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Turnkey ranches available to purchase, featuring sustainable operations and lease-back options Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (“Ritchie Bros.”), an RB Global, Inc. company and the world’s largest industrial auctioneer offering live auction events with online bidding, today [Read More …]

Farm Credit Presents Webinar: 2026 Wine and Grape Industry Outlook

Farm Credit East and Horizon Farm Credit will be hosting a free webinar with Andrew Adams, of WineBusiness Analytics, to discuss what’s ahead for the wine and grape industry on Thursday, December 18 at 12:00 pm. [Read More …]

Next Hold First Meeting as Monthly Assisted Export Sales Top 15 Million Pounds

NEXT held its inaugural meeting last month to establish expectations, provide an in-depth report on program operations and identify steps to keep the program nimble and responsive to market conditions as the program itself saw [Read More …]

DATCP Announces 2025 Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin Grant Recipients

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced six Wisconsin companies will receive Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin (BLBW) Grants to help grow the local food economy. BLBW is a competitive grant program [Read More …]

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New DairyComp features to watch heading into 2026

dairy operations are looking for ways to streamline workflows, manage their herd and technology more efficientlyand leverage herd data for actionable insights. VAS is introducing the latest DairyComp features, designed to help producers take their management approach to the next [Read More …]

Rollins Touts Milk Action Plan to NMPF Leadership

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins touted the Trump administration’s milk action plan to support American dairy farmers at NMPF’s annual meeting. “I want to be very clear. We will never stop fighting for those of you [Read More …]

University of Tennessee and Middle Tennessee State University Host Southern Regional Dairy Challenge®

The Holiday Inn in Knoxville, Tennessee was home base for the 2025 Southern Regional Dairy Challenge held November 16 to 18. The event was hosted by University of Tennessee and Middle Tennessee State University. Seventy-six dairy students from 14 colleges worked to improve their dairy management and communication skills, networked [Read More …]

Rural Organizations Supported on Giving Tuesday with $2,500 Donations from Compeer Financial

Contributions benefit FFA, food pantry and 4-H programs in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin Illini Bluffs FFA Chapter, Glasford, Ill.; Blue Earth Area Schools Backpack Program, Delevan, Minn.; and Jolly Joiners 4-H Club, Cashton, Wis., each [Read More …]

BlackHawk headlines 2026 Central Plains Dairy Expo concert

Central Plains Dairy Expo (CPDE) revealed its concert headliner – BlackHawk. The group will perform March 17, starting at 7 p.m. Mark your calendars for this phenomenal event. For more than 20 years, BlackHawk has shared [Read More …]

New Dairy Productivity Grants Now Open for PA Dairy Producers

The Grants Support First-Time Investments in Projects that Directly Impact Milk Production The Center for Dairy Excellence is opening a new, competitive grant program on December 3, 2025 for Pennsylvania dairy producers who are looking [Read More …]

Whole Milk Nearly Back in Schools as NMPF Leads Advocacy

U.S. Senate passage of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act opens a path to congressional passage this month, with NMPF leading an advocacy campaign to ensure prompt House of Representatives approval of legislation that [Read More …]

Clean Energy Begins Injecting RNG into the Pipeline at One of the Country’s Largest RNG Projects, South Fork Dairy

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) has announced it has successfully completed its renewable natural gas (RNG) facility located at South Fork Dairy in Dimmitt, Texas. The facility is now producing pipeline-quality RNG and has [Read More …]

Milk’s Got Game® Fuels Football Season

Fall in the South means tailgates, team colors, and the slam of a fridge well-stocked for game day. Football is more than just a sport, especially college football in the South. Each game day transforms [Read More …]

Rexing Elected New NMPF Chairman

NMPF chose Brian Rexing, an Indiana dairy farmer and a member of the Dairy Farmers of America cooperative, as it NMPF’s 15th chairman Nov. 10 at the organization’s Joint Annual Meeting. “Thank you for giving [Read More …]

NMPF Annual Meeting Spotlights Farmer Progress

U.S. dairy farmers are thriving in the marketplace even as labor shortages and a volatile policy environment remain challenges, dairy industry leaders stressed at NMPF’s annual meeting. U.S. dairy is well-positioned for growth, NMPF [Read More …]

Kerri Weber Shares How Unexpected Brain Injury Changed Everything for Their Family & Farm Taught Her to Celebrate Each Day “I always believed I was bringing my husband home. I also believed he could not [Read More …]

Dairy Insights Summit to Discuss Meeting Consumer Expectations

Other topics include intel on upcoming trends and what’s next for dairy As the dairy industry addresses shifting consumer demands, economic pressures, and a rapidly evolving food-innovation landscape, PDP will host the 2025 Dairy Insights [Read More …]

Share your best “farmer-made” solution by Dec. 12

Happy Holidays! With winter in full swing, we have a fun contest for dairy farmers and there are 12 days left to enter. What creative solution have you found hiding in plain sight on your farm? Have you [Read More …]

PDPW: Updates on Dairy Market Trends, Dairy Promotion

PDP’s webinar series has insights on drivers of dairy margins and work to promote Wisconsin dairy This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will feature insights on important trends in [Read More …]

International Dairy Foods Association Names Chelsie Keys Senior Vice President, Government Relations

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announced today that Chelsie Keys has been named senior vice president, government relations, succeeding a position held by Dave Carlin who announced his retirement from IDFA earlier this year. Keys [Read More …]

Taiwan Agricultural Youth Exchange Program Accepting Applications

The 2026 Taiwan Agricultural Youth Exchange Program is currently accepting applications from Kansas State University undergraduate students who are interested in agriculture and would like to represent Kansas in a week-long international exchange program in [Read More …]

Dairy = Growth, Expansion, Opportunity and Optimism

I love where we are in this industry right now. We are right where we want to be. Yes, there are going to be challenges. Yes, there’s going to be uncertainty. But we’re in expansion [Read More …]

Wisconsin DATCP Issues News Releases on Seasonal Scams

Avoid Scams and Frauds This Holiday Season The holidays are a busy time for Wisconsin consumers, and scammers are eager to take advantage of the hustle and bustle. Scammers want to steal consumers’ money and [Read More …]

How the Medical Community is Helping the Dairy Industry Grow

The dairy industry in the U.S. is seeing growth in all Classes of milk. The key item is the growth of butterfat. What is driving the growth? Changes in how the dairy products are viewed [Read More …]

U.S. fluid milk sales in September were 2.5% higher than a year earlier.

Exports during June-August were significantly higher than during the same period a year earlier. The recent expansion of U.S. milk production may be cresting; USDA reported October production and dairy cow numbers were up over [Read More …]

Crop Insurance Premium Rebates for Planting Cover Crops Enrollment Now Open!

The application for Crop Insurance Premium Rebates for Planting Cover Crops Enrollment is now available! The program has $800,000, or 160,000 acres of coverage, to award on a first-come, first-served basis. A few things to note: If you received [Read More …]

Holstein Association USA and Holstein Foundation Announce Two Exciting Summer Internship Opportunities