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Dates: October 1-6, 2023 Location: Madison, Wisconsin DATCP’s International Agribusiness Center is collaborating with the Livestock Exporters Association of the USA to host a Kazakhstani dairy delegation to World Dairy Expo during the first week of [Read More …]

CFI Transparency Summit Agenda & Speakers Announced

November 14 – 15 Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel Over two days, leaders from across the food industry will explore the challenges and opportunities that come with transparency and share effective approaches to put into practice [Read More …]

Register Today for the PDPW Herdsperson Workshops Set for Oct. 11, 12

Simultaneous Spanish translation provided for all sessions, farm tours Attendees of the 2023 Herdsperson Workshops presented by Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) will get the best of both worlds in the one-day training sessions set for [Read More …]

Spring Valley Farm and Heath Jerseys awarded the 2023 McKown Master Breeder Award

The Jersey breed has been the foundation of Spring Valley Farm in Westminster, Md., for nearly 100 years. The farm is owned and operated by third generation dairymen, brothers Allen and Wayne Stiles, and included [Read More …]

Fruit Flies, Drought and Flood Relief Programs Top Issues

State Board of Food and Agriculture Meeting on October 3rd The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will discuss pest and diseases issues impacting current-year crops at its upcoming meeting on Tuesday, October 3rd. [Read More …]

Lancaster County Dairy Producer Talks About Expansion & Benefits of Rotary Parlor

Tyler Rohrer Was Interviewed in the New Episode of “Cow-Side Conversations” In the Center for Dairy Excellence’s latest episode of the “Cow-Side Conversations” podcast, Tyler Rohrer of Rohrer Dairy Farms in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania shares [Read More …]

100th DairyVoice Podcast! Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett host a discussion on World Dairy Expo

In this, the 100th episode of DairyVoice podcast, Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett host a Showbox discussion with Tom Morris, Peter Vail, Dave Bollig, and Randy Frasier. They talk with this iconic panel about World [Read More …]

Deadline to enter is October 10 for The All American Jersey Shows

The 71st All American Jersey Show & Sale returns November 3, 4, 5, and 6 to the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Ky. Premiums totaling more than $46,000 will be awarded in three shows. [Read More …]

Nedap Now harnesses dairy insights for better decisions

New cloud-based software is always on and always thinking, creating insights not every dairy farmer has but every farm needs. Accessing your dairy herd’s data just got easier thanks to Nedap Now. The new software [Read More …]

Merck Animal Health Awards $90,000 in Scholarships to Future Bovine Veterinarians at the AABP Annual Conference

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 it has awarded $90,000 in scholarships to [Read More …]

All the cool kids (and their parents!) are eating cottage cheese

For those of you not yet in the know, cottage cheese is the It Dairy Product of 2023. That may be hard to believe, since it seems like only yesterday that Korean music group BTS [Read More …]

Merck Animal Health Recognizes Dr. Terry Engelken from Iowa State University as Mentor of the Year at the 2023 AABP Annual Conference

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), and the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) presented [Read More …]

HowGood Announces First-to-Market Sustainability Software Built for the Food Industry to Measure & Reduce Carbon Emissions for New SBTi FLAG Guidance

With HowGood’s Latis platform, the world’s largest food ingredient sustainability database, the Company will help the food industry track, report, and reduce land sector emissions Today, HowGood, a sustainability intelligence platform with the world’s largest ingredient [Read More …]

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AMPI continues reign as nation’s top Cheddar maker

Dairy co-op claims major class wins in 2023 World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) continued its reign as the nation’s top Cheddar cheese maker with first-place finishes in highly [Read More …]

Ajinomoto Co., Inc. introduces a unique solution for early detection of ketosis and other peripartum diseases

Preventative testing with AjiPro-Health identifies disease before causing economic impact for dairy producers Ajinomoto Co., Inc. will be exhibiting at the World Dairy Expo in October to introduce its new solution, AjiPro-Health. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. [Read More …]

Stay in front of your herd’s reproduction with new DairyComp feature

Easy-to-use insights inform reproductive management decisions. Do you wish there was an easier way to view and understand your herd’s reproduction data? Reproduction Insights, the new DairyComp and MyDC on PULSE feature available through VAS [Read More …]

Cattle Industry Consortium Funds Research Aimed at Reducing Enteric Methane Emissions

Today, the Greener Cattle Initiative (GCI), a multi-partner international consortium investing in research mitigating enteric methane, awarded additional grants to reduce enteric methane emissions from cattle. The grants aim to understand how mitigating methane emissions impacts cows’ [Read More …]

Hurricane Idalia: Florida agricultural production losses top $78M, UF economists estimate

The UF/IFAS Economic Impact Analysis Program assesses impacts to Florida agriculture following extreme weather events. The preliminary report for Hurricane Idalia is newly released. The report estimates a credible range of losses from $78.8 million [Read More …]

High number of animals entering Holland Holstein sHow

The 31st edition of the Holland Holstein sHow will take place on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 November 2023 in WTC Expo in Leeuwarden (The Netherlands). The members of the Holland Holstein Herds and the [Read More …]

High School Students Invited to “Dairy Challenge” Style Exploration Experience on November 10

Students Will Visit Delaware Valley University and Learn About the Business Aspect of Dairy Farming High school students in eleventh and twelfth grades who are interested in dairy production and agribusiness are invited to this [Read More …]

DCRC’s October 26 webinar addresses enhancing reproductive efficiency

Register for the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council’s (DCRC) next webinar – Enhance reproductive efficiency, progeny performance and herd dynamics with supplemental methionine – set for Oct. 26, starting at 1:30 p.m. Central time (Chicago time). [Read More …]

A Decade of CDCB: Genetic Advancement Through Pre-Competitive Collaboration

Wednesday, October 4 Hospitality at 7:30 a.m. CDT & Program 8:00 to 11:30 a.m. CDTNew location! The Tanbark at World Dairy Expo; Madison, Wisconsin 2023 marks 10 years since CDCB assumed responsibility of calculating U.S. genetic [Read More …]

Transition Milk, NMPF Update and Market News

Interact with industry experts and earn Dairy AdvanCE continuing education credits This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) will highlight important topics for your farm as well as national and global [Read More …]

CentralStar announces paid internship opportunities for summer 2024

CentralStar Cooperative, serving dairy and beef producers in the upper Midwest, is announcing the opening of several paid-internship positions for summer of 2024. “These opportunities cater to students passionate about the agricultural industry and offer [Read More …]

Nate’s Food Co. Announces Reverse Merger and Change of Control with JP Energy Group to Drive Global Expansion

Nate’s Food Co. (OTC: NHMD) is excited to announce the successful execution of an agreement to acquire JP Energy Group, a Food Jobber Company. This transaction, marked as an accounting reverse merger, represents a strategic [Read More …]

Suny Morrisville’s 40th Autumn Review Sale Is September 23

SUNY Morrisville’s annual Autumn Review Sale, “Magic of Morrisville,” is Saturday, Sept. 23. The sale starts at 11 a.m. at the college’s former draft horse barn at 5350 Hart Road in Morrisville, near the [Read More …]

Making the Most of the Employee Life Cycle

An employee who has been with our team for nearly five years just turned in his resignation. He was the kind of employee that anyone would want. He does an excellent job in his role, [Read More …]

MSU research: saving money, milk and improving human health

New research from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University finds that dairy producers overtreat cows diagnosed with non-severe cases of clinical mastitis, which increases farm costs and loss of milk. Pamela Ruegg, [Read More …]

USDA Launches Program to Support Agricultural Employers and Farmworkers

The Biden Administration today announced that agricultural employers can begin to apply for a pilot program designed to improve the resiliency of the food and agricultural supply chain by addressing workforce challenges farmers and ranchers [Read More …]

61st Farm Science Review Brings Agricultural Innovation, Education and Exploration to the Midwest