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Created for Spanish-speaking dairy owners, managers, and mid-managers, Expo en Español returns yet again to World Dairy Expo this fall. Presented exclusively in Spanish, Expo en Español will be hosted at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday during World [Read More …]

On Dairy’s Wild Ride

Watching commodity markets right now feels a little like riding a roller coaster at Hershey Park that goes backwards. Over the past decade, we have gotten used to seeing strong commodity prices weighing down dairy [Read More …]

DBIA Offers $10,000 Grants for On-Farm H5N1 Biosecurity Efforts

Midwestern dairy farmers can apply now at WisCheeseMakers.org for reimbursement grants of up to $10,000 each to support on-farm biosecurity efforts amid the ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in dairy cattle. Total [Read More …]

DeLaval Teat Spray Robot Wins AgTech Breakthrough Award

The TSR2 is awarded Overall Agriculture Robotics Solution of the Year DeLaval, a global leader in dairy farming solutions, is honored to announce that the DeLaval teat spray robot TSR2 was selected as the Overall Agriculture [Read More …]

DeLaval Teat Spray Robot Wins AgTech Breakthrough Award

August 26, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The TSR2 is awarded Overall Agriculture Robotics Solution of the Year DeLaval, a global leader in dairy farming solutions, is honored to announce that the DeLaval teat spray robot TSR2 was selected as the Overall Agriculture [Read More …]

U.S. Milk Output Faces Historic Decline

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending August 23, 2024 U.S. milk output has trailed prior-year volumes for 13 straight months. In Wednesday’s Milk Production report, USDA slashed its initial estimate of June milk [Read More …]

Innovation, New Technologies Drive Efficiencies and Improvements in Water Management

Join the 2024 Water Tours to see rural, urban projects at work The quality and availability of the state’s water supply is a top priority for all Wisconsin residents. Municipalities, farms and businesses are adopting [Read More …]

National Milk Producers Federation Market Report

Fluid milk, yogurt, butter and non-American-type cheese posted positive annual growth in domestic commercial use during the second quarter this year. Significant export growth was posted by all types of cheese and by whey protein [Read More …]

Real California Milk Excelerator Innovation Competition Announces Health and Wellness Cohort at Program Kick-Off In Davis, Calif.

The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB), in partnership with VentureFuel, has announced the eight finalists for the 6th Real California Milk Excelerator during the program’s kick-off in Davis, Calif. This year’s competition, centered on health [Read More …]

Demonstration of Energy Efficient, Scalable, and 100% Electric Heat Pump Refrigeration at Straus Family Creamery to Be the First of Its Kind at Industrial Commercial Scale

August 25, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

A new technology—100% electric heat pump refrigeration— at Straus Family Creamery will contribute to a sustainable transformation of the commercial cold storage sector, reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), improving energy efficiency and demand flexibility, saving [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast: Tana Dennis of Cargill Talks About Oxidative Stress in Calves

In this episode of DairyVoice, host Connie Kuber of Sealpro Silage Barrier Films by Connor Agriscience talks with Tana Dennis PhD of Cargill. They discuss Oxidative Stress in Calves; what it is, what to look [Read More …]

California Dairy On Display At The Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo

The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) is bringing culinary inspiration with California dairy to the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo, August 25-27 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. CMAB will showcase the diversity of dairy [Read More …]

IDFA Opens Nominations for Annual Industry Awards to Honor Dairy Industry’s Top Leaders

Nominations now open for 2025 IDFA Laureate, Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year, Food Safety Leadership, and Workplace of the Year The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is seeking nominations for four top awards presented [Read More …]

Horses, Dairy Cows and Cockroach Composting! See Suny Morrisville at the Great New York State Fair

Horses, dairy cows and cockroach composting. What do they have in common with this year’s Great New York State Fair? SUNY Morrisville! The college can be spotted throughout this year’s fair, which runs Wednesday, Aug. [Read More …]

New “No Trespassing Signs” Available to Help Encourage Biosecurity on PA Farms

The Signs Are Available to Farms at No Cost While Supplies Last To help mitigate the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) across the Pennsylvania animal agriculture industry, the Center for Dairy Excellence has [Read More …]

Vilvi Group starts construction of €50 million cheese production facility in Latvia

With the laying of a symbolic capsule, Vilvi Group, one of the biggest dairy enterprises in the Baltic States, began building of a new cheese factory in Bauska, Latvia. The facility is the biggest investment [Read More …]

Save the Date: Labor Roadshow VIII

Focus on Agricultural Workforce Development New York’s Agricultural Workforce Development Council is excited to announce Labor Roadshow VIII, a pivotal event dedicated to educating and supporting farm employers. This year’s Roadshow promises to deliver [Read More …]

Mobile Dairy Experience

NYAAC unveiled a new interactive dairy experience at The Great New York State Fair on Monday, August 19. Located between the Expo Center and the Beef Cattle Barn, and next to the Dairy Cow Birthing [Read More …]

Canadian Strike Would Derail Key Ag Trade Transport

A recent decision by the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) laid the track for a potential strike by nearly 10,000 rail workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway (CPKC). The [Read More …]

2024 New York State Fair Butter Sculpture

Dairy: Good for you. Good for the Planet That is the theme of this year’s annual butter sculpture at the New York State Fair. The sculpture highlights one of the many ways that dairy farmers [Read More …]

TC Jacoby & Co celebrates 75 years – Part 2

For 75 years, TC Jacoby & Co. has been a family business serving dairy sellers, carriers, and buyers. Sometimes, we’ve learned from others, and sometimes, we’ve taken a leadership role in innovations that have changed [Read More …]

UDIM Pairs up with USA Pickleball

This first-of-its-kind partnership promotes dairy nutrition and healthy habits in schools. Dairy is the official refueling beverage of USA Pickleball thanks to a new partnership between United Dairy Industry of Michigan (UDIM) and the National [Read More …]

Putnam, Perry and Whitley County Indiana Farmers Win 2024 INFB Young Farmers & Ag Professionals Awards

Jayden Simpson of Putnam County, Isaac and Kyla Schroeder of Perry County and Cory and Emily Studebaker of Whitley County are the winners of Indiana Farm Bureau’s top awards for Young Farmers & Ag Professionals [Read More …]

Leading with Courage and Confidence: Katie Coyne

Do you ever stop and think about those people who never had to help you along the way? But they did. The ones that reached out with encouragement, that advocated for you when they didn’t [Read More …]

Polled, Red and ultra-elite genetics among Select Sires’ 12 new daughter-proven graduates

Select Sires Inc. continues to dominate the ranks for world-renowned indexes, including Herd Health Profit Dollars® (HHP$®), Cheese Merit (CM$) and TPI® while also topping the charts for component yields, fertility and health traits. The [Read More …]

MMPA: Amul Milk Now in the USA

There is nothing like the taste of home – a reason for the coconut and rice Indian celebration ritual that kicked off the launch of Amul-branded fluid milk in America. While for some the taste of whole [Read More …]

Dairy MAX Hosts Child Nutrition Professionals at Dairy Explorers Farm to Tray Experience

This year, during the Dairy MAX School Marketing team’s bustling conference season, the team hosted a first-of-its-kind event prior to the start of the Colorado School Nutrition Association Annual Conference. Named the Dairy Explorers Farm to [Read More …]

Truterra Dips into Dairy with Launch of Summer Programs

Carbon program created specifically for dairy producers among options to help farmers adopt climate-smart practices Truterra, a leading agricultural sustainability business that works with farmers to help improve the environmental impact of agricultural production while [Read More …]

Junior Dairy Leader graduation

Celebrating 25 years of mentoring youth for successful careers in the dairy industry Enthusiasm is always palpable at a Junior DAIRY LEADER graduation, held in August on the Cornell campus at Morrison Hall. The day is a [Read More …]

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