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Top Three American Division Pizzas Feature California-Made Mozzarella as Key Topping The top 3 championship pizzaiolos in the Traditional American Division at the 2024 Trofeo Caputo, aka the Caputo Cup, shared a strong California connection: [Read More …]

Reporting Storm Damage on Farms – It Matters

Cornell Cooperative Extension encourages farms affected by recent storms to report damage and losses. Cornell Cooperative Extension reminds farms affected by recent storm damage to document and share any impacts the weather may have had [Read More …]

Growers, packers, buyers converge in California – CDFA hosts ag delegation from Mexico for visits in Fresno and Salinas

This week, CDFA is leading a delegation of Mexico produce buyers for visits with growers and packers in Fresno and Salinas before attending the Organic Produce Summit in Monterey. The visit is showcasing a variety of operations [Read More …]

Vanguard Renewables Names Kent Bartley as President of its Organics Solutions Division

Vanguard Renewables®, a leading provider of organic materials management solutions and renewable gas production via Farm Powered® anaerobic digestion, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kent Bartley as the President of its Organics Solutions [Read More …]

AgWest Farm Credit awards $327,500 in scholarships to 131 students

AgWest Farm Credit, a leading financial institution serving the agricultural industry, is proud to announce the recipients of its annual scholarship program. This year, 131 students across AgWest’s seven-state service territory have been awarded a [Read More …]

Evaluating and Maintaining Pastures in Dry Conditions

Under dry conditions, it is important to evaluate your pastures and have an inventory estimate on your available forage so that adjustments can be made to get through the grazing season. During droughty periods, we [Read More …]

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Bird flu strains: Where are they spreading around the globe?

Avian influenza, or bird flu, has public health officials on alert after an unprecedented spread in dairy cows in the United States this year. Four dairy workers have also tested positive in the country. A [Read More …]

IDFA Announces Key Staff Promotions

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announced today the promotion of three staff members. Andrew Jerome has been promoted to Vice President, Communications. Andrew Jerome joined IDFA in February 2020 as Director, External and Member [Read More …]

1,596 American-Made Cheese Arrive in Minneapolis This Week to Compete to Become “Best of Show” at the ACS Judging & Competition

July 12, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The American Cheese Society (ACS) is thrilled to announce that the largest judging and competition for American-made cheeses, the ACS Judging & Competition, kicks off today from June 3-7, 2024, at Huntington Bank Stadium at [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast: Mike Opperman and Dr. Joel Pankowski discuss building resiliency in the herd

In this episode, host Mike Opperman talks with Dr. Joel Pankowski of Arm & Hammer on resiliency in the herd, gut health, and pathogen mitigation. Dr. Pankowski explains that the best approach is to treat [Read More …]

Using QuickBooks to Manage Your Farm Business: Instructor-Guided

Learn basic accounting principles and QuickBooks to run your farm business. This course includes instructor interaction and webinars. This online, instructor-led course teaches you how to set up and maintain your financial records using the [Read More …]

Youth Engage in Holstein Foundation Contests at National Holstein Convention

Young Holstein enthusiasts showcased their dairy knowledge during the Dairy Bowl, Dairy Jeopardy, and Dairy Knowledge Exam competitions at the 2024 National Holstein Convention held June 24-27 in Salt Lake City, Utah. “These three competitions [Read More …]

Lallemand Animal Nutrition Announces 10th Annual Lallemand Scholarship Program

Applications will be accepted through September 27, 2024 Lallemand Animal Nutrition, North America, announces its 10th annual Lallemand Scholarship program. These scholarships reflect Lallemand’s ongoing commitment to fostering the next generation of leaders in agriculture, providing [Read More …]

Topics and Speakers Finalized for American Society of Agricultural Consultants (ASAC) 2024 Annual Conference

Andy Neuhofer, Florida Farm Bureau Federation; Curt Covington, AgAmerica; Steve Johnson, chair, Florida Citrus Commission; Andrew Muhammad, Ph.D., University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture; Corey Geiger, Lead Economist for Dairy at CoBank, and Paige Gilligan, [Read More …]

National Jersey Leadership Named at Annual Meetings

Officers and directors of the USJersey organizations were elected during the Annual Meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) and National All-Jersey Inc. (NAJ) held on June 21 and 22, 2024 in Springfield, Mass. [Read More …]

2024 Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Products Contest winners selected

Dairy manufacturers from throughout the state submitted over 460 entries for the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Products Contest, which took place June 20 at the Wisconsin State Fair Park. The contest featured over 50 [Read More …]

Animal experiments shed more light on behavior of H5N1 from dairy cows

In scientific experiments designed to assess the threat from H5N1 avian flu in the milk of infected cows, researchers today reported that the virus can bind to both avian and human-type cell receptors but doesn’t [Read More …]

Receptors make dairy cows a prime target for influenza, team finds

As highly pathogenic avian influenza has spread in dairy herds across the U.S., the virus is being detected in raw milk. A new study by a broad team of researchers at Iowa State University’s College [Read More …]

Features of H5N1 influenza viruses in dairy cows may facilitate infection, transmission in mammals

H5N1 virus did not efficiently transmit via respiratory route to ferrets. What A series of experiments with highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI H5N1) viruses circulating in infected U.S. dairy cattle found that viruses derived [Read More …]

NMPF Supports Indonesia School Milk Pledge as Market Share Grows

NMPF Executive Vice President of Trade Policy and Global Affairs Shawna Morris joined U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) staff in Indonesia from June 18-21 to advance the U.S.-Indonesia Technical Collaboration Project on Dairy and encourage [Read More …]

CDFA’s Inspection Services Division welcomes summer intern and congratulates her for California Women for Agriculture scholarship

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Inspection Services Division (ISD) welcomes summer intern Tonantzin Ortiz and congratulates her for recently earning a Salinas Valley Chapter of California Women in Agriculture (CWA) Agricultural Studies [Read More …]

H5N1 Biosecurity & Sanitizing Protocols Webinar

July 11, 2024 | 12:00 p.m. Eastern IDFA and our members continue to bring you the latest on the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI or H5N1) outbreak affecting the dairy industry. Join IDFA for an informative [Read More …]

Junior Holstein Achievements Highlighted at National Holstein Convention

Junior Holstein members showcased their passion for Holstein cows and the dairy industry at the 2024 National Holstein Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. From June 23 to 27, 2024, over 300 enthusiastic Junior Holstein [Read More …]

Livestock, humans at risk of painful bites as horse fly populations increase

Rainfall fueling above-normal infestations of these relentless pests Be on the lookout for an especially nasty and tenacious biting insect pest – the horse fly – as it hunts for its next blood meal. Sonja [Read More …]

“Adopt a Cow” Program Brings Agriculture to the Classroom, Enrollment Open Until Sept. 15