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Company supports USDA’s new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program Inflation threatens farmers across the U.S. as the farm crisis deepens with small family farms facing feed price shocks and consolidation pressures. Organic Valley, working within [Read More …]

Challenges to Supply Chains and the Outlook for the Global Freight Market

Join us in person or virtually │ February 23–24, 2023 Geopolitics, China’s COVID-19 policy, climate change, as well as labor and energy shortages continue to challenge supply chains. Join us in person or virtually at [Read More …]

Newtrient invests in Athian, a Carbon Credit Marketplace, to Advance Dairy’s Environmental Efforts

Newtrient, an environment and technical resource company assisting U.S. dairy farmers with economically reducing their environmental footprint, announced an investment in Athian, a carbon credit marketplace for livestock producers to work collaboratively to reach dairy [Read More …]

Dairy Excellence Grants Now Open: Apply Today

Are you looking to make an improvement to boost efficiency on your dairy operation? Whether you want to install a fan or sprinkler system in your freestall barn, upgrade your feed mixer in your feeding [Read More …]

Gen Z Poised to Change the Face of Food, New Research Shows

Details Strategies to Earn Trust with Gen Z Consumer, Farmer/Rancher and Workforce Gen Z is poised to change the face of food, according to new research from The Center for Food Integrity (CFI). CFI conducted [Read More …]

Most Dairy Markets Come Roaring Back

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending February 3, 2023 A renewed focus on economic and demographic slowdown in China and a shift to higher milk output in the U.S. and Europe emboldened the [Read More …]

Dairy praises move to hold Canada responsible for USMCA violations

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) commended today’s announcement that the U.S. Trade Representative has formally moved to advance a U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute settlement proceeding and establish a second [Read More …]

Merck Animal Health Announces Results of Consumer Transparency Research Study

DNA TRACEBACK® technology platform provides a transparency solution by verifying the origin of animal protein sources Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside of the United States and Canada, a division of Merck & Co., [Read More …]

Fuel Up to Play 60 teaches students to fuel up

Fuel Up to Play 60, the in-school nutrition and physical activity program launched by National Dairy Council, American Dairy Association North East and the National Football League, in collaboration with the United States Department [Read More …]

Dairy group applauds additional action in Canada dispute

U.S. must enforce market access for dairy products Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, one of the largest dairy co-ops in the country, applauded an announcement Jan. 31 by U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai that the U.S. [Read More …]

California dairy districts seek ambassadors to serve as 2023 Dairy Princesses

The 2023 contests kick off in April and will run through June Each year, an exceptional group of young women are selected to represent California’s dairy farm families who contribute to making the state number [Read More …]

Bar 20 Dairy named 2023 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year

Recognized at the International Dairy Foods Association’s (IDFA) Dairy Forum Bar 20 Dairy of Kerman, Calif., was recognized as the 2023 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year at the International Dairy Foods Association’s (IDFA) Dairy [Read More …]

Fresno State receives $1.8M grant to expand dairy outreach program

News comes just as applications are being accepted for the second round of funding, with a deadline of Tuesday, Feb. 28 The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded the Pacific Coast Coalition-Dairy Business Innovation Initiative another U.S. Department of [Read More …]

IDFA Endorses U.S. Trade Representative’s Establishment of Second Dispute Settlement Panel Against Canada on Its Dairy Tariff-Rate Quotas

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today endorsed U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s establishment of a second formal dispute settlement case over Canada’s manipulation of dairy tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). [Read More …]

Statement from International Dairy Foods Association on Proposed Changes to the FDA Human Foods Program

Joseph Scimeca, PhD, senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs for the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), issued this statement today in response to Commissioner Robert Califf’s proposed changes to the Human Foods Program [Read More …]

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Maola Milk Named Official Milk of Popular Virginia Universities

Maola Milk has been named the Official Milk of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Rams and James Madison University (JMU) Dukes. Maola Milk is proudly owned and operated by Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers [Read More …]

Western Dairy Management Registration Deadline February 6

The registration deadline for the 2023 Western Dairy Management Conference is Monday, February 6. This is for the early bird conference registration price of $390 and to take advantage of the hotel room rates for [Read More …]

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Evonik invests €25m in methionine intermediates production plant upgrade in Wesseling/Germany

Investment will safeguard long-term supply of MMP to European methionine production hub Improvements made possible by production process innovations Increase in efficiency and safety at the site Evonik has invested €25 million developing and expanding [Read More …]

On Nutrition, It’s Defense That Wins for Dairy

While advocating for dairy farmers is always rewarding work, some of its most frustrating, but necessary, challenges come when, instead of working to push policy forward to improve dairy farmers’ lives and businesses, we at [Read More …]

Dairy Excellence Grants open for applications starting Feb. 1

Grants support improvement projects related to cow comfort, efficiency, milk production The next round of funding for the Dairy Excellence Grant Program opens on February 1, and Pennsylvania dairy producers have until February 28 to [Read More …]

Indiana forage enthusiasts to gather

Indiana Forage Council (IFC) Annual Meeting and Seminar is Feb. 9 The Indiana Forage Council (IFC) Annual Meeting and Seminar will take place Feb. 9, 2023, at CLAAS of America in Columbus, Ind. The location [Read More …]

Three dairy farmers re-elected to Edge board

Brody Stapel re-elected to serve as president Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, the nation’s third largest dairy cooperative, re-elected three dairy farmers to the board of directors during the co-op’s annual business meeting at the Dairy [Read More …]

Minnesota Milk 2023 fiscal and policy priorities

Farmer-led environmental initiatives, infrastructure improvements, supporting sound science The Minnesota Milk Producers Association, Minnesota’s most prominent dairy lobbying group, released its 2023 policy and fiscal priorities. The MN Milk board of directors established priorities to [Read More …]

‘Tribute to Texas Leadership’

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Graham, Hlavinka received distinguished agriculture leadership awards Charles W. “Doc” Graham ’53, DVM, and Terry Hlavinka ‘85, were honored on Jan. 18 at The Austin Club in Austin with the Texas Agricultural Lifetime Achievement, TALL, [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast: Hannah Thompson-Weeman, Animal Agriculture Alliance, on animal activism and making a plan

In this DairyVoice episode, Connie Kuber of Connor Agriscience interviews Hannah Thompson-Weeman of the Animal Agriculture Alliance. They discuss the challenges of handling media, animal activist groups and the need for a plan. Hannah details [Read More …]

Leprino’s Durkin Elected Chair of Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy

Mike Durkin, president and chief executive officer of the Leprino Foods Company, was elected chair of the board of directors of the checkoff-founded Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy at its first meeting of 2023. Durkin [Read More …]

PA Dairy Summit: Participate in an Interactive Biosecurity Session