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CA: On-Farm Milk Disposal Advisory Summary

April 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

April 3, 2020 No dairy producer wants to dump milk. The unique situation associated with COVID19 impacting fluid milk distribution routes may result in dairy producers being asked to dump milk. Producers are already taking [Read More …]

California Milk Advisory Board 2020 Executive Committee Officers

April 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Newly elected 2020 officers of the California Milk Advisory Board Executive Committee are (top row, left to right): Vice Chairman Tony Louters of Merced, Chairman Josh Zonneveld of Laton, Treasurer David Vander Schaaf of Stockton, [Read More …]

US Dairy Manufacturer AMS Galaxy USA Announces High Moisture Corn Automated Feeding System for Milking Robot

April 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

AMS Galaxy USA — an American robotic dairy farm manufacturing company with dealerships across the United States — announces a first-of-its-kind Automatic High Moisture Corn Feeding System specifically designed for their milking robot, the Galaxy [Read More …]

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 …]

55th Annual Meeting of National DHIA

March 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Data Uses – a Broader View Panel: Phil Dukas moderated a discussion with this group. From left, Dan Noldolf, Wisconsin dairy producer; Bob McKaig, Indiana producer; Allen Chester, N.Y. producer; Dan Moyer, Central Star Cooperative; [Read More …]

My Reflections on DMI, 25 Years Later

March 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

So many things rush to my mind as I reflect on the 25 years of Dairy Management Inc. (DMI). It’s hard to believe the group that leads our national dairy checkoff is already celebrating this [Read More …]

What the Coronavirus Outbreak Could Do to Dairy

March 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

There are no answers, do you have any questions? Coronavirus is bearish for dairy prices, but we don’t know how bearish yet. There are a few different ways that I have tried to look at [Read More …]

What’s the Best Ratio?

March 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

John Ellsworth The January 31, 2020 issue of the Daily Dairy Report, which I highly recommend, was entitled “Heifer Supplies Shrink.” Essentially, the report told us that during the past 10 years dairymen in the [Read More …]

Hiring Great Employees Requires Exceptional Recruitment and Selection

March 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

One of our agricultural adages is that the best land makes the most money. In our livestock enterprises, we feel the same way about our animals. Finding the best land and finding and maintaining the [Read More …]

The Margin Still Rules

March 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Margin, either on a per hundred weight basis or per cow basis is the gold standard for measuring an operation’s financial status and milk price alone is a minor character in the narrative. Production perspective: [Read More …]

Eye on Working Capital

March 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

If you have heard my discussion on the direction of milk market you will remember one of my closing statements is that “dairymen will need to strengthen balance sheets before any real herd expansion rallies [Read More …]

Cheese and Butter Exports and Imports for 2019

March 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy export and import data for 2019 was recently released by the United States International Trade Commission (USITC). It was a tough year for exports in general as new trade agreements were being negotiated. In [Read More …]

Health Evaluations for Jerseys Arriving on April 7, 2020

March 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Jersey breeders will receive genetic evaluations to strengthen cows’ resistance to health disorders in April 2020. These evaluations from the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) are derived from Jersey data recorded in Dairy Herd [Read More …]

On Optimists and Farmers

March 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

What or rather who is an optimist? There are some other words that are used in describing an optimist, like dreamer, idealist, or “hoper.” Certainly nothing wrong with being called any of those things and [Read More …]

Clostridial Disease Protection for the Cow and Calf

March 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

Clostridial diseases can be lethal to dairy cattle, especially during times of stress, injury or changes in feeding practices.1 Using vaccinations paired with appropriate management practices can prevent common clostridial diseases for both the cow and calf. Symptoms [Read More …]

CA: CDC Advocates National Dairy Growth Management Strategy

March 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

California Dairy Campaign President Joe Augusto, California Dairy Campaign Vice President Mark McAfee, and California Farmers Union (CFU) Vice President George Davis joined delegates from around the country to call for dairy growth management policy [Read More …]

CA: Clover Sonoma Advances Social and Environmental Impact with B Corporation Recertification and New Fully Renewable Milk Carton

March 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Clover Sonoma to be the first dairy in the U.S. to use a fully renewable plant-based milk carton. Clover Sonoma, a third-generation family-owned and operated dairy processing firm announced on Mar. 6 its B [Read More …]

CA: On-Farm Milk Disposal Advisory Summary

California Milk Advisory Board 2020 Executive Committee Officers

US Dairy Manufacturer AMS Galaxy USA Announces High Moisture Corn Automated Feeding System for Milking Robot

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

55th Annual Meeting of National DHIA

My Reflections on DMI, 25 Years Later

What the Coronavirus Outbreak Could Do to Dairy

What’s the Best Ratio?

Hiring Great Employees Requires Exceptional Recruitment and Selection

The Margin Still Rules

Eye on Working Capital

Cheese and Butter Exports and Imports for 2019

Health Evaluations for Jerseys Arriving on April 7, 2020

On Optimists and Farmers

Clostridial Disease Protection for the Cow and Calf

CA: CDC Advocates National Dairy Growth Management Strategy

CA: Clover Sonoma Advances Social and Environmental Impact with B Corporation Recertification and New Fully Renewable Milk Carton

CDFA scientist: California moving towards less methane by 2030

ST Series Attachments Provide Ability to Complete Milling and Stabilizing Jobs with the Same Tool

The Impact of Coronavirus on Dairy Markets

What’s Your Communication Level? by John Ellsworth

Born of the Bond Series Premiere Shines Spotlight on Veterinary Care Deserts

Dairy’s Big GLP-1 Moment: 5 Risks Processors Need to Know

Summer Is Over: Use This Fall to Evaluate Summer Heat Stress