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$1 million grant to a team led by Suresh Kuchipudi, Penn State professor A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will enable Penn State researchers to study the potential for SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus [Read More …]

2021 World Ag Expo® Cancelled due to COVID-19

September 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

For more than 52 years, World Ag Expo® has served agriculture by bringing buyers and sellers together to innovate, collaborate, and advance agriculture. In 2021, the show will not be held live for the first [Read More …]

Helping innovative start-ups by connecting them with established businesses

Helping innovative start-ups by connecting them with established businesses is the job of Fred Schonenberg and his VentureFuel organization. His firm now has three projects going in dairy, working with the dairy promotion organizations in [Read More …]

December 1, 2020 is deadline for Stout Experience Award applications

Persons who have a strong desire to pursue a career in managing and/or marketing Registered Jersey™ cattle are encouraged to apply for the 2021 Fred Stout Experience awards. The awards are presented annually in memory [Read More …]

New Farmers.gov Feature Allows Entities to Conduct Online Business with USDA

An update to farmers.gov now provides access to farmers and ranchers who are members of an entity, as well as individuals and entities with powers of attorney to conduct online business with USDA’s Natural Resources [Read More …]

Intensive Grazing Management of Cover Crops for Soil Health

With the new interest in grazing cover crops, are there effects on soil health and compaction? The results of an on-farm Pennsylvania study looking into this are presented here. Management Intensive grazing of cover crops [Read More …]

2020 Corn and Soybean Yield Expectations Will Inevitably Lower in September

September 11, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

August Crop Surveys Indicated Record Corn and Soybean Yields But Weather Surprises Suggest September Objective Survey Yields Will Decrease In August, USDA’s Crop Production Report estimated record corn and soybean yields based on the data collected in [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers Of America Expands Commitment To Help Feed Those In Need

Cooperative Launches Program to Help Community Food Banks Secure Much-Needed Refrigeration and Keep Them Stocked with Milk As part of Hunger Action Month this September and with the increased demand for food assistance due to [Read More …]

Are You Hiring the Right People at Your Dairy?

Job descriptions provide the foundation for building strong human resource management practices into the day-to-day management of a dairy farm business. Well, if you answered “no” to that question then maybe you need to review [Read More …]

Local Food Banks Working to Close the Hunger Gap with New Grants

The Milk2MyPlate Program brings nutrient-rich milk to the food insecure The Dairy Alliance is honoring Hunger Action Month by helping families in Tennessee and Georgia have greater access to nutrient-rich milk thanks to $60,000in grants [Read More …]

2020 OFBF Outstanding Young Farmers

Nathan and Lynn Steiner of Wayne County named winners Nathan and Lynn Steiner of Wayne County have been named the winners of Ohio Farm Bureau Federation’s 2020 Outstanding Young Farmer Award. The contest is designed [Read More …]

Trump, Biden outline agricultural priorities

AFBF asked the Republican and Democratic candidates to respond with their stances on several topics A new look into the priorities for rural America of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden is [Read More …]

Scholarships awarded to dairy leaders of tomorrow students

Scholarships honor students who are advancing their education in dairy-related fields Paige Peiffer of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania and Brenna Murry of Mosinee, Wisconsin were recently awarded scholarships through the Dairy Excellence Foundation’s Dairy Leaders of [Read More …]

Corn silage harvest 2020 resources

Corn Silage Harvest Considerations podcast series available One can argue that IOFC (income over feed cost) begins when forage is delivered to the feed center-in this case the bunk. This podcast series delves into the [Read More …]

Allen Chester talks about the proposed APHIS regulation on RFID ear tags

Allen Chester, who farms near Lisbon, New York, talks with Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News about the proposed APHIS regulation on RFID ear tags and NDHIA’s support. Chester’s herd has been on DHI for many [Read More …]

COVID-19 Prevention and Management on Dairy Farms as Important as Ever

It’s been more than six months now that COVID-19 has upended supply chains and strained markets, yet dairy farmers and their workers have continued to milk, feed, clean and provide high-quality care for their animals. [Read More …]

DCHA webinar features heifer repro management research

One-hour DCHA webinar starts at 2 p.m. Central time on Sept. 15 “New Research on Reproductive Management of Dairy Heifers” headlines the next Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA) webinar. Luís Mendonça, a member of [Read More …]

Emily Annexstad joins Holstein Association

Welcomed to the staff as the new Marketing Communications Manager Holstein Association USA is pleased to welcome Emily Annexstad to the staff as the new Marketing Communications Manager. She grew up on her family’s multi-generational [Read More …]

Dairy farmworkers deserve praise this Labor Day NMPF

Many of the workers who most deserve celebration this unique Labor Day aren’t taking the day off. That’s because they’re in hospitals, working on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19. They’re taking extra [Read More …]

Merck Animal Health Launches Nasalgen® 3-PMH

First and only intranasal vaccine to protect against five most common pathogens Merck Animal Health (known as MSD Animal Health outside the United States and Canada) has introduced Nasalgen® 3-PMH, the only intranasal vaccine that [Read More …]

Wisconsin Holstein Assoc. hosts All-Breeds Futurity

Coming out on top was Budjon-Abbott Alexandra-ET, exhibited by the Weigels Judge Bob Hagenow of Poynette, Wis., judged and placed ten outstanding three-year-old cows on Tuesday, August 25 in West Bend, Wis., at the Wisconsin [Read More …]

Foodborne Pathogens Can Lurk Around the Farm Environment

The possible presence of foodborne pathogens is a concern to all dairy producers, farms that have value-added dairy businesses should be extremely vigilant. Foodborne pathogens can be found throughout the farm environment in manure, bedding, [Read More …]

Spot Cheese Comes Roaring Back This Week

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending September 4, 2020 The cheese markets stand well below the summer peaks but have made a surprisingly quick return to the lofty elevations from a month ago. [Read More …]

USDA implements the OneRD Guarantee Loan Initiative

Deputy Under Secretary Brand: “USDA is committed to cutting red tape and streamlining investment” United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand today announced that USDA is implementing the OneRD [Read More …]

Funds available to update livestock operations

Apply by November 4, 2020 for Livestock Investment Grant Minnesota livestock farmers and ranchers seeking to improve their livestock operation are encouraged to apply for the Agricultural Growth, Research and Innovation (AGRI) Livestock Investment Grant [Read More …]

Dairy Innovation Hub funds projects at UW-Madison