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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

Key Points Covering silage piles to exclude oxygen is critically important to control nutrient loss in silage. In research silos, covering with white-and-black plastic with or without oxygen barrier film was effective in minimizing storage [Read More …]

Follow this checklist to optimize immune function

Vaccination – the act of giving a vaccine – is an essential step to raise healthy calves. But truly defending calves against disease requires immunization – a protective immune response that follows vaccination. Even the best calf [Read More …]

Senator Helming, Ag Committee Urge Approval for Whole and 2% Milk in Schools

Senator Helming and members of the New York State Senate Agriculture Committee have joined in a bipartisan push advocating for whole and 2% milk in public school cafeterias. Their letter to New York’s federal delegation [Read More …]

Crafting Cheese, Cultivating Community

Taking a natural ingredient like milk and creating an artisan cheese for people to enjoy drives Emily Montgomery’s passion for making cheese, she says. Montgomery co-owns Calkins Creamery with her husband Jay. The couple returned [Read More …]

Dr. Ken Bailey to Share Updates on Dairy Markets at Dairy Financial Conference

The Conference Will Be Held on September 13 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Dr. Ken Bailey, author of Dairy Economics: Pricing, Policy, and Risk Management and former professor at The Pennsylvania State University and the University of Missouri, will [Read More …]

55th Annual American Dairy Association North East Butter Sculpture Unveiled at New York State Fair

Dairy Every Day is a Healthy Way – Keeping Kids’ Health on Track “Dairy Every Day is a Healthy Way – Keeping Kids’ Health on Track” is the theme of the 55th Annual Butter Sculpture at the [Read More …]

Dairy AdvanCE® Continuing Education Credits Now Available for PDPW’s The Dairy Signal

Continuing Education Key Tool Finds, Tracks and Reports Educational Program Credits Earned Continuing education is key to personal development and business success in today’s dairy industry. Increasingly, customer and stakeholder relationships are influenced heavily by [Read More …]

FMMO Hearing Heralds Farmer-Led Progress for Dairy, NMPF Says

The first day of USDA’s once-in-a-generation hearing on federal milk pricing represents a critical moment for dairy’s future, one in which the National Milk Producers Federation intends to lead, President and CEO Jim Mulhern said [Read More …]

Climate-Smart Food Systems — California works to divert byproducts to livestock feed rather than landfills

In 2022 the California feed industry diverted more than 18.5 million tons of byproducts from human food, fiber and biofuel production to livestock feed. If these byproducts were not diverted to feed, they would likely [Read More …]

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DeLaval Plus Behavior Analysis empowers better decision-making

New data sensor solution uses AI technology to alert cow health events and enables cow localization. Managing a dairy herd just got easier with the aid of DeLaval Plus Behavior Analysis – the latest farm management tool [Read More …]

Dr. Ken Bailey to Share Updates on Dairy Markets at Financial Conference

The Conference Will Be Held on September 13 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Dr. Ken Bailey, author of Dairy Economics: Pricing, Policy, and Risk Management and former professor at The Pennsylvania State University and the University of Missouri, will [Read More …]

Curbing cow belches in the name of climate change mitigation

International consortium awards Penn State researcher grant to develop methods to reduce methane emissions from livestock A Penn State livestock emissions expert has received a grant from the Greener Cattle Initiative to develop actionable options [Read More …]

Group of US House members oppose bill that would overturn California animal welfare law

A significant minority of members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday said they opposed a federal bill that would overturn a California animal welfare law, arguing it infringes on states’ rights. The Ending [Read More …]

It’s Official. State of Illinois Proclaims 2023 as Prairie Farms’ 85th Anniversary

Dairy farmers honored during historic ceremony at the Illinois State Fair Prairie Farms Dairy is celebrating its 85th anniversary, and to commemorate the company’s long-term commitment to the State of Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker issued [Read More …]

2023 Cornell Nutrition Conference

October 17 – 19, 2023 Doubletree by Hilton Syracuse, New York For more than eight decades, the Cornell Nutrition Conference has been a trusted source of cutting-edge research and information on animal nutrition for professionals [Read More …]

Dairy Innovation Competition crowns inaugural winners

Three dairy innovators – lu.lu Ice Cream, Oakfield Corners Cheese LLC and Terra Firma Farm – were named winners of the inaugural Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition following a pitch competition on Aug. 8 in Stocking Hall. Funded by a $1 million [Read More …]

Field Days to Examine Crop and Livestock Integration Barriers and Benefits

Fertilizer prices, soil health concerns, and extreme weather events have led many Ohio farmers to consider the benefits and barriers of adding manure and other livestock production elements to their row crop operations. Two Ohio [Read More …]

Geans takes over as Cooperative Communicators Association board president