shutdown of the production facilities for methionine [Read More …]

New assay offers way to combat threat of highly pathogenic avian flu

Highly pathogenic avian influenza reached Antarctica’s mainland in early 2024, leaving Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island nations as the only regions on Earth that remain free from the H5N1 strain. Purdue University researchers now [Read More …]

Sweeten This Summer’s Made-in-PA Getaways on Scooped: An Ice Cream Trail

Shapiro Administration Kicks Off 2025 Ice Cream Trail at Destiny Dairy Bar in Cumberland County, one of 51 sweet stops for a Great American Getaway Today, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Department of Community [Read More …]

Griffo statement on bill that would harm state’s dairy industry

New York State Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-C-Rome, released the following statement today regarding proposed legislation that would be detrimental to small, family-owned dairy farms in New York, especially those upstate: “This preposterous bill limiting cows on [Read More …]

IDFA Applauds Senate Agriculture Committee Passage of Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act

The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry House today passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act in 2025—a bill that would allow for whole (3.25%) and reduced-fat (2%) milk to once again [Read More …]

FMMO Changes in Effect As Of June 1

June 1, World Milk Day and the start of National Dairy Month, also marked the end of a multi-year process NMPF initiated and led, with the official implementation of the Final Rule to update Federal [Read More …]

Transforming Animal Health in the U.S. for the 21st Century

The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA has released its report on Transforming Animal Health in the U.S. for the 21st Century. At the request of the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, the Foundation convened a panel of experts [Read More …]

PURE Bioscience Unveils Revolutionary Membrane Treatment Solution for the Dairy and Beverage Industry

PURE Bioscience, Inc. (OTCQB: PURE) (“PURE,” the “Company” or “we”), creator of the patented non-toxic silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC) antimicrobial, is proud to announce an innovative application method for membrane treatment in the dairy and [Read More …]

Choose Milk’s High-Quality Protein Benefits This Summer

Milk protein benefits everyone in every way. Summer has a sneaky way of taking over your schedule and depleting your energy. It’s spring and then, suddenly, you’re knee-deep in camp schedules, road trip plans, pool [Read More …]

Whole Milk Poised for Senate Committee Vote

The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act is poised for more progress later today, with the Senate Agriculture Committee drafting its own version of the legislation, following the House of Representatives in moving forward critical [Read More …]

Request Free “Choose PA Dairy” Resources During June Dairy Month

Request Free Material to Share With Your Community This Summer To showcase the hard work of Pennsylvania dairy farmers during National Dairy Month this June, the Center for Dairy Excellence has several free resources to [Read More …]

John Deere Launches New F8 and F9 Series Self-Propelled Forage Harvesters