Magazine April 6 2020

October 30, 2026

Current News

[ October 29, 2026 ] Control the Calf Environment with Simple Chemistry DHIA
[ October 29, 2026 ] Central Plains Dairy Foundation offers 6 scholarships – valued at $26,000 DHIA
[ October 29, 2026 ] USDA Opens New Research Facility to Strengthen Water Efficiency and Agricultural Productivity in the Southwest DHIA
[ October 29, 2026 ] Crop Report Revisions Highlight Importance of Accurate Estimates DHIA
[ October 29, 2026 ] Dairy Checkoff Leaders Anglin, Jenkinson Honored With Lyng Award DHIA
[ October 29, 2026 ] Dairy Checkoff Leaders Elect National Board Officers DHIA
[ October 29, 2026 ] UW-Madison Extension to deliver DMC & ARC/PLC informational Webinar DHIA

COVID-19 Prevention & Control for Farms

April 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Editors note: You can listen to Richard Stup discuss these issues with Joel Hastings on the DairyVoice podcast at DairyVoice.com. The U.S. is confronting an outbreak of a novel coronavirus that causes serious respiratory disease [Read More …]

Rethinking Perseverance: How a New Ice Cream Founder Reinvigorated My Faith in Startups

April 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

As the world grapples with the implications of COVID-19, shelter-in-place warnings and a plummeting stock market, I began to worry about startups forced to navigate a landscape even more resistant to new things. Sequoia Capital [Read More …]

Three Certainties in Uncertain Times

April 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Anxiety, stress, uncertainty. Confidence, defiance, invincibility. It’s a tale of many conflicted Americans, but no matter which side you fall under, the market has been struck by the former with such force that very few [Read More …]

CoBank: Global Pandemic, Economic Hibernation Disorient Markets, Industries and Communities

April 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Labor and supply chains among the biggest challenges facing essential rural industries COVID-19 has brought the U.S. economy to a screeching halt, ushering in a recession in the process. For most businesses, the sudden stop [Read More …]

Staying the Course

April 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

John Ellsworth There is a great amount of concern about the Coronavirus, considering the potential for loss of life and for its impact on economy, both domestic and international. Yet, if you’ve been reading my [Read More …]

COVID-19 and Livestock: Is there a connection?

April 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

When reports of the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the US, very few people had likely heard of coronaviruses—with some notable exceptions: cattle producers and their veterinarians. It’s not that people involved with cattle [Read More …]

Collegiate students participate in 15th annual Western Regional Dairy Challenge®

April 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

National Contest Cancelled due to COVID-19 Sixty-six students from eight Western U.S. universities and one Canadian college traveled to Modesto, California, for the 15th annual Western Dairy Challenge on February 20 – 22, [Read More …]

Holstein Association USA adjusts TPI formula

April 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

With the April 2020 dairy cattle genetic evaluations, Holstein Association USA will make updates to the Total Performance Index (TPI) Formula. Key points are: 1. Modify the weightings of Predicted Transmitting Ability (PTA) [Read More …]

Intranasal and Injectable Respiratory Vaccines: There’s a Time and Place for Both of Them

April 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is still a major cause of sickness and death in young beef and dairy calves. While vaccination remains one of the most effective ways to prevent losses associated with BRD, it’s [Read More …]

The Texas Dairy Industry Continues to Grow

April 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

From 2002 to 2019 the state of Texas had the biggest increase in milk production in the U.S. both in absolute and relative terms. Texas increased milk production by 8.55 billion pounds, which represents 160% [Read More …]

New Industry-Leading Roxor Lease Program

April 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Easier To Get Off-Road It is now easier to get off-road with Mahindra Automotive North America’s ROXOR lease program. The industry-leadingROXOR lease program provides an easy, hassle-free way to enjoy the toughest, most capable, work/play [Read More …]

COVID-19 Prevention & Control for Farms

Rethinking Perseverance: How a New Ice Cream Founder Reinvigorated My Faith in Startups

Three Certainties in Uncertain Times

CoBank: Global Pandemic, Economic Hibernation Disorient Markets, Industries and Communities

Staying the Course

COVID-19 and Livestock: Is there a connection?

Collegiate students participate in 15th annual Western Regional Dairy Challenge®

Holstein Association USA adjusts TPI formula

Intranasal and Injectable Respiratory Vaccines: There’s a Time and Place for Both of Them

The Texas Dairy Industry Continues to Grow

New Industry-Leading Roxor Lease Program

The Downside and Upside of Increasing Exports

Not all fiber behaves the same in dairy rations

What Is Your Reason?

Preparing Grain Storages for Harvest