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The Dairy Margin Coverage Program is meant to be a safety net for dairy farmers. However, as Chad Smith shares, the program has some flaws. Smith: The Dairy Margin Coverage Program is a farm safety net program that [Read More …]

Applications Open For New Electric Farm Equipment Grant

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is now accepting applications for the 2026 Electric Farm Equipment Grant (EFEG) program. This new program helps Minnesota farmers purchase electric farm equipment to reduce air pollution. The MDA expects [Read More …]

Farm Bankruptcies Hit Six-Year High in April

Law360’s Hilary Russ and Emily Lever reported that “monthly farm-related Chapter 12 filings soared in April to a more than six-year high, with more likely on the horizon, amid an overall increase in all bankruptcies as [Read More …]

Trace Mineral Requirements: A Practical Guide for Dairy Nutritionists

Tuesday, July 14 · 10:00 AM EST Providing adequate trace minerals (cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium and zinc) to dairy cows can improve health, productivity and reproductive efficiency but conversely excess trace minerals can [Read More …]

Land O’Lakes, Inc. CEO Beth Ford Named No. 13 on Fortune’s 2026 Most Powerful Women in Business List

Fortune named Land O’Lakes, Inc. President and CEO Beth Ford as No. 13 on its Most Powerful Women of 2026 list. The annual list, compiled by Fortune editors, highlights 100 of the world’s most influential [Read More …]

Grassland Manure Injection Field Days

Grassland Manure Injection Field Days Live manure application equipment demonstrations, grassland injection, with site specific focuses. Exact dates, times and field locations will be notified via email, so you must RSVP to receive confirmation of [Read More …]

PDP: Effects of Processing Colostrum & Market Update

Producers can connect with leading experts in interactive webinars. Next week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will give dairy producers the opportunity to interact with top researchers and analysts. The [Read More …]

DCRC recognizes UW-Madison’s Iago Leão as its 2026 Scholar

Iago Matheus Rosa Leão, a PhD candidate in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earned the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council’s (DCRC) 2026 Scholar award. As the award recipient, Leão won an [Read More …]

Jacoby: Historically Lofty Perch

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending May 29, 2026 After a heart-stopping plunge off the cliff, the milk powder markets found a ledge and clambered upward. CME spot nonfat dry milk (NDM) regained [Read More …]

U.S.-China Trade Talks Signal New Agricultural Commitments

Following the Trump-Xi meetings in Beijing, the White House announced a new series of trade commitments aimed at expanding bilateral commerce, including several provisions directly affecting U.S. agriculture. For farmers and ranchers facing prolonged tight margins, the [Read More …]

Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development

In honor of June being National Dairy Month, our next Ag Workforce Central Virtual Office Hour will focus on the TN visa and its use as a labor strategy for dairy farms. The TN visa [Read More …]

Registration Now Open for Farming for Success Field Day

Mark your calendars and register now for the Farming for Success Field Day, held on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Penn State Extension and the Penn State Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center (SEAREC) are hosting [Read More …]

DairyVoice Podcast: Katie England from DRMS talks about new HerdHQ tools – RapidReports and BovineBio

In this episode of DairyVoice podcast, host Mike Opperman of Black Dirt Communications talks with Katie England, Technical Support Analyst with DRMS. They discuss the HerdHQ platform and the new RapidReports and BovineBio products, both [Read More …]

Mexico’s Dairy Sector Signals Strong Demand and Expanding Opportunities for U.S. Producers

Mexico’s dairy market is entering 2026 with renewed momentum, and the latest USDA Foreign Agricultural Marketing Service semi‑annual report shows a landscape that US dairy producers should watch closely. The country’s fluid milk production, cheese [Read More …]

Scab Risk for Flowering Wheat Increases across PA

Check your crop’s growth stage and your area’s risk level to prepare for scab infection. Now that most of Pennsylvania has received measurable rain and remains humid, any wheat that is now flowering is at [Read More …]

Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) & Price Loss Coverage (PLC)

The Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA), offer financial assistance to agricultural producers. The ARC program provides payments when the actual revenue for a [Read More …]

U.S. Dairy Cites New USITC Report in Call for Action on Canadian Dairy Trade Practices

The National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council today reiterated their call for the U.S. Trade Representative to use the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) joint review process to address Canada’s distortionary nonfat milk [Read More …]

6 Weeks Away Till the American Cheese Society Conference

The ACS 2026 Annual Conference: Stitched Together by Cheese is 6 weeks away and the excitement is building! This isn’t just a conference. It’s a celebration of cheese, where passion, innovation, and flavor collide. Whether you’re a cheesemaker, [Read More …]

Five things to check on your baler before hitting the hayfield

A preseason baler checklist to ensure you have a successful hay season With hay season approaching, the pressure is on. Tight weather windows, crop variability and the need to put up high-quality forage leave little [Read More …]

McLanahan highlights the link between cow comfort and dairy performance

“Happy, Healthy Cows” initiative features proven solutions that spotlight the role of cow comfort in improving herd health, milk quality and on-farm efficiency. In today’s technology-driven dairy industry, one principle remains unchanged: comfortable cows [Read More …]

USDA Opens State-of-the-Art Livestock Insects Research Laboratory to Combat Livestock Pests

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) opened the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, a state-of-the-art laboratory facility today that will provide the U.S. cattle industry with innovative tools and [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Signs Disaster Declaration for Pennsylvania Counties

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, along with U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, met with agricultural leaders today in Pennsylvania to announce U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) assistance to help producers recover from recent freeze [Read More …]

Wisconsin Is America’s and the World’s Dairyland

A commentary by Secretary Randy Romanski of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP). In honor of National Dairy Month, I hereby proclaim that Wisconsin is not just America’s Dairyland, but the [Read More …]

Ritchie Industries Appoints Chad Huyser As Chief Executive Officer