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Is a $15 breakeven possible for a dairy farming business in 2024, given increases in input costs and inflation, and the current milk market conditions? If anyone would tell you “yes,” it would be Pauly [Read More …]

Travis Cano Joins California Milk Advisory Board Marketing Team

New Processor Partnerships Manager Supports California Processors Using Real California Milk The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB), the marketing order representing California dairy producers, today announced the addition of Travis Cano as Manger of Processor Partnerships. Cano joins the CMAB with 16 years of experience at [Read More …]

Merck Animal Health Announces New User-Friendly ALLFLEX® CleanVax™ Nozzles and Shields for Intranasal Vaccination

Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside of the United States and Canada, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA (NYSE:MRK), today announced new ALLFLEX® CleanVax™ nozzles and shields for clean, fast [Read More …]

On-Farm Team Grants Available to Help PA Dairy Farms Form Advisory Teams

Farms Can Form Profit Teams, Transition Teams or Transformation Teams The Center for Dairy Excellence has several grants available for Pennsylvania dairy farm families through its On-Farm Team Grant Program for the 2024 year. Dairy [Read More …]

Penn State Extension: Save 25% with online learning

Just two days left for you to take advantage of 25 percent off over one hundred convenient, online courses from Penn State Extension! Don’t miss out! Register by January 31.Make good on those New Year’s resolutions. Upgrade your [Read More …]

DATCP Announces Updates to Farmland Preservation Program Due to Recent Legislative Action

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has announced updates to its Farmland Preservation Program due to Governor Tony Evers signing 2023 Wisconsin Act 42 in December. This legislation makes the following updates [Read More …]

Central Life Sciences Introduces Gravista®-D Insecticide for On-Farm Stored Grain at Commodity Classic 2024

January 31, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Residual control of post-harvest insects Central Life Sciences will be featuring Gravista®-D Insecticide at Commodity Classic 2024, held February 28 – March 2 in Houston, TX. Designed specifically to control profit-robbing insects in stored grain, [Read More …]

Showbox Sires: Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett Introduce Heath

Tim Abbott talks with Mike Duckett, Paul Trapp of Semex and Frank Regan on the new Showbox Sires release 744HO00201 HEATH. They discuss the pedigree and the great cows on top and the bottom side [Read More …]

Mooving Cows video game teaches proper cow handling skills

A new educational video game called “Mooving Cows,” which gives dairy workers and anyone interested the opportunity to practice cow handling skills, is now publicly available to download and play. The free game was developed [Read More …]

Vanguard Renewables Welcomes Foremost Farms USA to the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance

Foremost Farms is the most recent company to join a national movement to turn food waste into renewable energy Vanguard Renewables®, a national leader in organics-to-renewable energy production, is excited to announce the addition of [Read More …]

Keynote Speakers Announced for 2024 PA Dairy Summit, Registration Open

Discussions on Shifting Market Dynamics, Building Trust, Cultivating a Multi-Faceted Family Farm and More The 2024 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit has a line-up of dynamic keynote sessions planned for both dairy producers and allied-industry representatives who [Read More …]

Farmers, Ranchers Now Can Make USDA Farm Loan Payments Online

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that most farm loan borrowers will be able to make payments to their direct loans online through the Pay My Loan feature on farmers.gov in early February. Pay My [Read More …]

Space Available for PDP Dairy Wellbeing Workshop

Two sessions on Feb. 6 and 7, 2024, feature leading experts, behind-the-scenes tour Animal care should be a top priority for all members of each dairy through every stage in a cow’s life. The 2024 [Read More …]

Dairy Producers to Share How They Are Innovating a Producer-Led Marketplace at PA Dairy Summit

The PA Dairy Summit Will Be Held on February 7-8, 2024 in Lancaster, PA Three dairy producers will lead a compelling panel discussion, titled “Innovating a Producer-Led Marketplace,” at the Pennsylvania Dairy Summit on February 7-8, [Read More …]

Three WFBF Backed Bills Pass Assembly

The Wisconsin Assembly passed three bills supported by Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation to address the state’s wolf population, allow more efficient transportation of milk products and clarify limitations on the Farmland Preservation Tax Credit program. [Read More …]

Shapiro Administration Awards $2.232 Million For Research Critical To Growing Pennsylvania’s Agriculture Industry

January 30, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding today announced $2.232 million in funding for research proposals on issues critical to sustaining and growing Pennsylvania’s $132.5 billion agriculture industry. Funded projects will address complex challenges ranging from reducing impacts of [Read More …]

IDFA Statement on Conclusion of National Federal Milk Marketing Order Pricing Formula Hearing

“The U.S. dairy industry continues to go through a period of evolution and transition that has opened new opportunities for growth and presented significant new challenges for all participants throughout the dairy value chain, namely [Read More …]

EPIROS products distinguished themselves at the DLG Awards 2024 and the Superior Taste Awards 2024

EPIRUS SA welcomed 2024 with six new significant distinctions from the German Agricultural Society (DLG – Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft) and the International Taste Institute (ITI) in Brussels. EPIROS Original Feta PDO cheese, the company’s flagship product, [Read More …]

Is Dairy Plus for Me?

Dairy Plus is part of Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities grant from USDA. A total of 15 projects ($17.97M) from the first solicitation round are in the process of being awarded to California Dairy Operators. The [Read More …]

What’s Current?

California’s Water & Energy Future with Edward Ring Here’s a reality check that ought to keep politicians up at night in California. Despite being a sunny, solar friendly state, with ample areas blessed with high wind, [Read More …]

Help CDRF and UC Measure Dairy’s Sustainability Efforts: Take the Survey!

To demonstrate to consumers that the dairy industry’s sustainability efforts are working, we need a baseline. That’s why the California Dairy Research Foundation (CDRF) is funding UC Cooperative Extension to collect benchmark data. The short [Read More …]

Capitol Hill This Week; Feed Additive Legislation; Whole Milk

Capitol Hill Focused This Week on Border, TaxesNow that lawmakers have bought themselves some time on the annual budget front, with last week’s passage of a stop-gap funding measure through February, the focus this past [Read More …]

Tell FTC: Protect Farmer’s Right to Repair

National Farmers Union (NFU) urges the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to write regulations that ensure farmers and ranchers can repair their own equipment. Major farm equipment manufacturers refuse to provide farmers with full access [Read More …]

Alltech’s US corn silage mycotoxin report

In the past year, U.S. producers have seen droughts, high rainfall, and other weather events affecting corn harvest, making it more critical than ever to analyze mycotoxin risks across the nation. The Alltech 2023 U.S. [Read More …]

California Dairy Students Partner With California Dairy Families To Raise Milk For Families In Need