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Cornell University, University of Vermont, and seed companies collaborate to provide robust evaluation of hybrids at multiple locations. In the 2022 corn silage hybrid evaluation, hybrids were either entered into the 80 to 95 day [Read More …]

Horizon Farm Credit partners with Feeding Pa. to fight hunger during holidays

The need for monetary and food donations is typically high during the winter months Horizon Farm Credit partnered with Feeding Pennsylvania, a statewide network of food banks, by donating $110,000 to fight hunger during the [Read More …]

Geigers receive ‘Distinguished Service to Farm Bureau’ Award

Highest award Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation bestows upon its members Manitowoc County Farm Bureau members Rosalie and Randy Geiger received the highest award Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation bestows upon its members. Rosalie and her family [Read More …]

MFU supports strengthening Renewable Fuel Standard

Minnesota has long been a leader in the production of renewable fuels On Dec. 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposal calling for increased use of biofuels in the nation’s fuel supply over the [Read More …]

Registration open for Transitioning to Supervisor course

Course applicable to all agricultural commodities Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development has opened registration for a five-week online course in the Supervisory Leadership Certificate series. “Transitioning to Supervisor” course materials release and registration closes January 20, [Read More …]

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Newly Appointed Good Culture Executives to Accelerate Brand

Growth and Expansion into New Categories in 2023 Good Culture, the B-corp-certified, clean-label cultured foods brand credited with revolutionizing cottage cheese for the modern age, announced additions to its team, naming Arielle Knutson as [Read More …]

The Douglass Family

Dairy Farmers from Marshallville, Ohio The Douglass family has been involved in dairy farming for three generations. John and Lois Douglass, together with their children, have grown their farm to 6,000 dairy cows that live on [Read More …]

Dairy Industry Leaders Call for Passage of Farm Workforce Modernization Act

IDFA President and CEO Michael Dykes, D.V.M., and IDFA member leaders this morning detailed the urgent business needs facing the dairy processing industry due a chronic shortage of workers on dairy farms, in manufacturing facilities, [Read More …]

Friends of Expo Honored at Annual Event

On Wednesday, November 30, World Dairy Expo hosted its annual Friends of Expo celebration, honoring the hundreds of volunteers, paid workers, and partners who make World Dairy Expo possible. Highlighting the evening was the presentation [Read More …]

Keynote Speakers Announced for PA Dairy Summit

Registration Is Now Open! The dairy industry is always working to find FUSION with each sector of the supply chain, with your family and your business, and with current and future generations. During the 2023 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit on [Read More …]

Statement from International Dairy Foods Association on the Recommendations by the Reagan-Udall Foundation

FDA Foods Program Joseph Scimeca, PhD, senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs for the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), issued the following statement today on the Reagan-Udall Foundation Independent Expert Panel review on [Read More …]

American Dairy Association Indiana teams up with Market Wagon

Highlight home delivery of milk, cheese and more during the holidays Online farmers market Market Wagon provides last-mile delivery for dairy farms across Indiana The American Dairy Association Indiana has partnered with online farmers market [Read More …]

High input costs and rising interest rates top farmer concerns

This month’s survey was conducted after the U.S. mid-term elections Nov. 14-18 Unlike the two most recent presidential elections, the November mid-term election outcomes did little to swing farmer sentiment. The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy [Read More …]

Prairie Farms, Hiland Dairy plants receive quality awards

Dubuque Plant receives top award for superior product quality Prairie Farms Dairy and its joint venture partner, Hiland Dairy, won over 40 awards at the QCS Purchasing Cooperative Annual Leadership Conference in San Diego. In [Read More …]

Krentz re-elected WFBF president

Bragger from Independence in Buffalo County elected to serve as vice president Kevin Krentz was elected president of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation and Rural Mutual Insurance Company. Krentz is a dairy farmer from Berlin [Read More …]

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$900K now available in Dairy Farm Innovation and Alternative Management Grant

Funding opens through Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center The Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center (NE-DBIC), hosted by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets announces $900,000 in funding through the new Dairy Farm Innovation [Read More …]

Mastitis-Causing Pathogens and How They Get on Your Farm

Mastitis is one of the most prevalent health issues in the dairy industry today. Milk yield, milk quality, and animal welfare are all areas of concern when a cow has mastitis. Mastitis is an [Read More …]

USDA launches new virtual Nutrition Center of Excellence

This new virtual center will accelerate research on diet-related chronic diseases, including cancer The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced its new Agricultural Science Center of Excellence for Nutrition and Diet for Better Health (ASCEND for [Read More …]

Ranches of the future may see cows wearing smart watches

Using smart technology to monitor the health, reproductivity, location, and environmental conditions of cattle can help with food safety and supply chain efficiency, but this monitoring adds energy cost to an already highly emissive industry. [Read More …]

Dairy Sense: Precision Feeding’s Key Metric: Dry Matter Intake

The Extension dairy team specialists are available to conduct feeding assessments and provide data to determine the lactating herd’s efficiencies. Production perspective: Precision feeding is getting a lot of press recently as a key management [Read More …]

Emerging technology allows solar panels and agriculture to coexist

Agrivoltaics provides a way of creating dual land usage, combining solar panels with crops or grazing animals in the same field Renewable energy technologies such as wind turbines and solar panels are gaining traction, but are sometimes met [Read More …]

Jersey Junior All Americans announced for 2022

There were 173 youth exhibiting 274 Registered Jerseys in the national junior show on November 4, 2022, in Louisville, Ky Twenty-four Jersey youth between the ages of nine (9) and 20 from nine states have been recognized [Read More …]

Farmers in New Zealand seethe over proposed tax for the emissions of their livestock

In New Zealand, the government wants farmers to pay a tax for the emissions of their livestock, in what has become known as the ‘fart tax’. This mainly concerns the harmful greenhouse gas methane released [Read More …]

Apply for the DCHA $1,000 scholarship

The Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA) announced that it will once again award a $1,000 scholarship. Applicants must be a college student and DCHA member; or the parent/legal guardian must belong to DCHA. Applications [Read More …]

ADVISORY: Dairy Industry Leaders Call for Passage of Farm Workforce Modernization Act by Senate

Leaders from the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) will gather in Washington on Wednesday to advocate on Capitol Hill for passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. Members of the media are invited to attend [Read More …]

PA Dairymen’s Association To Celebrate 70th Birthday

Food Court Opens Noon, Friday, January 6, 2023 Full PA Farm Show Runs Saturday, January 7 – Saturday, January 14, 2023 The Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association, one of the state’s leading advocates for dairy farmers, is [Read More …]

Bipartisanship Advances Dairy as New Congressional Landscape Forms

With Congress’s “lame-duck” session underway and last month’s elections almost fully settled, it’s clear how quickly political fortunes can turn and conventional wisdom can be upended. The Congress that’s seated next month will have a Democratic-led [Read More …]

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