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Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross Joins June 1 Kickoff, 1,440 Pound Cheese Donation Event at Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services One in 5 Californians — that’s about 8 million people — currently struggle [Read More …]

Support the Next Generation Through Your Everyday Feed Purchase

If you want to support the next generation of dairy through your everyday feed purchase, submit your bid in the “Feed for the Future” Silent Auction starting TOMORROW! How does it work? Purina Animal Nutrition is [Read More …]

Optimizing Immune Function in Neonatal Calves-It’s More than Just Vaccination!

DCHA webinar Jun 13, 2022 at 2:00 PM in Central Time This webinar will focus on management practices to help ensure more calves are successfully immunized. Many producers assume that if they vaccinate animals [Read More …]

What Controls the Class III Price? Butter, Cheese, or Dry Whey?

In the prior two posts, ( Butter, Butter, Butter and Cheese, Cheese, Cheese) the pricing, the fundamentals, and the impact on producer milk prices for butter and cheese were analyzed. In the last 10 years, the Agricultural Marketing [Read More …]

ADC seeks answers from Sec. Vilsack on pricing changes, hearing criteria

Letter: ‘Any move to increase make allowance credits for processors should be linked to achieving adequate, transparent milk pricing for farmers.’ American Dairy Coalition sent a letter this week to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom [Read More …]

Texas A&M AgriLife announces official move of facilities from Amarillo to Canyon

Building of new, $30 million home to AgriLife Research, AgriLife Extension to take place on West Texas A&M campus The Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center of Amarillo will move to Canyon to complete an [Read More …]

Cattle Supply and Demand Issues for the 2022 Marketing Year

At first glance, 2022 cattle prices are higher than 2021. At $140, slaughter steer prices are 17.5% above 2021 prices, but even with higher prices, farmers and ranchers will travel a rocky road to profitability, [Read More …]

NY Dairy Ambassador training seminar dates announced

Training prepares advocates to promote dairy at grassroots level American Dairy Association North East will host all New York county Dairy Ambassadors and Associate Ambassadors at the upcoming in-person New York Dairy Ambassador training [Read More …]

Robotic milking system webinar is June 15

Discover the key management skills needed for success The I-29 Moo University 2022 Dairy Webinar Series continues Wednesday, June 15 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. with a focus on asking the right questions [Read More …]

Family-friendly events happening on dairy farms across Pa in June, July

Celebrate Dairy Across Pennsylvania This Summer With 15 Dairy-Themed Events With June being National Dairy Month and July being National Ice Cream Month, several Pennsylvania dairy farms and organizations are hosting on-farm events to [Read More …]

American Agri-Women Release Farm Bill Recommendations

American Agri-Women (AAW) released the recommendations of their Farm Bill Task Force this week. AAW President Heather Hampton+Knodle said their philosophy is to focus on fundamentals of on-farm flexibility, access to capital and programs, [Read More …]

Women Rooted in Agriculture: Value-Added on the Dairy

WHEN: Thu., Jun. 2, 2022 (10:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET) WHERE: Mapes Farm Fresh, LLC 8180 State Rte. 304 Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania 17844 REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 30, 2022 11:59 p.m. Learn tips on starting, [Read More …]

News in beef processing, Center for Dairy Research updates, best practices for moving cattle

Experts will share updates and practical strategies, and answer producer questions Episodes in next week’s The Dairy Signal™ from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) will give listeners the opportunity to hear updates on the beef-processing [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin on DairyBusiness News

Share Your Story This National Dairy Month

Quality dairy products start with the best milk in the world, produced by Wisconsin’s devoted dairy farmers. As one of the nation’s top producers of dairy and supplier of more than half the country’s [Read More …]

POET Bioprocessing – Cloverdale to reopen in 2023

Facility will bring more low-carbon, low-cost biofuels to Indiana POET, the world’s largest producer of biofuels, has announced it will be reopening its bioprocessing facility in Cloverdale, Ind., after federal and state policymakers took [Read More …]

Edge supports second trade dispute with Canada

Practices unfairly blocking key export opportunities for dairy farmers, processors Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, one of the largest dairy co-ops in the country, has reiterated its support for U.S. trade officials who are doubling [Read More …]

NMPF’s Morris on infant formula shortage

NMPF Senior Vice President for Trade Shawna Morris discusses the current nationwide infant formula shortage and ways to solve the immediate crisis, speaking with the National Association of Farm Broadcasters. While temporary import increases can [Read More …]

DFA Supports The U.S. Government Taking Action To Dispute Canadian Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Policies Under USMCA

May 31, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) commends the recent action taken by the United States government to address Canada’s continued failure to meet its United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) obligations. “Trade and export opportunities with Canada [Read More …]

Despite the Season the Spring Flush has not Overwhelmed

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending May 27, 2022 It’s unusual to see premiums at this time of year, and it’s raising concerns about summer supplies. If driers and cheese vats aren’t full [Read More …]

Penn State’s Ag Progress Days

Hosting an in-person event, where all can come together to connect Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, held annually during three days in August, is Pennsylvania’s largest outdoor agricultural exposition. With over 400 exhibitors from [Read More …]

Farm Action and Open Markets Institute to host June 14 event

Assessing the Biden administration’s commitment to food system competition In July of 2021, President Biden issued a sweeping executive order that directed multiple federal agencies to revive antitrust enforcement and promote competition throughout the [Read More …]

Working Together on Mental Health

Throughout May Mental Health Month, DATCP has been highlighting the importance of taking care of yourself. Mental health is central to our overall health, and ignoring mental health needs can impact our quality of [Read More …]

Agenda Highlights for the 2022 North American Manure Expo

The 2022 North American Manure Expo (NAME) will be held in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on July 13 and 14. The North American Manure Expo provides opportunity to view the latest technologies of manure and nutrient [Read More …]

Data and Innovations Summit

The first of its kind. Dairy producers and advisors working with all types, sizes, and breeds of dairy herds are invited to the first of its kind Data and Innovations Summit (DIS) held in [Read More …]

Come And Visit Oregon And Enjoy The Oregon View In 2022 – Register

Registration for the AJCA-NAJ Annual Meetings is in its final days to receive the least expensive rates for the meetings June 22-25 in Portland, Ore. If you are planning to attend, visit https://usjerseyannualmeeting.com and [Read More …]

Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Strengthen Food Supply Chains

Level the Playing Field for Growers, and Lower Prices for American Consumers Today, USDA announced a suite of new actions delivering on key commitments from President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the [Read More …]

California Dairy Innovation Center offers opportunities for cheese education

California is the nation’s leading milk producer, and produces more butter, ice cream and nonfat dry milk than any other state The California Dairy Innovation Center (CDIC) announced the latest list of short courses [Read More …]

Hoof Management Workshops on NY, WI, SD dairies

Each location to serve as “living case study” Preventing lameness in a dairy herd is paramount to the comfort and productivity of animals and team members. A series of management-level interactive workshops will be [Read More …]

U.S. dairy supports pursuit of full Canadian USMCA compliance

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) today applauded the Biden administration for its initiation of a second U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute panel concerning Canada’s ongoing refusal to meet [Read More …]

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