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Fifty-four students demonstrating academic performance and community involvement will each receive a scholarship to help fund their higher education goals through Hilmar Cheese Company’s annual scholarship program. This program, which has existed since 2003, is [Read More …]

Yogurt, butter and American-type cheese provided bright spots in domestic commercial use during Q1

Total U.S. dairy exports have steadily increased over the past three months. First quarter U.S. milk production rose 0.8% from a year earlier, due mostly to increased cow numbers; milk solids production grew by 2.1% [Read More …]

Support the Next Generation Through Your Everyday Feed Purchase

Submit Your Bids for Up to $5,000 Worth of Purina Dairy Feed Products If you want to support the next generation of dairy through your everyday feed purchase, submit your bid in the “Feed for the [Read More …]

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Center Hires Summer Intern to Help Support PA Dairy Farmers & Develop Dairy Education Programs

Kennedy Joins the Center’s Team Supporting the Dairy Industry The Center for Dairy Excellence has named Sara Kennedy, a rising junior at The Pennsylvania State University, as the 2025 education and communications intern. She joins [Read More …]

Developing Cost-Efficient Opportunity to Enhance Farm-Specific Crop Performance, Dairy Diet Formulation and Milk Production

The farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) has published results of field trials demonstrating how farm-specific environments affect the value of forage crops as vital feed ingredients in dairy cow diets and milk [Read More …]

Upcoming Documentary: What You Should Know

Dear Dairy MAX Farmers, I want to make you aware of a new documentary called The Price of Milk—formerly titled All American Milk—that’s premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 8. Sponsored by Oatly, [Read More …]

PDP Accelerate Levels Up Summer Internship Programs

One-day conference for agriculture-industry interns set for July 22 in Madison, Wis. For those spearheading the summer internship program within their organization or dairy, PDP Accelerate™ offers resources that transcend those of most traditional internship [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Announces New Slate of Presidential Appointments at USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Farm Service Agency, and Rural Development

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced the latest slate of presidential appointments for key positions at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) including the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), Farm Service Agency (FSA) [Read More …]

BouMatic introduces the MilkGenius In-Line Milk Analyzer into it’s Gemini UP milking robot and milking systems.

BouMatic announces the release of the MilkGenius In-Line Milk Analyzer into it’s Gemini UP milking robot and other BouMatic milking systems. This is a result of the partnership between BouMatic and BROLIS, driven by a [Read More …]

Update on USDA Efforts to Fight New World Screwworm in Mexico

May 28, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ongoing partnership with Mexico to combat the New World Screwworm (NWS). This afternoon, Secretary Rollins held a [Read More …]

NMPF and USDEC Efforts Achieve Streamlined Process for U.S. Dairy Exports to Costa Rica

In a key win for U.S. dairy exporters’ ability to help meet Costa Rican dairy demand, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Costa Rica’s National Animal Health Service (SENASA) have agreed to put in [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Secures Greater Market Access with Costa Rica for U.S. Dairy Industry

May 28, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Under U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins’ leadership, American dairy producers will have greater market access as Costa Rica has approved the first U.S. dairy facility to be registered under their new streamlined approval [Read More …]

Tim Rauen Recognized as Holstein Association USA’s 2025 Distinguished Young Holstein Breeder

May 28, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Embracing technology, staying true to his breeding strategy, and the desire to constantly improve the Registered Holstein® cow have been the driving forces behind the 2025 Distinguished Young Holstein Breeder’s path in the dairy industry. [Read More …]

2025 Wisconsin Master Cheesemakers

The Center for Dairy Research (CDR) and Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) are excited to announce the 2025 graduating class of the Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker® program. This year’s class includes seven new and two returning [Read More …]

Custom Ag names Scott Addy as Chief Executive Officer

Industry veteran brings decades of agricultural leadership and market insight Custom Agronomics, a leading provider of private-label liquid plant nutrition and specialty products for the agriculture, turf, and ornamental markets, announced today that Scott Addy has been [Read More …]

‘Feed for the Future’ Silent Auction to Accept Bids Starting May 28, Supports On-Farm Internships Through Feed Purchase

Dairy Producers Can Support the Next Generation With Their Everyday Feed Purchase Dairy producers can support the next generation of dairy through their everyday feed purchases by bidding in the annual “Feed for the Future” [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Increases Funding to Reimburse States for Food Safety Inspections

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today she will exercise the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) authority to provide a much-needed funding increase of $14.5 million in reimbursements to states for meat and [Read More …]

Commissioner Sid Miller Extends Deadline For $280 Million In Relief For South Texas Producers

This extension will give producers more time to finish their water treaty grant application Today, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) announced that the application deadline for the 1944 [Read More …]

Trump Administration Appoints Clark Putman to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in New York

The Trump Administration recently appointed Clark Putman as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in New York. Putman joined the New York FSA team on May 5, 2025. [Read More …]

65 Schools Receive Grant to Fund Ag Programs and Equipment

Compeer Financial awards $239,815 to middle and high schools in Upper Midwest Compeer Financial announced it is awarding 65 schools in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin a total of $239,815 to support agricultural education programs and equipment [Read More …]

What’s the Deal with Screwworms?

Last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the suspension of imports of live cattle, horses, and bison across the U.S. southern border due to the rapid northward spread of New World Screwworm (NWS) [Read More …]

Farmers Lead the Way on the 2025 Spring Lely Vector Tour

More than 30 farmers from across North America joined the 2025 Spring Lely Vector Tour to visit four advanced dairy farms using the Lely Vector automatic feeding system and other Lely technologies. Despite late-season wintry [Read More …]

House Approves Budget Measure Including Farm Bill Elements

In the wee early hours on Thursday, the House passed landmark budget legislation – or what colloquially is called the “one big, beautiful bill” – to facilitate many of the political objectives of the Trump [Read More …]

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California Dairy Farms Achieve 5 Million Tons of Annual Methane Reduction

This year, the state’s dairy farms will achieve an annual reduction of 5 million metric tons of methane (5 MMTCO2e/year). This has been accomplished through on-farm projects to improve manure management and continuous gains in milk [Read More …]

Highest Head Count Since 2023

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending May 23, 2025 For several years the heifer shortage restrained growth in U.S. milk output. But the invisible hand has proved its might once again. Given enough [Read More …]

CDFA Issues Significant QIP Hardship Ruling; Adopts New Hardship Procedures