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Export and import data is now available for the third quarter of 2019. This post will cover cheese and butter, the most important commodities in the Class III price calculation. By comparison, the first half [Read More …]

Cheese: Bringing People Together All Over the World

Once a small store located on Old World Third Street in Milwaukee, today the Wisconsin Cheese Mart is a national Wisconsin Cheese retailer, offering more than 150 different cheeses and shipping to all 50 states. [Read More …]

CA: Independent Contractor Chaos Reigns in California

On September 18, 2019, the Governor signed AB 5, which significantly impacts independent contractors’ classification. It not only changes the standards in which employers use to determine whether a hired contractor will be classified as [Read More …]

CA: Golden State Notes

November 15, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 2

Sustainability Summit Offers College Scholarships The California Dairy Sustainability Summit is offering three scholarships for California college students in dairy science in a writing contest. The grand prize winner will receive a $1000 scholarship and [Read More …]

U.S. Dairy Export Council Gives Farmers Edge in Global Market

As a checkoff board member, I often am asked, “Why should exports matter to me?” I hear, “I am in a fluid market, so how do I know if any of my milk has ever [Read More …]

Right-Size Your Heifer Herd to Help Lower Expenses

Raising heifers today is about having the right ones, not keeping everyone. Do you need an inventory of heifers to maintain your milking herd? Of course. But, are you confident your heifer inventory contains the [Read More …]

Which Federal Orders Will Grow and Which Ones Will Shrink?

Milk needed in each of the 11 Federal Orders will increase or decrease based on their mix of the four different classes of milk. Those heavy on fluid milk will shrink with the declining domestic [Read More …]

Going One Step Beyond Defeat

John Ellsworth I often write about getting to the next level or overcoming defeat. One of my favorite quotes in this area comes from author Napoleon Hill who said: “More than five hundred of the [Read More …]

Supporting Normal with Probiotics

According to the American Institute of Stress, a popular definition of stress is “a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to [Read More …]

Are Gram-Positive Bacteria Impacting Your Dairy?

Strategic management of the Gram-positive mastitis-causing bacteria in your herd can help reduce dry cow infections and future production losses Studies have shown that more than 60% of new intramammary infections occur during the dry [Read More …]

The Importance of Hydroxy Trace Minerals – “No Guts No Glory” Pre-symposium at the Cornell Nutrition Conference

Micronutrients USA LLC, the market leader for hydroxy trace minerals, hosted the “No Guts No Glory” pre-symposium at the Cornell Nutrition Conference in Syracuse, N.Y., on Oct. 22-24. This annual event is designed to provide [Read More …]

CA: Milk Accelerator Program Creates Real Excitement… and More Milk Consumption

“We need a ‘shark tank’ for dairy products.” That was an idea dairy producer Luciana Jonkman suggested to Bob Carroll, vice president for business development of the California Milk Advisory Board. That statement set in [Read More …]

CA: New incentive opportunity helps conserve water and boosts environmental performance

New irrigation and fertilization technology, which conserves water and reduces environmental impacts, could soon spread to many dairies. After a successful trial run of the new system on three California dairies, the U.S. government has [Read More …]

California dairy digester specialists win EPA’s Clean Air Technology Award

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized the Calgren Dairy Fuels Pipeline Project and five other groups and individuals nationwide for their innovative work on clean air projects. The 2019 Clean Air Excellence Awards are given [Read More …]

New One-Dose Adjuvant Saves Time, Cost by Removing Need for Booster Shots

Newport Laboratories, Inc., a leader in custom-made vaccines, today launches Bio One™, a new, proprietary one-dose adjuvant that helps reduce time, labor and expense by removing the need for booster shots. Custom-made vaccines are developed [Read More …]

ASV Gives Customers More Options with New Base and Premium Machine Packages

ASV Holdings Inc., an industry-leading manufacturer of all-purpose and all-season compact track loaders and skid steers, introduces base- and premium-level configurations for its mid-sized Posi-Track® loaders. The options will make ASV’s innovative, productivity-boosting compact track [Read More …]

Top Ten Tips: Human – Dairy Heifer Interactions

One of the most common causes of employee injuries on dairies is cattle. These injuries are a result of human-dairy cattle interactions that went wrong. Providing dairy cattle handling training is the first step in [Read More …]

From Birth to Breeding: Raising Healthy Replacement Heifers

By implementing strategic protocols, dairy producers can reduce costly setbacks associated with developing replacement heifers Often ranked as the second-largest production cost on dairy farms, replacement heifers are an important investment in the future of [Read More …]

“The Art of Racing in the Rain!”

John Ellsworth, Success Strategies I recently saw an excellent movie by the title listed above, and I must tell you – It was a wonderful and very touching story. I’d highly recommend you see it! [Read More …]

With Higher Milk Prices, Milk Production is Growing. Will Over-Production Result?

Milk production and cow numbers for the first half of 2019 were reviewed in the July 15, 2019 post to this blog. Data for the third quarter is now available. Class III milk prices have increased (Chart [Read More …]

Florida Dairy Farmers Behind Creation of Massive Mural in Orlando

Artwork playfully pays homage to the state’s dairy farmers Florida Dairy Farmers is fittingly staking its prominence in an area referred to as The Milk District in Orlando with the creation of a signature mural [Read More …]

France in shock over U.S. cheese winning “Best in the World” honor

Judges at the World Cheese Awards put only one French cheese in the top 15, a national disgrace one leading newspaper calls a “sacrilege.” Based on a review of global food media coverage, the world is [Read More …]

Canola Meal: Too Often Overlooked in Dairy Cattle Nutrition Programs

The Canola Council of Canada recently completed a survey of the nutritive value of canola meal produced by 12 Canadian meal producing plants. Samples of meal were obtained 3 times per year for 4 consecutive [Read More …]

Spoiled Milk: A Cautionary Tale of Advertising and Labeling for the Animal Products Industry

Earlier this year, a class action complaint was filed against Coca-Cola and one of its subsidiaries, Fairlife LLC, alleging false advertising for selling “humanely sourced” milk. So, why was the claim false? According to the complaint, which was [Read More …]

Bringing Dairy Farming to Fairgoers in Texas

Dairy Discovery Zone expands dairy’s reach while building positive influence, trust and transparency When state fairs first began, most fairgoers were directly connected to agriculture. Today, the opposite is true. Dairy MAX is stepping in [Read More …]

Aflotoxins in Corn

What a weather anomaly this year has been! It started this spring with the bomb cyclone in March in the western part of Nebraska and the flooding on the central and eastern portion of the [Read More …]

California Dairy Activities

Giacomazzi Dairy Complete Dispersal One of the oldest continuous dairy farms west of the Rockies closed out its milking operations on Oct. 25 with a complete dispersal at the dairy in Hanford, Calif. Four generations [Read More …]

CA: 2019 Western Alfalfa & Forage Symposium

Optimizing Yield and Quality in Irrigated Forages 19-21 November, 2019, Grand Sierra Hotel, Reno, NV CE Units Provided (24 units CCA, 3 units PCA) Early-Bird Registration will close Nov. 8 for this comprehensive program which features 62 [Read More …]

CA: Drought-tolerant crop being studied in Central Valley – from ABC 30

Big research is happening at the Kearney Agriculture and Extension Center in Fresno County. Sorghum, a crop that looks similar to corn, is under a microscope. Jeff Dahlberg, director of the center, said that sorghum [Read More …]

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