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The Center for Dairy Excellence has published its monthly “Protecting Your Profits” discussion with updates about the August 2023 milk marketplace. The Center’s Executive Director Jayne Sebright invited Jacob Thompson, who serves as a Dairy [Read More …]

3 big benefits of cow locating

Use these tips to stop searching and start finding the cows you need. Finding an individual cow or even a few cows in larger groups that need to be checked, inseminated, treated or fetched isn’t [Read More …]

Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Gets Started

How would you report on the first mile of a 26-mile marathon where the race results will not be known until months after the race is finished? That is where we are with the Federal [Read More …]

Workplace Strategies, Genetic Selection, Market Update

Trio of episodes to offer practical management strategies This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) will provide recommendations to help producers make decisions across the entire dairy operation. Tuesday’s session will [Read More …]

Communicating with Farmers Under Stress

This discussion for ag industry professionals will help you learn the signs of stress and how to help. Communicating with Farmers Under Stress is for professionals who serve the agricultural industry and work with farmers [Read More …]

Real California Milk Excelerator Cohort Announced, Eight Dairy Startups Compete in 5th Annual Dairy Innovation Competition

CMAB and VentureFuel “Open Innovation” finalists tap into mentorship,support network to compete for funding to grow, expand products in California and beyond Today, the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) in partnership with innovation advisory VentureFuel, announced the eight finalists selected [Read More …]

Tillamook® Debuts Premium Frozen Meals: Mac & Cheese and Crispy Stone-Fired Pizza

The #1 cheddar brand on the dairy wall enters a new product category with launch of chef-inspired frozen meals, available this fall Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA), the co-operative behind one of the fastest growing dairy brands [Read More …]

Retail Registered Dietitians Visit Dairy Farm to Discuss Sustainable Nutrition

American Dairy Association North East and Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program recently joined the Pennsylvania Beef Council to coordinate a farm tour with more than two dozen retail registered dietitians at Kreider Farms, Manheim, Pa., to [Read More …]

Van Orden’s Farm Bill Listening Session

On Aug. 16, Congressman Derrick Van Orden held a Farm Bill listening session attended by nearly 300 farmers, many of them Wisconsin Fam Bureau members. He was joined by House Agriculture Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson [Read More …]

SWNY Hosts Upcoming Corn Silage Pre-Harvest Meeting

Corn Silage Pre-Harvest Meeting Scheduled for September 1st, 1pm-3pm in Caneadea, NY. Cornell Cooperative Extension offers a discussion-based meeting about corn silage production highlighting particle size, packing density, inoculants, and much more. Join Cornell Cooperative Extension’s [Read More …]

Back to School, Hopefully Soon Back to Fuller Fat

As the calendar flips to August, families across the country prepare to go back to school. For our family, for the first time in 11 years, we only have two children heading back to school. [Read More …]

IDFA’s Healthy School Milk Commitment Already Delivering Results for Milk Processors

As children across the country return to school, IDFA is sharing new data demonstrating the growing popularity among parents for maintaining flavored milk options in schools. Between March 2023 and June 2023, Morning Consult polling [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Cares Donates $100,000 to Organizations Providing Flood Relief

The Farm Credit East Cares Community Fund announced today it will donate $100,000 to organizations assisting producers recovering from July’s heavy rains and devastating flooding. Recipients of these funds include the Vermont Community Foundation and [Read More …]

Brianna Helps Provide 100 Gallons Of Milk For Her Community

Brianna Gives Back To Her Community In Vermont, New England Dairy and dairy farmers from the Green Mountain State are proud to highlight the work of Spaulding High School student Brianna P. Brianna has been [Read More …]

Day-Plus-Night Cooling Strategies Provide Powerful And Cost-Effective Option Against Heat Stress For Dairy Cows Outdoors

August 28, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

A recent study in the Journal of Dairy Science® explored day-only versus day-and-night cooling strategies for dairy cows housed outdoors, including a novel outdoor use of ducted air systems Hot weather can have a big impact on [Read More …]

Heat Takes a Terrible Toll on Milk Yields

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending August 25, 2023 U.S. milk output turned negative in July, as the heat took a terrible toll on milk yields. The milk production map and the July [Read More …]

Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett introduce Luck-E Acetylene Red, the first Showbox Sires bull

August 27, 2023 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett talk with Matt and Joe Engel of Luck-E Holsteins. The Engels are the breeders of the new Showbox bull Luck-E Acetylene Red. The Showbox Sires series, which is hosted by [Read More …]

Calling All Dairy College Students

Are you looking for a way to share your passion of dairy with the public? Are you a college student that wants to learn more about the dairy community? Apply for the Dairy Ambassador Program! [Read More …]

Zoetis Presents First Donation of 2023 to Folds of Honor

Contribution supports education for spouses and children of military service members. Zoetis donated $250,000 in the first half of 2023 to Folds of Honor. This is the second year of partnership with the nonprofit, bringing [Read More …]

USDA, USTR Name New Agricultural Trade Advisors

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai today announced the appointment of 130 new private-sector representatives to serve on seven agricultural trade advisory committees that represent the diversity of U.S. [Read More …]

The Evolution of Precision Agriculture and Policy Implications

Farming is truly a special walk of life. As the saying goes, “Man – despite artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and accomplishments, owes his existence to a 6-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it [Read More …]

Dairy Checkoff Publishes 2022 Annual Report

Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), the planning and management organization that oversees the national dairy checkoff program on behalf of America’s dairy farmers and importers, has posted its 2022 annual report at www.usdairy.com/for-farmers/resources. The report provides [Read More …]

IDFA Statement on FDA’s Appointment of Jim Jones as First Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods

Roberta Wagner, senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs for the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), issued the following statement today on the announced appointment of Jim Jones to serve as the U.S. Food [Read More …]

Dairy Market Report: Restrained Supply, Expanding Demand Offer Some Hope for Improved Milk Prices

A restrained supply and expanding demand are offering some hope that the current dire milk-price situation may improve, potentially offering a rapid recovery in dairy margins that are currently at punishing levels for dairy farmers. [Read More …]

Farm Income and Financial Forecasts, August 2023 Update

Date: Thursday, August 31, 2023 Time: 1:00 PM ET Duration: 1 hour Host: Carrie Litkowski, Economic Research Service, USDA USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) releases farm income statement and balance sheet estimates and forecasts three times a year. These core statistical [Read More …]

Berg + Schmidt Animal Nutrition opens a new company in Dubai

Berg + Schmidt – Animal Nutrition has unveiled a new subsidiary in Dubai, Berg and Schmidt Middle East Trading LLC. The strategic move will allow the company to respond to the growing demand for feed [Read More …]

Silage Covering and Harvest Management to Maximize Feed Value