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Select Sires honors more than 50 team members from local cooperatives and Select Sires GenerVations for excellence in sales and service in 2020. “The Select Sires brand promise, Your Success Our Passion, defines our commitment [Read More …]

Sandhills Global Launches LivestockMarket.com

Online Resource for Buying and Selling Livestock, Horses, and Hay Sandhills Global announces the launch of LivestockMarket.com, an online marketplace for private treaty sales of livestock, horses, and hay. The website features listings for all types [Read More …]

New resource guide released on sustainable animal feed

Helps companies navigate environmental impacts of rising demand for animal protein The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) recently released the Resource Guide on Sustainable Animal Feed, a digital resource created to help companies in the animal feed supply chain [Read More …]

Belz Named Vita Plus Safety Manager

Chris Belz was recently named Vita Plus safety manager. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Belz will develop, evaluate and implement safety standards in compliance with federal regulations for all Vita Plus facilities and employee owners. Belz [Read More …]

USDA Announces Details of the 2021 Agricultural Outlook Forum Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces details of the 97th annual Agricultural Outlook Forum, which will be held virtually on February 18-19, 2021. The 2021 Forum, themed “Building on Innovation: A Pathway to Resilience,” [Read More …]

Ken Gasper named Pioneer Award Recipient

The CentralStar Cooperative board of directors recently selected Ken Gasper of Belding, Michigan as the 2020 Pioneer Award recipient. Established in 1977, the Pioneer Award recognizes individuals who through selfless and dedicated service and leadership [Read More …]

COVID-19 taking heavy toll on farmers’ mental health

Poll clearly demonstrates that the COVID-19 pandemic is having broad-ranging impacts A strong majority of farmers/farmworkers say the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their mental health, and more than half say they are personally experiencing more [Read More …]

Digital Dialogues: Racial Justice, Inclusion and Diversity in Food and Agriculture

Mike Haddad of Schreiber Foods and Candace Croney, PhD, from Purdue University will discuss racial justice, inclusion and diversity in food and agriculture in a panel discussion hosted by A’Yanna Webster on Jan. 20 at [Read More …]

International Dairy Foods Association Names Robert Rosado as Senior Director, Legislative Affairs

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), representing all products and segments in the U.S. dairy industry, announced today that Robert Rosado has been named Senior Director, Legislative Affairs within IDFA’s Legislative Affairs and Economic Policy [Read More …]

H-1B Visa Changes

The H-1B visa has been utilized by many dairy farmers, typically to bring in foreign managers. It’s not the easiest of processes–with one large concern always being the random cap lottery. Tomorrow, on January 8th, [Read More …]

FARMERS GAIN IMPROVED ACCESS TO SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AS PPP REOPENS

FARMERS GAIN IMPROVED ACCESS TO SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AS PPP REOPENS The National Milk Producers Federation is pleased that farmers who run their operations as sole proprietors, independent contractors, or otherwise self-employed individuals will have [Read More …]

Fonterra’s NZMP Launches Milk Phospholipids

An innovative dairy solution that meets consumer concerns for mental health and stress-related issues With 67% of consumers stating that they were concerned about their stress and anxiety levels in 2020, Americans are more stressed [Read More …]

Troubleshooting Herd Health Issues on Your Dairy

Troubleshooting Herd Health Issues on Your Dairy PODCAST SERIES with Cornell Cooperative Extension Regional Dairy Specialists and Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY EPISODE 7 Transition Cow Issues In this episode, CCE Dairy Specialists Casey Havekes and Margaret [Read More …]

Dairy Stream podcast: Mike North clears up milk check confusion

Dairy Stream podcast: Mike North clears up milk check confusion GREEN BAY, Wis. — As if price volatility doesn’t cause enough anxiety for dairy farmers, there’s always the milk check, which can be confusing. Mike [Read More …]

KUHN Wins 2021 ASABE Award

KUHN Wins 2021 ASABE Award KUHN was recently awarded an AE50 award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). An AE50 award was given to the patented I-DENSE system found on KUHN [Read More …]

New Line-up of Speakers Announced for Week 41 of The Dairy Signal™

New Line-up of Speakers Announced for Week 41 of The Dairy Signal™ Free online episodes offer insights to help producers make informed decisions DAIRY NEWS –Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW), announces the line-up of speakers for [Read More …]

STUDY ABROAD GRANT BRIDGES MEXICAN AND AMERICAN DAIRY INDUSTRY

STUDY ABROAD GRANT BRIDGES MEXICAN AND AMERICAN DAIRY INDUSTRY Some of Dr. Carmen Licon Cano’s fondest memories as a child came from sampling asadero cheese made by her great uncle at the family creamery while [Read More …]

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New Wave of Holstein Genetics at IPS

Following the December sire summaries, International Protein Sires (IPS) released a new wave of Holstein genetics. “We are delighted with the introduction of our latest genomic tested sires. These new genetics, with varied pedigrees, bolster [Read More …]

Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative elects two new board members

January 11, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

Members of Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative elected two new directors to its board on Wednesday during the organization’s annual meeting. Jamie Witcpalek and Justin Peterson will join the board for three-year terms to help oversee [Read More …]

NMPF statement on electoral-vote certification and condemnation of insurrection at U.S. Capitol

The National Milk Producers Federation congratulates incoming President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and we applaud the culmination of the democratic process achieved at the U.S. Capitol early this morning under previously unimaginable [Read More …]

CHEMSWEEP 2021 Registration Deadline by February 28, 2021

CHEMSWEEP provides Pennsylvania farmers and other licensed pesticide applicators with a means to dispose of canceled, suspended, or unwanted pesticide products. Through CHEMSWEEP, applicators can legally dispose of unwanted pesticides, generally at little or no [Read More …]

Farm Show 2021 Town Hall Meeting Virtual Experience

Get your questions answered during the virtual Town Hall Meeting at Pennsylvania Farm Show! Join College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Rick Roush and Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding for a live event to learn more [Read More …]

Nebraska Vet Services secures $17 million investment to expand footprint

Main Street Invests $17.0 Million in Northeast Nebraska Vet Services, PC & Heritage Animal Health, LLC Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) (“Main Street”) is pleased to announce that it recently completed a new portfolio investment [Read More …]

2021 Dairy Markets Begin on a Volatile Note

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending January 8, 2021 Monday’s announcement that the USDA is extending its Farmers to Families Food Box Program spurred dairy commodity prices upward, with all products seeing gains [Read More …]

Mileutis to Present at the 39th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Mileutis Ltd. (“Mileutis”), an Israeli biopharmaceutical company which helps mitigate the use of antibiotics in animals through its safe and residue-free immunomodulator peptides, today announced that its CEO, David Javier Iscovich is set to present [Read More …]

Focus on Forage webinar series

The first webinar, on January 13, 2021, is entitled “Managing for High Quality Corn Silage” Focus on Forage is a FREE, 7-part Extension webinar series highlighting research based information and farmer strategies to optimize forage [Read More …]

AFIA announces new dates for 2021 PISC

The new year is here and with it comes bright possibilities for the American Feed Industry Association’s (AFIA) education and networking events. Given the ongoing public health emergency, the AFIA has made the decision to [Read More …]

Dairy Business Association chooses new president