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“Successful Reproductive Programs through Motivation and Teamwork” (Programas Reproductivos Exitosos a través de la Motivación y el Trabajo en Equipo”), presented in Spanish, headlines the next Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) webinar. The free webinar [Read More …]

American Dairy Coalition Invites Producers to Participate in FMMO Class I Pricing Method Poll

American Dairy Coalition — a grassroots organization with a regionally diverse producer board – has asked producers to participate in a two-minute, six-question poll on the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) Class I pricing method. [Read More …]

Farm Transition Strategies and Effective Communications

Beginning Tuesday, November 2, three new episodes of PDPW’s The Dairy Signal™ will air. The Tuesday edition will focus on the options for business structures for today’s dairy farming operations. The Wednesday episode will feature [Read More …]

Two-for-one virtual Indiana dairy farm tour

Virtual tour of their farms is on Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 1 p.m. Eastern Two farms in one trip! Meet John Carter at Carter Dairy in Frankfort and Abbie Herr at Herr Dairy in [Read More …]

Learn about using risk management tools

Updates on Dairy Margin Coverage and Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance programs It’s been over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic caused milk prices to plummet and gradually rebound, during which time a multitude of [Read More …]

2021 Dairying for Tomorrow Award winners announced

November 2, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

American Dairy Association recognizes dairy farms for contributions to animal care, community outreach, environmental stewardship In its sixth year, the Dairying for Tomorrow awards sponsored by American Dairy Association North East, recognize dairy farms [Read More …]

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Connect Summit sessions available on-demand

Watch recorded sessions from this premier dairy thought-leadership conference through Nov. 14. Registration is open until Nov. 14 for on-demand access to recorded sessions from the VAS Connect Summit, held virtually earlier in October. The [Read More …]

Northeast Dairy Challenge Hosts In-Person Educational Event

Event held in person this year after a virtual event in 2020 Three Penn State Animal Science students participated in the Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge, held in-person after a virtual event in 2020. Hosted [Read More …]

Dairy Business Association: Export program would boost Wisconsin dairy community

Advocacy group praises Assembly for supporting $5 million investment The Dairy Business Association (DBA), Wisconsin’s leading dairy advocacy group, praised the state Assembly’s passage of a bill aimed at increasing the state’s exports of [Read More …]

Scientists find possible intervention for bovine respiratory disease

Scientists identify proteins in bacteria associated with bovine respiratory disease Poor health, viruses, and environmental stress can leave young calves susceptible to secondary bacterial infections that cause bovine respiratory disease (BRD). These severe infections [Read More …]

Sonny Perdue and Terry Gilbert receive top Farm Bureau honors

Respectively earn Distinguished Service Award and the Farm Bureau Founders Award The American Farm Bureau Federation will present its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Farm Bureau Founders Award, to former Secretary [Read More …]

Pols Takes Ice-Cream To The Next Level With Box Of Ice Cream Bites

50 years and still innovating One of Europe’s leading ice cream and dairy production and distribution groups Food Union is proud to announce an innovation for its legacy ice cream brand Pols – Pols ‘Snow [Read More …]

USDA Appoints New Members to Science and Research Advisory Board

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the appointment of 14 members to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board. Eight members are new appointments and six members are [Read More …]

National DHIA offers veterinary student scholarships

National Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA) is seeking applicants for its $1,500 scholarships that go to third- or fourth-year college of veterinary medicine students. Applicants must be enrolled at a college that is [Read More …]

Nine Finalist To Compete For $30,000 In Pizza Contest Showcasing The Inventive Use of Real California Cheese

The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) announced finalists in the 2021 Real California Pizza Contest (RCPC) – a search for the best foodservice pizza recipes using Real California Cheese. The contest, in its third [Read More …]

CDFA Now Accepting Grant Applications For Climate Smart Agriculture Technical Assistance Program

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is now accepting applications for Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Technical Assistance Program funding. This grant solicitation is being conducted to ensure there are Technical Assistance Providers available [Read More …]

IDFA Advances U.S. Dairy Trade through National Trade Estimate Report, Agriculture Trade Education Council Leadership

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) submitted comments recently on the 2022 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report, which details U.S. concerns with foreign barriers to trade for Congress annually. This year, IDFA’s submission included a [Read More …]

USDA Invests $21 Million in Effort to Help Producers Build Drought Resilience

NRCS Names 15 New Priority Areas in WaterSMART Initiative The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $21 million as part of the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) collaboration with the Department of Interior’s [Read More …]

Jollity Farm awarded 2021 Jennifer Bice Grant Award!

The California Artisan Cheese Guild is pleased to announce the recipient of the 5th annual Jennifer Bice Artisan Dairy/Cheesemaker Grant Award. Charley Cornell, owner of Jollity Farm, a small goat dairy located in El [Read More …]

Widespread Port Congestion Threatens Farm Exports

“For want of a shipping container, the television didn’t arrive” – a relevant line from AFBF’s latest Market Intel, Inflation and the Supply Chain, describing the impacts of global supply chain shocks from lingering pandemic-induced [Read More …]

Darigold Unveils World’s Largest World Cow Mural in Washington

October 29, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The giant Holstein cow with spots arranged as a map of the world is designed to celebrate the farmer-owned cooperative’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Darigold, Inc. today unveiled a giant World Cow mural [Read More …]

Global Milk Supplies Tighten Up

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending October 29, 2021 The U.S. dairy herd is much smaller than once thought, and milk production barely grew at all in September. Early indications suggest milk output [Read More …]

New proposals threaten to roll back environmental progress

Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to reverse two critical habitat regulations finalized last December American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposal to reverse two [Read More …]

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Stand by Northeast organic dairy farm families

October 29, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Organic orgs and consumers call on Danone North America to stand by NE organic dairy Today, nine organic organizations representing organic farmers and consumers delivered two petitions with 15,234 signatures asking Danone North America, [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast: Dr. Matt Iager, DVM on genetics, Dairy Shrine and growing up with Registered Holsteins at the Maple Lawn Farm.

Growing up with Registered Holsteins at the Maple Lawn Farm of his parents, Charles and Judy Lager in Fulton, Md., Matt Iager earned his vet degree at Virginia Tech and has practiced at Mid-Maryland Dairy [Read More …]

Straus Dairy Farm and Blue Ocean Barns Demonstrate a Dramatic Climate Change Solution in Dairy Farming

First U.S. Commercial Trial Using Red Seaweed (Asparagopsis Taxiformis) Successfully Reduces Enteric Methane Emissions From Cows, Proving Potential for Immediate Climate Impact Straus Family Creamery‘s founder Albert Straus and seaweed-supplement maker Blue Ocean Barns demonstrated [Read More …]

Grant to extend stress, mental health resources to animal ag groups

Resources, workshops will be made available throughout year As part of a Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture effort, funded by a USDA Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) Grant, new stress and mental health [Read More …]

The Future of American Farming Demands High Speed Internet Solutions

New Report from Benton Institute for Broadband & Society recommends steps for connecting the farm office, field, and community Farmers across rural America need fast, affordable, and reliable broadband solutions to power innovative, data-driven, [Read More …]

Cacique Named a 2021 Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production™