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Topcon Agriculture announces the integration of its TAP FEED API with Connecterra. The company has signed an agreement with Connecterra to provide dairy farmers and agricultural professionals with enhanced data integration and analysis capabilities. The new API demonstrates Topcon’s commitment [Read More …]

Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation awards five scholarships to PDP Cornerstone Dairy Academy

Five students accepted into the 2025 Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) Cornerstone Dairy Academy® earned a scholarship to the program from the Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation (WROF). Recipients include Will Cordes, Stratford, Wis.; Stacy Eberly, Monroe, Wis.; Regan Kramer, [Read More …]

John Deere Garners Nine 2025 AE50 Awards for Innovative Product Engineering

March 17, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

John Deere (NYSE: DE) recently earned nine 2025 AE50 Awards for outstanding innovation in engineering and technology for agricultural, food and biological systems. Annually, the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) recognizes the [Read More …]

The Dairy Markets Are Adjusting

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending March 14, 2025 Trade threats – and new tariffs on U.S. dairy exports to Canada and China – have spooked the markets and slowed sales. Importers don’t [Read More …]

Finding a Safety Net and Protecting Your Margin With Dairy Margin Coverage Free Webinar

Looking to find a safety net and protect your margin in a marketplace that seems to always be shifting? The Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program is a risk management program that’s intended to serve as that [Read More …]

The Importance of Agricultural Exports for Wisconsin

Each year, we celebrate National Ag Day in March. In Wisconsin, agriculture contributes $116.3 billion annually to the state’s economy, and about one in ten people working in the state hold a job related to [Read More …]

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Holstein Foundation Board of Trustees Welcomes Heather Moore

The Holstein Foundation is pleased to announce that Heather Moore of Maquoketa, Iowa, will be joining the Board of Trustees. The trustees oversee the direction of the Holstein Foundation’s youth and young adult education and [Read More …]

Join the Next PA Agriculture HPAI Monthly Call on March 19

As Pennsylvania continues to monitor the cases of HPAI in dairy cattle and poultry flocks across the United States, the Center for Dairy Excellence will host the next monthly Pennsylvania Agriculture HPAI Conference Call on Wednesday, March 19 at 1 [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Contributes $100,000 to Northeast Food Security Initiatives

March 16, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Farm Credit East recently announced it contributed $100,000 to Northeast food security initiatives as part of the Food Access Infrastructure Initiative. The Urban Agriculture Cooperative, based in Newark, New Jersey, and the Burlington Food Pantry, [Read More …]

Showbox Sires Announce a New Program Including Lawwal Holsteins, and Worldwide Sires/Worldwide Sires New Zealand

Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett with Showbox Sires announce a new partnership in New Zealand. Worldwide Sires/Worldwide Sires New Zealand and Lawwal Holsteins are excited about the showbox sires product line and have created an [Read More …]

Renegotiated trade deal benefits US dairy producers

The United States and Canada have been fighting about milk for years, but new Cornell research suggests recent Canadian trade concessions removed some barriers to U.S. dairy exports. Using monthly trade data, Christopher Wolf, the E. [Read More …]

Purdue Agriculture launches new leadership certificate for students

The College of Agriculture has introduced a new undergraduate leadership certificate program, Agriculture Leadership and Professional Development (AgLeadPro). The program is designed to provide students with a framework to ensure broader engagement in cocurricular activities. [Read More …]

Eating for baby’s brain development

The first 1,000 days of a child’s life are considered crucial for their cognitive, social and emotional development. That’s when the brain’s structure and capacity are determined. By children’s third birthdays, their brains triple in [Read More …]

The Importance of Agricultural Exports for Wisconsin

Each year, we celebrate National Ag Day in March. In Wisconsin, agriculture contributes $116.3 billion annually to the state’s economy, and about one in ten people working in the state hold a job related to [Read More …]

US farmers sue Trump administration for withheld IRA funds

Several U.S. farmers and non-profit organizations filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Thursday, arguing it is illegally withholding Department of Agriculture grants funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. The USDA has frozen a broad [Read More …]

Coast to Coast, Farm Families Stand With Their Employees

With new administrations come new leadership, new priorities and new regulatory approaches. The recent transition has highlighted policy changes throughout the federal government, including interior enforcement of existing immigration laws. In farming communities throughout the [Read More …]

Become a Cheese Industry Leader: Apply for the ACS Certified Cheese Professional® Exam!

*UPDATE: Join us for an Ask Me Anything Facebook Live Session with Nathan Aldridge from GFI on Thursday, March 20th at 2pm MT/4pm ET. We will dive into all things related to ACS Certification. Bring your [Read More …]

New guidelines encourage widespread adoption of methane-reducing feed additives in dairy and livestock

After many decades of research, the dairy sector has a significant body of peer-reviewed research showing that feed additives can effectively reduce methane, the greenhouse gas that makes up most of dairy’s environmental footprint. Yet [Read More …]

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates March 2025

NOTE: The WASDE report only considers trade policies that are in effect at the time of publication. Further, unless a formal end date is specified, the report also assumes that these policies remain in place. U.S. [Read More …]

Creameries Encouraged to Participate in 2025 PA Ice Cream Trail

The Ice Cream Trail Celebrates Pennsylvania Dairy, Tourism, and PA Preferred® Businesses The Center for Dairy Excellence, PA Preferred®, and the Pennsylvania Tourism Office are once again seeking creameries to participate in the 2025 Pennsylvania [Read More …]

Young Farmer Leader Sedrick Rowe to Testify Before Senate Agriculture Committee on Barriers to Credit and Risk Management

Sedrick Rowe, a young, Black farmer from Albany, Georgia, will testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry in a hearing titled Perspectives From the Field: Risk Management, Credit, and Rural Business Views on the [Read More …]

Learn How to Protect Your Margin with DMC Program During Free Webinar on March 21

The Free “Protecting Your Profits” Webinar Will Take Place on March 21 at 12 p.m. EST On Friday, March 21 from 12-1 p.m., the Center for Dairy Excellence will host a “Protecting Your Profits” webinar [Read More …]

DATCP Announces Commercial Nitrogen Optimization Pilot Program Grant Recipients

March 13, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced that nine projects are receiving grant funding for the 2025 Commercial Nitrogen Optimization Pilot Program (NOPP). These grants aim to refine and enhance the [Read More …]

Industry Experts to Host Free Webinar on Dairy Cow Compost Pack Bedding

Improved Herd Comfort and Sustainability Dairy farmers and industry professionals are invited to join a free webinar on “Dairy Cow Compost Pack Bedding: Optimizing Comfort and Sustainable Practices.” Hosted by Kevin Hoover, CEO of AmeriWind, [Read More …]

California Milk Advisory Board Announces Transition in Leadership

CEO John Talbot Shares 2025 Retirement Plan; VP of Business Development Bob Carroll on Tap to Lead Organization in the Future The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) today announced that CEO John Talbot will retire [Read More …]

Michigan Foundation for Agriculture announces new executive director

Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) has hired Kristine Kuhnert as its new executive director of the Michigan Foundation for Agriculture (MFA), effective March 10, 2025. Kuhnert will collaborate closely with MFB leadership and the broader MFB [Read More …]

Dairy Producers Share Why They Are Proud to Work in Agriculture Ahead of National Ag Day

National Agriculture Day Will Take Place on March 18, 2025 With National Agriculture Day approaching next week on March 18, 2025, the Center for Dairy Excellence asked both dairy producers and agricultural industry professionals a [Read More …]

Navigating Immigration Compliance: What Dairy Farmers Need to Know

Join the National Milk Producers Federation for an informative webinar to learn about the legal rights and responsibilities of agricultural employers regarding immigration enforcement. Gain valuable insights into how to prepare for and respond to [Read More …]

Next Pennsylvania Agriculture HPAI Conference Call To Be Held on March 19