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How secure is your dairy farm?

July 1, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Have you ever thought about the security of your farm? Are you taking the necessary steps to protect your cows, your employees and your investment? Regulators will expect dairy farms to be more secure in [Read More …]

Top 5 Tips for Managing Heat Stress in Cattle

July 1, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

During the summer, dry matter intake can drop — and so can milk production. This decline in performance can be minimized or even avoided. There are simple changes producers can make to ensure the quality [Read More …]

Forests, Food And Land Can Deliver 30% of Solutions Needed To Tackle Climate Crisis by 2030

July 1, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Businesses, Local Governments and Citizens Challenged to Conserve and Restore Land As part of the Global Climate Action Summit, WWF, together with a broad coalition of partners, today issued the 30X30 Forests, Food and Land Challenge: calling [Read More …]

CA: Newtrient Meets with California Air Resources Board (CARB) to Advance GHG Reduction in California

July 1, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

When thinking about manure management technologies and options, digesters are often the first to come to mind. But methane digesters are only part of the solution. The recovery of phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium and fiber from [Read More …]

CA: Western United Dairymen Continues Green Cow Campaign

July 1, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The state of California has been pushing our dairy farmers to be green and our producers have answered that call with excellence, so it’s time to shout our successes and efforts to the social media [Read More …]

New Products: New Internal Teat Sealant Added to Boehringer Ingelheim Dairy Mastitis Portfolio

July 1, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

For the first time, dairy producers have a choice in internal teat sealants, and new Lockout™ comes with advantages, like a more ergonomic syringe design and a visible blue paste for easy identification during the [Read More …]

New Products: DeLaval Introduces its New Robotic Milking System, the VMS™ V300

July 1, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

DeLaval recently unveiled the all-new Voluntary Milking System VMS™ V300 to producers and industry representatives at their robotic milking conference, VMS PRO North America, in Madison, WI. The VMS V300 helps farmers by making them less [Read More …]

New Products: New GEA Semi-Tanker for Liquid Manure Transport

July 1, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

GEA announces the North American launch of its STR Series Manure Semi-Tanker, the latest addition to the GEA range of manure management equipment. The STR Semi-Tanker is designed to make manure transportation quicker and easier by [Read More …]

New Products: Timac Agro USA Introduces Fertiactyl®ST seed treatment

July 1, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Timac Agro USA, a provider of crop nutritional solutions, introduces Fertiactyl® ST, a liquid seed treatment suitable for any crop started from seed. This formulation was developed from Timac Agro’s Fertiactyl® GZ to help farmers battle environmental [Read More …]

Shift Happened. Now what?

June 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The “new consumer” presents challenges and opportunities for dairy Recently I was asked to share insights and observations about the changing consumer landscape and the implications these changes hold for the dairy industry. As global [Read More …]

Life-Saving Silage Safety Basics

June 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The 5 W’s plus how to prevent accidents It’s one of those things we don’t think about…until we must. We hear a siren, see an ambulance pull out of someone’s yard, read an article about [Read More …]

Semex Announces Alliance for Polled Genetics

June 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Canadian AI firm Semex has announced a relationship with a gene editing company that will allow its bulls in the future to result from high merit embryos genetically edited for the polled gene. Offspring [Read More …]

Successfully Feeding the Newborn Calif

June 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The DeLaval Calf College webinar, hosted May 4 by Dr. Robert James, DVM, covered the foundations for successful newborn feeding. “This is where it all begins, and we don’t get a second chance,” he said. [Read More …]

Fungicide Application May Improve Yield, ROI for BMR Corn Silage

June 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The quality of your corn silage in the field is critical to the quality of feed you’ll have available in the coming year. Foliar diseases can compromise plant health and yield. The challenge is determining [Read More …]

Sulfate Trace Minerals May Cause More Harm Than Good in the Dairy Ration

June 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

When it comes to trace minerals in the dairy ration, not all forms of trace mineral supplementation are equal. As researchers learn more about the form and function of trace minerals, questions have arisen about [Read More …]

National Dairy Shrine Announces 2018 Scholarship Winners

June 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Dairy Shrine is pleased to announce the winners of their dairy scholarships for 2018. National Dairy Shrine will provide 40 scholarships worth more than $45,000 to students at their annual scholarship & awards [Read More …]

From Farm to Table – Midwest Farm Families Share Insights on How to Make a Strong Community Connection and Highlight Dairy’s Many Benefits Through National Dairy Month Events

June 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

There is no denying it—the conversation around dairy has changed. Consumers are now more interested than ever in where their food comes from – including how the animals are treated on the farm, what the [Read More …]

Consumers’ Love-Hate Relationship with Government Agencies

June 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

5 Tips for Lasting Commitment Ask any marriage counselor: a relationship without trust isn’t much of a relationship at all. According to the latest research from The Center for Food Integrity (CFI), consumers and federal government food [Read More …]

CA: USDA Announces the Formation of the California Federal Milk Marketing Order: Now the Work Begins

June 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

On June 7, the United States Department of Agriculture made an official announcement that the producer referendum held in April passed. As they had told us when they came out to California to conduct meetings [Read More …]

CA: USDA Launches California Federal Milk Marketing Order Website

June 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA recently launched a dedicated website with all the relevant information about the newly created California Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO), according to Geoff Vanden Heuvel, director of regulatory and economic affairs at the Milk [Read More …]

CA: AgXscape! The first agriculture and dairy themed escape room opens at Hilmar Cheese Company’s Visitor Center on June 11 – Celebrate June Dairy Month!

June 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

“You have always wondered what it is like have a farm. Now your team is managing Bob’s dairy. You get a call from a neighbor that there is a severe situation. You must quickly follow [Read More …]

How secure is your dairy farm?

Top 5 Tips for Managing Heat Stress in Cattle

Forests, Food And Land Can Deliver 30% of Solutions Needed To Tackle Climate Crisis by 2030

CA: Newtrient Meets with California Air Resources Board (CARB) to Advance GHG Reduction in California

CA: Western United Dairymen Continues Green Cow Campaign

New Products: New Internal Teat Sealant Added to Boehringer Ingelheim Dairy Mastitis Portfolio

New Products: DeLaval Introduces its New Robotic Milking System, the VMS™ V300

New Products: New GEA Semi-Tanker for Liquid Manure Transport

New Products: Timac Agro USA Introduces Fertiactyl®ST seed treatment

Shift Happened. Now what?

Life-Saving Silage Safety Basics

Semex Announces Alliance for Polled Genetics

Successfully Feeding the Newborn Calif

Fungicide Application May Improve Yield, ROI for BMR Corn Silage

Sulfate Trace Minerals May Cause More Harm Than Good in the Dairy Ration

National Dairy Shrine Announces 2018 Scholarship Winners

From Farm to Table – Midwest Farm Families Share Insights on How to Make a Strong Community Connection and Highlight Dairy’s Many Benefits Through National Dairy Month Events

Consumers’ Love-Hate Relationship with Government Agencies

CA: USDA Announces the Formation of the California Federal Milk Marketing Order: Now the Work Begins

CA: USDA Launches California Federal Milk Marketing Order Website

CA: AgXscape! The first agriculture and dairy themed escape room opens at Hilmar Cheese Company’s Visitor Center on June 11 – Celebrate June Dairy Month!

CA: Farm Credit helps students achieve ag career goals

CA: Applications being accepted for 2018 Leopold Conservation Award

New Products: Innovative Manure Treatment at Wolf Creek Dairy Open House on June 28

New Products: High-tech bull collar set to cut the cost of poor fertility

New Products: Semex’s Elevate™ Program Delivers Female Immunity+ Test

New Products: Worksaver Introduces New Adapters for Westendorf Loaders

New Products: John Deere Introduces Updated Harvest Equipment

What Attracts High Quality Employees?

Allow Peaceful, Law-Abiding Working Immigrants Out of the Shadows

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