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The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that it is providing approximately $208 million in automatic financial assistance for qualifying farm and emergency loan borrowers. This announcement is made possible by $3.1 billion in assistance [Read More …]

2024 Food Export Advisor Program

The Export Advisor Program is a year-long service providing custom assistance to help your company kick start or improve your strategy for export growth.Our expert advisors provide a systematic approach to help grow your export [Read More …]

Farm Bill & Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) Update

Jayne Sebright shared an update about the current Farm Bill and Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program. Just before Thanksgiving and just in time, Congress passed a stop-gap funding bill that averted a government shutdown. [Read More …]

Trends in the Beef x Dairy Industry

In this third episode of Cornell Cow Convos, Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team Dairy Specialist, Margaret Quaassdorff and South Central New York Dairy and Field Crops Team Dairy Specialist, Betsy Hicks discuss the opportunities and challenges for farmers surrounding the beef x dairy industry [Read More …]

Dairy Tech in Texas: Managing 8,000 Cows with Activity Monitors featuring Nathan Moroney, Del Rio Dairy

One of the big challenges that comes up for dairy farm owners and managers as they grow and scale is this: Should you invest more heavily in highly-skilled, really good cow people, or invest in [Read More …]

Center Awards $205,000 to Help Dairy Producers Enhance Efficiency & Cow Comfort

The Dairy Excellence Grants Were Awarded to 41 Dairy Producers From 21 PA Counties The Center for Dairy Excellence recently awarded a collective total of $205,000 to 41 Pennsylvania dairy producers through the latest round [Read More …]

Real California Milk Brings Back The California Cheese Wreath Kit

The Edible Gift That Gives Back To Communities In Need In celebration of the holidays, today the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) released its second collaboration with cheese shop Lady & Larder – the California [Read More …]

USDA Announces Opening of Application Period for Regional Agricultural Promotion Program

Regional Agricultural Promotion Program was designed to help American producers maintain and develop markets for their commodities Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the first tranche of funding under [Read More …]

Milk Price Differentials Long Overdue for an Update

December 1, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

On Aug. 23, USDA began hearing testimony on proposals to amend the Federal Milk Marketing Order system. Now reconvening in week nine of testimony, 21 submitted proposals continue to be discussed and examined by USDA [Read More …]

Tim Abbott talks with country music performers KC Johns and Tim Baumgartner on upcoming Music City Celebration Sale

Tim Abbott interviews country music performers KC Johns and Tim Baumgartner on their extraordinary careers and the upcoming Music City Celebration Sale in Nashville.

USDA Makes Producer-Friendly Change to 2023 Notice of Loss Requirements for Two Livestock Disaster Assistance Programs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has waived certain notice of loss requirements for 2023 for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP) and Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP). In an effort to streamline assistance to support access to [Read More …]

Legal battles over elk stress dairy farmers

Marin County dairy farmer Tim Kehoe says his operation may be forced to close. His father, Skip, was one of a group of farmers and ranchers who sold properties to help make the Point Reyes [Read More …]

Lormore Named 2023 Department of Animal Science Distinguished Dairy Science Alumnus

Mike Lormore, DVM, MS, MBA, was recognized as the 2023 Distinguished Dairy Science alumnus in Penn State’s Department of Animal Science at a reception at the University in October. Lormore is the Executive Director and [Read More …]

Ohio Auctioneer Awarded Top Honors at World Livestock Auctioneer Championship Qualifier

After a day of competitive bid-calling in Paris, Kentucky, 10 more auctioneers have advanced to the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship. The qualifiers, led by Daniel Mitchell, Cumberland, Ohio, will next compete in the semifinals, to [Read More …]

Purdue agricultural economics faculty awarded USDA NIFA grants

Four agricultural economics faculty at Purdue University’s College of Agriculture recently received research grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The grants’ principal investigators (PIs) are Tor Tolhurst, assistant professor of [Read More …]

Biden-Harris Administration Partners with Ag Producers to Strengthen Agricultural Supply Chains and Lower Food Costs

$196 Million Investment Expands Markets and Creates Jobs in 37 States and Puerto Rico As part of the inaugural meeting of the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience, President Biden and U.S. Department of Agriculture [Read More …]

AFBF Disappointed in USMCA Dairy Report

November 30, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on the report released by a dispute settlement panel established under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement regarding Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quota allocation measures. “AFBF is disappointed in the [Read More …]

DairyVoice: Tim Abbott talks with Chris Hill, Marty Matlock and ,Eric Olstad on the upcoming Music City Celebration Sale

This Nashville, Tennessee Sale has become THE go-to event for the past 7 years. This year’s event will be December 9 – 11 and is expected to be the best yet. In this podcast, host [Read More …]

ARM & HAMMER™ Welcomes New Global Director of Marketing Communications & Digital Strategy

Arm & Hammer Animal and Food Production is pleased to welcome Marlena Hidlay to its #ScienceHearted team. Marlena will serve as the Global Director of Marketing Communications & Digital Strategy for the Specialty Product Division of ARM [Read More …]

SNAP Healthy Fluid Milk Incentive Program Expands

Additional 575 Stores in 16 States with Award to Auburn Hunger Solutions Institute The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released grant-approval to significantly expand the Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Projects (HFMI)—a program established by Congress [Read More …]

Favorite Takeaways From Season 3 of Cow-Side Conversations

With 13,600+ downloads to date, our Cow-Side Conversations podcast has remained true to its original mission: helping dairy farmers learn from other farmers.As we wrap up Season 3, Jayne Sebright, host of the podcast, sat down with Emily [Read More …]

Gain New Perspectives, Insights with Dairy Tours on PDPW’s Explore California Trip

Go behind the scenes at top dairy farms, creameries and cheese producers during five-day trip The state of California is home to some of the most successful and recognized dairy farms and processors in the [Read More …]

Michigan Milk Producers Association announces strategic investment in GoodSport Nutrition

Partnership aims to create an alliance for future innovation and furthers commitment to sustainability. Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA), a dairy cooperative committed to fostering innovation announced that it has taken an equity stake in Chicago-based start-up, GoodSport [Read More …]

MSU-led research team receives $946K grant to study alfalfa autotoxicity

The project is funded by USDA NIFA’s Alfalfa Seed and Forage Systems program. A multi-institutional research team led by Michigan State University has received a $946,349 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National [Read More …]

Crossroads ahead: Get the insights at American Dairy Coalition’s annual meeting webinar

American Dairy Coalition (ADC) will have its annual business meeting open to all dairy farmers across the country – by zoom webinar – on Thurs., Dec. 7th, beginning at 2:30 p.m. EST. The Honorable Glenn [Read More …]

2024 Wisconsin Women in Agriculture Conference

Women at the forefront of Wisconsin’s diverse agriculture community should plan to attend the Wisconsin Women in Agriculture Conference this January 12 and 13, 2024 at the Three Bears Resort in Warrens, WI. The Wisconsin Women in [Read More …]

DMI’s O’Brien Highlights Science-Based, Partnership-Driven Results