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Students from Oklahoma and Alabama universities take home top prizes Students from Oklahoma State University and Auburn University took home the top prizes in the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2022 College Aggies Online scholarship program. Participants [Read More …]

Mitloehner brings clarity to cows, climate

A new study calls for U.S. dairy industry to aim for climate neutrality, not net-zero GHG American Dairy Coalition (ADC) wants dairy farmers to know there is now updated research that accurately calculates methane from [Read More …]

Journal of School Health Publishes Lessons Learned by Dairy Council of California During Pandemic

Dairy Council of California, a leader in nutrition education and advocacy, was recently published in the esteemed Journal of School Health. The article, titled “Collaborative Strategies to Improve Nutrition Security and Education: Lessons Learned During [Read More …]

Checkoff Highlights from Annual Meeting

More than 750 dairy farmers and industry representatives attended the 2022 joint annual meeting of the United Dairy Industry Association, National Dairy Promotion and Research Board, and National Milk Producers Federation. Here are some checkoff highlights and [Read More …]

Dale Brown Shares How Overcrowding Has Improved Profitability & Benefits of Benchmarking

Listen to Our Latest “Cow-Side Conversations” Podcast Should you overcrowd or not? While some farms use overcrowding to increase overall profitability, others worry that individual cow performance will suffer if they overcrowd. In this episode [Read More …]

January 2023 Dairy Days Include NNYADP Calf Probiotic, Manure-Food Waste Co-Digestion Project Updates

The 2023 Dairy Days programming on January 17 in Watertown and January 18 in Lowville will include Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) research updates on the potential benefits of probiotic supplementation for dairy [Read More …]

Pa. 4-H’ers earn second place in National 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Contest

At the North American International Livestock Exposition The Lancaster County 4-H senior dairy bowl team — Jacob Bramm, Olivia Bramm, Madelynn Hoffman, AJ Wanner and Alexa Hoffman — recently took second place at the National 4-H Dairy [Read More …]

2023 World Ag Expo Top-10 New Product winners announced

The winners will be showcased February 14-16, 2023 during the World Ag Expo Results are in for World Ag Expo’s® 2023 Top-10 New Products Competition. The winners will be showcased February 14-16, 2023 during the [Read More …]

Food Pantries Receive Refrigeration Units From Hoosier Dairy Farmers

Local food pantries throughout Indiana have been awarded milk refrigeration units on behalf of Hoosier dairy farmers as part of an American Dairy Association Indiana (ADAI) grant program. The program provides area food pantries with [Read More …]

Patterson Closes Acquisition of Dairy Tech

Transaction Expands Patterson Animal Health’s Suite of Offerings Patterson Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDCO), announced that it has, through a subsidiary, closed the previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Dairy Tech, Inc. [Read More …]

Real California Milk Celebrates the Season of Giving with 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) introduced a collaboration with cheese shop Lady & Larder and cheese expert Jessica [Read More …]

Dairy Technology Tuesdays

January 10 to February 21, 2023 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST This seven-part webinar series by Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY and Cornell Cooperative Extension offers cutting edge information about dairy technology from industry experts. If you are [Read More …]

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Join or renew membership with CCA

The nationwide Cooperative Communicators Association (CCA) is accepting new members and membership renewals for 2023. “Many types of cooperatives have one or more members on a communication team to organize customer and employee communication efforts,” [Read More …]

JDS Communications is now indexed in PubMed

Inclusion in this national database makes journal’s articles more easily accessible to researchers, may increase citations JDS Communications is now being indexed by the national database PubMed. Editor-in-Chief Matt Lucy, PhD, stressed the significance of this [Read More …]

Precise parlor data is a must for today’s dairy farms

Timely, accurate information is essential to optimize your farm’s potential. There’s no doubt dairy farming is in the middle of a data-driven technological revolution. This trend opens new and exciting opportunities in cow care and [Read More …]

Cowboy Ninja Trains American Agri-Women to Overcome Obstacles

Cowboy Ninja Lance Pekus trained American Agri-Women (AAW) members to overcome obstacles with tips gained from his 11 years competing on the hit television series, “American Ninja Warrior.”Pekus shared several obstacles he has overcome to [Read More …]

Gov. Hochul convenes working group to support NY farmers

December 15, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Directive will address and implement feedback gathered during summer roundtable discussions held with the farming community Governor Hochul announced that a special working group of state agencies and agricultural community stakeholders will collaborate to support [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast: Dr. Sara Kvidera of Elanco AH on immune activation in dairy

Dr. Sara Kvidera of Elanco Animal Health talks about immune activation in dairy. She and DairyVoice host Connie Kuber discuss the consequences of this happening and what do dairy farmers need to do about it? [Read More …]

Young dairy professionals to speak at Dairy Summit, scholarships available

Young dairy professionals scholarship available to help attend PA Dairy Summit The 2023 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit, which will be held on February 8 and 9, 2023 in State College, Pennsylvania, will help dairy producers and [Read More …]

Home delivery of Indiana dairy during the holidays

Market Wagon provides last-mile delivery for dairy farms across Indiana The American Dairy Association Indiana has partnered with online farmers market Market Wagon to promote the delicious farm-fresh offerings from Hoosier dairy farms for the [Read More …]

PODCAST: NMPF scholarship supports dairy’s future

NMPF’s National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Program supports graduate students who are actively pursuing dairy related fields of research Holiday giving season is under way, and NMPF’s National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Program is a worthy beneficiary [Read More …]

Wisconsin Farm Bureau presents awards

Young Farmer and Agriculturists Oudenhoven, Hoffman honored Kelly Oudenhoven was selected as the winner of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer and Agriculturist Farming for the Future Award at the organization’s 103rd Annual Meeting on Dec. [Read More …]

Case IH delivers vision for future autonomy and automation in agriculture

Sustainable solutions help farmers overcome challenges in the agriculture industry through technology, autonomy and automation A turning point for ag has occurred, as the world population surpassed 8 billion. Case IH, global leader in agricultural [Read More …]

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Multerer to lead Dairy Company Communications

Will manage partnerships with Wisconsin dairy manufacturers and marketers Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) appoints Tim Multerer as vice president overseeing Dairy Company Communications (DCC). Multerer brings 30 years of food/dairy/cheese/deli sales and marketing experience [Read More …]

Significant H-2A Program Regulation Changes for 2023

December 14, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

On October 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule to amend the H-2A non-immigrant agricultural worker program visa regulations. Every agricultural employer using or wishing to use H-2A workers needs [Read More …]

Split-herd research confirms Agolin® Ruminant improves milk production and feed efficiency

Feedworks USA recently completed seven large-scale, split-herd Agolin® Ruminant trials measuring milk performance by cow and feed efficiency by pen over three- to four-month periods. There were more than 6,000 cows included in the summary [Read More …]

All Breeds Blog

Index run confirms: daughters of CRV bulls excel in efficiency