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IDF’s flagship publication on the global dairy sector, covering markets worldwide, global trends and developed by experts from dairy producing countries around the world. The IDF World Dairy Situation Report has been published annually since [Read More …]

Boehringer Ingelheim launches Fencovis®, a new vaccine to prevent calf diarrhea

Boehringer Ingelheim is adding a new vaccine to its bovine vaccine portfolio with the launch of Fencovis®, for the prevention of calf diarrhea, providing passive immunity to calves through the cows’ maternal colostrum. Calf diarrhea, [Read More …]

Penn State Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop Is Packed with Information

Workshops and practical sessions offer information you can use to help you or your clients succeed. The Penn State Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop has a long-standing history of excellence for keynote speaker presentations, interactive breakout [Read More …]

The Block-Barrel Spread is Widening and It’s Hurting Dairy Farmers

December 27, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The gap in price between a 40-pound block of fresh cheddar and a 500-pound barrel has widened steadily over the last two years. At the end of 2018, the average block-barrel spread hovered around $0.12. [Read More …]

What Dairy Processors Need to Know About FDA’s Final Rule

January 20, 2023 | 11:00 a.m. Eastern The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in November, published a final rule “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods” designed to improve the agency’s ability to [Read More …]

California Bioenergy and Brookfield Renewable form strategic partnership to develop renewable natural gas projects

December 27, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

California Bioenergy LLC (“CalBio”) today announced a funding partnership, of up to $500 million, with Brookfield Renewable and its institutional partners (“Brookfield”) to scale CalBio’s growth in renewable natural gas (RNG) and other waste-to-energy opportunities. [Read More …]

Mitigate Stress, Understand Heifer Maturity, Corn Silage Nitrogen Use Efficiency

PDPW’s The Dairy Signal® delves more deeply into important topics for dairy farmers The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) will wrap up 2022 with important topics for the people, animals and crops on [Read More …]

NMPF’s Bjerga on dairy’s recent policy wins

As the year comes to a close, NMPF is applauding two recent measures that support the dairy industry. NMPF Senior Vice President of Communications Alan Bjerga spoke with RFD-TV’s own Janet Adkison about how the [Read More …]

Farm Bill Title I Commodity Programs – ARC, PLC and Marketing Assistance Loans

For nearly 100 years, the history of the farm bill largely tracks the history of food production in the United States as the legislation evolves to meet the needs of its modern-day constituents – farmers [Read More …]

Penn State Extension revamps ‘Ag 101’ online course

Self-paced program takes approximately 11 hours to complete A newly relaunched Penn State Extension online course, titled “Ag 101,” covers the basics of agriculture — including crops, livestock and natural resources — common to Pennsylvania and other [Read More …]

Can dogs catch a whiff of bovine respiratory disease?

Canine testing could help detect leading cattle disease A Texas A&M AgriLife researcher is taking a page out of human disease research to see if dogs might be able to sniff out bovine respiratory disease, BRD, one [Read More …]

Your checklist to selective dry cow therapy success

As the industry continues to advance, it may not make sense for all producers to continue using blanket dry cow therapy “We’ve come a long way in the past 50 years,” said Linda Tikofsky, DVM, [Read More …]

USDA mails 2022 Census of Agriculture to Pennsylvania’s producers

Deadline for response is Feb. 6, 2023 Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) mailed the 2022 Census of Agriculture paper questionnaires to all known agriculture producers across Pennsylvania. Last month, producers in the states [Read More …]

I-29 Moo University Winter Workshop will focus on carbon and market access

January 11th workshop will be at Wilbert Square Event Center in Brookings, S.D. I-29 Moo University collaborators encourage dairy producers to register for the upcoming I-29 Moo University Winter Workshop. This year’s theme is “Milking [Read More …]

IDFA Applauds Senate Confirmation of Doug McKalip as Chief Agricultural Negotiator

Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, released the following statement today on the U.S. Senate confirmation of Doug McKalip to serve as Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of [Read More …]

Environmental Monitoring in the Dairy Industry Online Course is Available!

NEW Ice Cream Course Options are Here! If you are looking to make the most of your holiday break and accomplish some credentialing goals, we have the courses for you! We’ve updated the Environmental Monitoring [Read More …]

Operations Managers Conference registration is open

Managing for consistency while leading through change Registration is open for the 2023 Operations Managers Conference, resented by Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY and the Northeast Dairy Producers Association (NEDPA), and held January 31 and February 1 [Read More …]

Farm Action Urges USDA to Direct Climate Funds to Farms, Not Monopolies

Public Comment Calls on USDA to Prioritize Equitable and Farmer-Led Conservation Proposals in IRA Fund Implementation Today Farm Action submitted a public comment to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) detailing how to best leverage funding [Read More …]

IDFA Welcomes the Confirmation of USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor

Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, released the following statement today following U.S. Senate confirmation of Alexis Taylor, a veteran of Capitol Hill, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) [Read More …]

Scholarships give back to dairy, NMPF’s Ayache says

The National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Program supports dairy research — and the industry as a whole — by assisting students who do cutting-edge scholarship, and then stay within the sector, said Nicole Ayache, National Milk [Read More …]

Checkoff Successes Of 2022 Set Foundation For New Year

We talk a lot about having a dairy checkoff that is “future ready.” It’s our belief that for the checkoff to continue its goal of driving sales and trust, we must continue adapting to [Read More …]

“Spanish for Agriculture” Winter Course — Discount Offered for PA Dairy Producers

Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 Time: 7:30-8:30 p.m. EST each week (Dairy/AgBeginners Course) Location: Online Course – Live courses from Jan. 10 – March 2, 2023 on Tuesdays and Thursdays with recordings also available. Address: [Read More …]

Agribusiness Council of Indiana welcomes Kettler

Bruce Kettler will join ACI in early January Agribusiness Council of Indiana announced Dec. 20 that Bruce Kettler will be the organization’s next president and CEO. He will join ACI in early January. Prior to [Read More …]

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Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship tentatively funded

Potential game-changer for climate-smart U.S. dairy production Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA) is thrilled that its proposed five-year $4,770,000 project, “Implementing Precision Ag Tech to Expand the Participation of Small Grazing Dairy Farms in Climate-Smart Commodities,” [Read More …]

U.S. dairy salutes USTR’s pursuit of Canadian USMCA compliance

Actions aim to ensure that Canada fully complies with its USMCA obligations The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) commend the U.S. Trade Representative’s announcement that it is filing a new [Read More …]

Getting the Most Out of Your Pastures

Graziers of all types of livestock are invited to these discussion-based meetings A three-part series on understanding the complexities of the simple practice of grazing livestock of any kind will be held this winter, organized [Read More …]

GROWMARK Announces 2023 Essay Contest Winners

Five winners and their respective FFA chapters receive cash prizes in 30th year for the program Megan Waeltz of Marissa, Illinois, has been named the national winner of the 2023 GROWMARK essay contest for FFA [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Cares Donates $75,000 to Northeast Charitable Organizations

Farm Credit East announced today the Farm Credit East Cares Community Fund donated more than $75,000 to various charitable organizations throughout the Northeast. Since the program’s 2011 inception, Farm Credit East Cares has contributed more [Read More …]

2022 National Judi Collinsworth Memorial Scholarship Recipients Announced