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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

March 17, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

The Dairy Markets Are Adjusting

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending March 14, 2025 Trade threats – and new tariffs on U.S. dairy exports to Canada and China – have spooked the markets and slowed sales. Importers don’t [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

March 16, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

Showbox Sires Announce a New Program Including Lawwal Holsteins, and Worldwide Sires/Worldwide Sires New Zealand

Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett with Showbox Sires announce a new partnership in New Zealand. Worldwide Sires/Worldwide Sires New Zealand and Lawwal Holsteins are excited about the showbox sires product line and have created an [Read More …]

Renegotiated trade deal benefits US dairy producers

The United States and Canada have been fighting about milk for years, but new Cornell research suggests recent Canadian trade concessions removed some barriers to U.S. dairy exports. Using monthly trade data, Christopher Wolf, the E. [Read More …]

Purdue Agriculture launches new leadership certificate for students

The College of Agriculture has introduced a new undergraduate leadership certificate program, Agriculture Leadership and Professional Development (AgLeadPro). The program is designed to provide students with a framework to ensure broader engagement in cocurricular activities. [Read More …]

Eating for baby’s brain development

The first 1,000 days of a child’s life are considered crucial for their cognitive, social and emotional development. That’s when the brain’s structure and capacity are determined. By children’s third birthdays, their brains triple in [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 …]

US farmers sue Trump administration for withheld IRA funds

Several U.S. farmers and non-profit organizations filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Thursday, arguing it is illegally withholding Department of Agriculture grants funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. The USDA has frozen a broad [Read More …]

Coast to Coast, Farm Families Stand With Their Employees

With new administrations come new leadership, new priorities and new regulatory approaches. The recent transition has highlighted policy changes throughout the federal government, including interior enforcement of existing immigration laws. In farming communities throughout the [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