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The International Dairy Foods Association’s (IDFA) Healthy School Milk Commitment was officially recognized at a special event organized at the White House to endorse a new set of commitments under the Biden-Harris administration’s National Strategy on [Read More …]

USDA Announces Progress on Newly Authorized Climate Programs

Key milestones and progress on the Growing Climate Solutions Act and SUSTAINS Act in 2024 Today, the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the report, Intent to Establish the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party [Read More …]

2024 GROWMARK Foundation Scholarship Application Now Open

The GROWMARK Foundation is pleased to offer fifty-five scholarships once again, totaling $2,000 each, to students pursuing agriculture and business-related degrees or certificates at colleges, universities, and technical schools in the United States and Ontario, Canada.At the [Read More …]

White House Recognizes IDFA’s Healthy School Milk Commitment for Reducing Added Sugar in School Milk

For 30-Million Children & Food-Insecure Kids During Summer IDFA Commitment by 37 Milk Processors Officially Endorsed as Part of Biden-Harris Administration’s National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The International Dairy Foods Association’s (IDFA) Healthy School Milk [Read More …]

Longtime Common Names Advocate Jaime Castaneda Testifies Before Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) executive director Jaime Castaneda testified yesterday before U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) trade policy staff on the need for the U.S. government to proactively secure protections from trading partners [Read More …]

Farm Credit Awards Efforts to Develop and Promote Northeast Agriculture

The Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Program, a joint effort of Farm Credit East and CoBank, recently provided $137,000 in grant funding to 27 organizations to assist their efforts to encourage youth leadership development, support young [Read More …]

DCRC calls for reproduction award nominations

The Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) seeks nominations for its Excellence in Dairy Reproduction Awards program. Dairy industry professionals, including veterinarians, extension agents, artificial insemination and pharmaceutical company representatives, dairy processor and co-op field staff, [Read More …]

Registration is Open for the 2024 National Holstein Convention

Registration is now open for the 2024 National Holstein Convention being held June 24 – 27, 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah. All Holstein enthusiasts are invited to attend and take part in the 2024 [Read More …]

DCHA webinar to focus on the importance of water quality

Join Dairy Calf & Heifer Association (DCHA) for its next webinar – “Making Your Water Work” – set for March 6, at 10 a.m. Central time (U.S./Canada). Taylor Engle, Four Star Veterinary Service, and James [Read More …]

Insights, Ideas and Inspiration to Drive Innovation on Tap for the 2024 Business Conference

Register today for Dairy’s Premier Educational Event, Set for March 13-14 The 2024 Business Conference presented by the Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) is just around the corner, with two days of programming designed to meet [Read More …]

DCRC seeks Scholar applicants

Graduate students: Apply for the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) Scholar program. The award winner will earn an expense-paid trip to attend the DCRC Annual Meeting, Nov. 12-14, in Arlington, Texas, USA. The application deadline [Read More …]

IDFA Stresses Need for Action at WTO Ministerial Conference

As the 13th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference kicked off in Abu Dhabi today, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) stressed the importance of reform and highlighted ways that the U.S. government can work to [Read More …]

High Plains Dairy Conference brings industry to Amarillo March 5-6

Global perspective, carbon markets, future of industry highlight agenda The High Plains Dairy Conference is scheduled March 5-6 at the Embassy Suites, 550 S. Buchanan St. in Amarillo. Conference chairs expect 400-500 dairy farmers, managers, [Read More …]

WTO meeting seeks modest outcomes, with global trade at ‘critical juncture’

Trade ministers from around the world gathered in Abu Dhabi on Monday for a World Trade Organization meeting that aims to set new global commerce rules, but its chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and delegates sought to [Read More …]

DNR Shares Annual Report Summarizing How Runoff Management Grant Dollars Are Allocated

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the publication of the 2022-2023 Annual Runoff Management Grant Report. The report summarizes financial assistance provided by the DNR for projects that prevent polluted runoff from entering [Read More …]

Indiana January Milk Production Report

Dairy herds in Indiana produced 382 million pounds of milk during January, up 1.9 percent from a year ago, according to Nathanial Warenski, State Statistician of the USDA, NASS, Indiana Field Office. Production per cow [Read More …]

Karl Czymmek named PRO-DAIRY associate director

Karl Czymmek has been named associate director of Cornell PRO-DAIRY. Czymmek also serves as a Dairy Climate Leadership specialist for PRO-DAIRY. As associate director Czymmek will work with director Dr. Thomas Overton and PRO-DAIRY specialist [Read More …]

Greener Cattle Initiative Opens Call for Enteric Methane Emission Research

Enteric methane, which animals release into the atmosphere by burping or exhaling, is a significant source of direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Today, the Greener Cattle Initiative (GCI), a multi-partner international consortium created by the Foundation for Food [Read More …]

USDA Deputy Secretary Torres Small Leads Trade Mission to Angola

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small is leading USDA’s first agribusiness trade mission to Luanda, Angola, this week, accompanied by representatives from the Kansas and Wisconsin departments of [Read More …]

Nomination Period Open for Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin Board of Directors Election

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is accepting nominations for eight seats on the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) Board of Directors. Nominations will be accepted from March 1 through March [Read More …]

Raw Milk Doesn’t Define Dairy

The activist claims are unfounded. The proposed laws endanger public health. And raw milk does not define dairy. Much like the anti-vaccination movement (with whom it shares many advocates), raw milk proponents make various claims that may [Read More …]

Central Valley Dairy Representative Monitoring Program Annual Meeting 1:30 p.m. March 11 via Zoom

The Central Valley Dairy Representative Monitoring Program (CVDRMP) will hold its annual member meeting on Monday, March 11 at 1:30 p.m. via Zoom teleconference. CVDRMP Directors and staff will provide updates about the organization’s activities, member fees [Read More …]

Record-Low Heifer Inventories, Record-High Credit Card Debt and New Crop Projections

Today’s big question: With heifer inventories at historic lows and global milk production trending lower in 2024, we seem to be poised for better milk prices compared to 2023, so what’s your action plan to [Read More …]

NMPF Urges DMC Signup as USDA Announces Enrollment

Statement from NMPF President & CEO Gregg Doud: “Dairy farmers are pleased to finally have the certainty of knowing when the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program signup is beginning, and NMPF urges every dairy farmer to [Read More …]

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