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Beef and dairy industries must cooperate for greater success

March 5, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

I’ve been in the dairy business all my life. My parents, Pat and Peggy, launched Sustaire Dairy here in Winnsboro, Texas, back in 1966, and while I was growing up, they expected me to pitch [Read More …]

The Wheel Deal!

March 5, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

Some choose the cheese life. Others are born into it. But for Bruce Workman, it was fate. On a Saturday night in Monticello, Wisconsin back in the 1970s, teenage Bruce ran out of gas while [Read More …]

Texas dairy producers face challenges amid good milk prices

March 5, 2023 Sarah S News Team 0

Texas dairy producers continue to face challenges despite favorable milk prices over the past year, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Jennifer Spencer, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension dairy specialist, Stephenville, said milk prices remain historically [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast: Geoff Vanden Heuvel on the water situation in California

March 3, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

How will state groundwater regulations affect the California dairy industry? A new study reveals possible impacts. DairyVoice guest Geoff Vanden Heuvel talks with Editor Emeritus Joel Hastings, describing the findings and how dairy producers are [Read More …]

Checkoff Delivering More Dairy into International Marketplace

February 3, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

There is a very large world outside of the United States. In fact, 96 percent of the global population resides beyond our borders. That’s a lot of people and a lot of opportunities for U.S.-produced [Read More …]

What Happens in the First 60 Days Affects Later Lactation Performance

February 3, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Looking at that wet, straw-covered newborn heifer calf sparks recollections of the work that went into getting her to this point. Managing the cow through only a four-event lactation (freshening, breeding, pregnancy and dry off) [Read More …]

Tomas Vera, a digital transformation and innovation specialist, talks about the dairy industry

February 3, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Tomas Vera is an expert in digital transformation and innovation. With over a decade spent working for dairy giant Nestlé and many others within his twenty-plus year career working for other market leaders. Tomas brings [Read More …]

Six indicators of U.S. dairy export performance in 2023

February 3, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDEC looks at the principal market factors influencing dairy import demand and trade in the year ahead. Every year, the U.S. Dairy Export Council summarizes the key “signposts” that our analysts will be watching in [Read More …]

New Study Shows California Water Regs May Reduce Dairy Cow Numbers 10 Percent by 2040

February 3, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The impact of SGMA (State Groundwater Management Act) on California’s dairy and cattle industries was the focus of a meeting held February 2 in Tulare at the Veteran’s Memorial Building. Presented for the first time [Read More …]

Agribusiness Outlook 2023: Risk management can help dairy thrive in the face of global uncertainty

February 3, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The dairy industry, like most agribusiness firms, must deal with risk perhaps more than any other. There’s little reason to expect smoother sailing or lower prices in 2023, as soaring input prices, record drought, staff [Read More …]

Dairy Trends to Watch in 2023

February 3, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The dairy industry is expected to face several challenges throughout 2023, including extreme inflation, supply chain issues, shifts in consumer behavior and other external factors influencing consumer demand in the new (ab)normal. Despite these challenges, [Read More …]

How Do You Measure Success?

February 3, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Are you thriving in your business or simply surviving? This is a crucial question to answer, especially as we move through years that are financially challenging. As I mentioned in a prior blog, the rising [Read More …]

Fall 2022 Survey Reveals Marginal Drought Improvements for Farmers and Ranchers

February 3, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

With over 60% of the American West, Southwest and Central Plains categorized as D1 (moderate) drought or higher, AFBF conducted a fourth round of its survey to evaluate drought’s continued impact on farm and ranch [Read More …]

BMR, Non-BMR and Male-Sterile Sorghum

February 3, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Is the nutritional value different? Reduced well capacity is a growing threat to forage production to feed cattle in the U.S. southern High Plains. The intensity of droughts impairs forage production in irrigated lands that [Read More …]

The Big Cheese

February 3, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Kerry Henning has a larger-than-life personality—a booming laugh, a huge grin, an endlessly cheerful attitude—and he makes larger-than-life cheddar to match. “Mammoth cheddars are any wheel of cheese 75 pounds or bigger,” says the Master Cheesemaker, whose [Read More …]

Management Points to Consider when Increasing Milking Frequency

February 3, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Increased milking frequency can offer an increase in milk productivity and farm income. Switching from milking the dairy herd from two times a day (2x) to three times (3x) or more times a day has [Read More …]

What does 2023 hold for Texas dairy?

February 3, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Happy New Year to Texas dairy farmers, and welcome to Austin to all the state lawmakers who have returned for the 88th Texas Legislature. At this start of a new year, I’d like to reflect on [Read More …]

Reflecting on checkoff successes with eye toward promising future

December 30, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

As 2022 concludes, I want to again express my thanks to the Dairy Management Inc. board of directors for their confidence in me as CEO. This past year has given me a tremendous opportunity to [Read More …]

A New Look at Feed Efficiency

December 30, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

Feed efficiency has been a frustrating topic for dairy producers and their nutritionists ever since the concept of getting more production from the same amount of feed was devised. The “getting more milk” part is [Read More …]

Congress Fails to Pass Agriculture Immigration Reform Legislation

December 30, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

This is not surprising given the heavy legislative schedule and the political headwinds that were present during the closing days of the 117th Congress. Immigration legislation did not top the list of legislative priorities as [Read More …]

Are You Fighting DF?

December 30, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

I recently read an excellent article by Julia Ubbenga about “Decision Fatigue” and how it’s impacting a lot of people in their lives. I suspect you know what I am referring to. With all the [Read More …]

A new dairy report from Rabobank shows weakened dairy markets in 2023

December 30, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

Weaker global dairy markets remain a key theme as 2022 comes to a close, says a new dairy report from Rabobank. After record farmgate prices in many exporting regions this year, milk supply growth has [Read More …]

Anaerobic Digesters: Utilization and Benefit for Dairies

December 30, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

Introduction Managing manure and controlling on-farm greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from operations has become a costly challenge that many are trying to find solutions for. It is estimated that the U.S. dairy sector contributes 1.9% [Read More …]

Nutrition and Milk Persistency: Something to Think About!

December 30, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

Persistency is generally considered in terms of dairy cow genetics. Cows that decline in milk more slowly after peaking can produce more milk in their lactation than ones that experience a rapid decline in milk [Read More …]

California’s climate-smart dairy practices creating pathway to significant methane reduction

December 30, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

The California Dairy Research Foundation (CDRF) and University of California, Davis CLEAR Center has announced the release of a new analysis of methane reduction progress titled Meeting the Call: How California is Pioneering a Pathway to [Read More …]

Beef and dairy industries must cooperate for greater success

The Wheel Deal!

Texas dairy producers face challenges amid good milk prices

DairyVoice Podcast: Geoff Vanden Heuvel on the water situation in California

Checkoff Delivering More Dairy into International Marketplace

What Happens in the First 60 Days Affects Later Lactation Performance

Tomas Vera, a digital transformation and innovation specialist, talks about the dairy industry

Six indicators of U.S. dairy export performance in 2023

New Study Shows California Water Regs May Reduce Dairy Cow Numbers 10 Percent by 2040

Agribusiness Outlook 2023: Risk management can help dairy thrive in the face of global uncertainty

Dairy Trends to Watch in 2023

How Do You Measure Success?

Fall 2022 Survey Reveals Marginal Drought Improvements for Farmers and Ranchers

BMR, Non-BMR and Male-Sterile Sorghum

The Big Cheese

Management Points to Consider when Increasing Milking Frequency

What does 2023 hold for Texas dairy?

Reflecting on checkoff successes with eye toward promising future

A New Look at Feed Efficiency

Congress Fails to Pass Agriculture Immigration Reform Legislation

Are You Fighting DF?

A new dairy report from Rabobank shows weakened dairy markets in 2023

Anaerobic Digesters: Utilization and Benefit for Dairies

Nutrition and Milk Persistency: Something to Think About!

California’s climate-smart dairy practices creating pathway to significant methane reduction

From Aflatoxin to Zearalenone: Key Mycotoxins You Should Know – Fumonisins

SWOT Analysis for Your Ranch

DairyBusiness Update Video: Ashlie Johnson on priorities to put in place for 2023

Checkoff Strategy Rooted in Understanding Changing Consumer Needs

The Balancing Act of Heifer Inventory

Dietary crude protein: how low can we go thanks to the amino acid balancing concept in dairy cows?

Why Herd Immunity Matters to Your Dairy

What If You Could?

Cover Crops After Corn Silage