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NovaVive Inc., an animal health immunobiology company, announces that an abstract has been presented at the 2023 AETA & CETA/ACTE Joint Convention in Orlando, FL. The abstract summarizes a research study evaluating the effect of [Read More …]

An Opportunity for Dairy Farmers throughout the Northeast to Expand their Operations through Access to Capital

The HVADC Dairy Funding Accelerator Program (DFA) is a specialized Business Technical Assistance (BTA) training program for small-herd (100 or fewer) dairy farmers in New York, western Connecticut, western Massachusetts, southern Vermont, eastern New Jersey, and [Read More …]

Take Online Assessment by Nov. 8 for PDPW Financial Literacy for Dairy Program

Assessment Places Attendees in Appropriate Level for Optimal Learning The deadline to register for the 2023-24 edition of dairy’s only financial literacy program designed specifically for the nuances and complexities of dairy industry benchmarks and [Read More …]

Lancaster County Family Shares How Team Approach Leads to Actionable Dairy Business Decisions

For Chad Fox and his brother, Corey, of Fox Meadows Farm LLC in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, outside perspectives have been key to their family’s transition in ownership and year-to-year decision making. With 85 cows and [Read More …]

USDA to Provide More Than $3 Billion to Commodity and Specialty Crop Producers Impacted by 2022 Natural Disasters

The U. S Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide more than $3 billion to commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2022. Eligible impacted producers can apply for financial assistance through the Emergency [Read More …]

CDQAP Update: Livestock Medications; Managing Liquid Storage

Read below excerpts of the California Dairy Quality Assurance Program’s October update. The entire update is available here. What’s New with Livestock Mediations?Reducing medicated feed use, identifying the cheapest, most effective antibiotic to use and partnering [Read More …]

Australia, EU say trade deal likely years away after rejecting terms

Australia has rejected European Union proposals for a free trade agreement, and a deal is now unlikely to be reached for several years, Australian government ministers said on Monday. The largest farm industry group thanked [Read More …]

Dairy Producer Gains Confidence to Transform Farm with New Technology

As Donny Bartch of Merrimart Farms in Perry County, Pennsylvania brainstormed ideas for the future of his dairy farm, he thought about a few key questions. How do he and his wife want to end [Read More …]

Join DFI, DATCP, and Savi for a Student Loan Repayment Webinar on November 7

The Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), together with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and Savi, today announced they are hosting a free student loan repayment webinar on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. The online [Read More …]

NMPF Regulatory Work “Registers” with Influential Audience

It may be one of NMPF’s most-hidden secrets to its members – an influential quarterly publication that puts dairy’s side of the story before the government and regulatory experts who directly influence dairy policy. But [Read More …]

CDQAP Update: Livestock Medications; Managing Liquid Storage

What’s New with Livestock Mediations?By Dr. Michael Payne, UC Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine and Director, CDQAP Reducing medicated feed use, identifying the cheapest, most effective antibiotic to use and partnering with veterinarians are just [Read More …]

Deadline to Apply for Organic Certification Cost Share Program Extended to December 8

October 31, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has extended the deadline for organic food processors and producers to apply for reimbursement of costs related to organic certification from USDA’s Organic Certification Cost [Read More …]

New Uplevel Dairy Podcast: Creating a MOO’V-ment with his own Milk Featuring TJ Tuls, Founder of DARI LLC

If you are a dairy producer who has been thinking about taking your milk all the way to the dairy case yourself, this episode is for you. Vertical integration is on the minds of many [Read More …]

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NMC webinar, presented in Spanish, highlights ‘Leaving a Leadership Legacy’

Join National Mastitis Council (NMC) for its next webinar – presented in Spanish – on Dec. 6, starting at 1 p.m. Central time (U.S./Canada). Juan Quezada, Milk Source LLC’s director of training and development, Kaukauna, [Read More …]

Energy Plans, Managing Hypocalcemia and Understanding Milk Checks on Tap for The Dairy Signal

Weekly webinar from PDPW provides interactive discussions with experts, continuing education credits This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) will provide timely information to benefit dairy producers’ bottom line and herd [Read More …]

Dairy Innovation Hub releases fourth annual report

The Dairy Innovation Hub has released its fourth annual report that reflects progress and activities from July 2022 through June 2023. Highlights of the report include: More than 200 projects funded across three campuses and [Read More …]

Making the Case for Full-Fat Dairy

Skim milk, or whole? The Dietary Guidelines for Americans has long held that Americans should limit saturated fats from dairy products for a healthy diet. But does that recommendation conflict with the latest science on [Read More …]

Cal Poly Welcomes New Director to Dairy Products Technology Center

Carmen Licon-Cano, an experienced food engineer and dairy enthusiast, has joined Cal Poly’s College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences as the director of the Dairy Products Technology Center, overseeing the research and development of [Read More …]

USDA Appoints New Members to Food Safety Advisory Committee

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing the appointment of 21 new members and nine returning members to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF). The purpose of the committee is [Read More …]

Cost Share Assistance Available for Irrigation Technology

October 30, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Conservation (KDA–DOC) is pleased to announce the availability of funds in the form of cost share assistance and incentive payments to assist landowners with irrigation efficiency technology. The [Read More …]

Health of Global Demand for Milk Powder Sparks Fear

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending October 27, 2023 SMP fell hard at the GDT Pulse event on Tuesday. It’s too soon to know whether the Pulse auction represents a good indication of [Read More …]

Dairy Market Report: Lower production, strong domestic demand set the stage for milk price rebound

Reduced production and strong domestic consumption are showing up in dairy product production and inventory levels, offsetting weaker exports and setting the stage for the milk price rebound long foreseen in dairy futures markets and [Read More …]

Last Day for Milk Loss Program assistance is Today: October 30

The extended deadline to sign up for USDA’s Milk Loss Program (MLP) is Monday, Oct. 30. Administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency, MLP compensates dairy producers who, because of qualifying weather events, dumped or removed [Read More …]

Bolstering Fish and Dairy Consumption in the Granite State

UNH research studies tailored nutritional education that also benefits regional food industries The federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a lifeline to more than 70,000 Granite Staters—about 5.1 percent of the population—enabling access to [Read More …]

9 Years Without a No-Call, No-Show Employee with Brett Barlass

You may already be doing annual employee reviews … but are you actually using them to drive employee engagement?And maybe you hold monthly employee meetings … but are they actually helping you to get buy-in [Read More …]

Turner named director of Cornell Cooperative Extension