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Enjoy a special entry rate on all submissions of cheese, butter, yogurt, and dry dairy products now through December 1 The entry window is now open for the 2023 United States Championship Cheese Contest! Enjoy [Read More …]

SNAP Dairy Incentive Program Expands to 150+ Retail Outlets with Award to Auburn University

In a strong show of support for healthy nutrition incentive programs, today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a significant expansion of the Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Projects (HFMIP), a pilot program that provides a dollar-for-dollar [Read More …]

An utterly exciting competition

Competitors had to fill their individual buckets as much as possible by milking a cow in one minute Ending the events in the Dairy Pavilion was our cow milking competition featuring President Zippy Duvall of [Read More …]

USDA announces $1 billion debt relief for 36,000 farmers

Those who have missed payments, are in foreclosure or are heading toward default will get help from the USDA The federal government announced Tuesday a program that will provide $1.3 billion in debt relief for [Read More …]

Dairy Farm Feeder School

Presented by Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY and Cornell Cooperative Extension This one-day program provides on-farm training for dairy farm employees and managers who want to learn more about and improve the feeding process. Each site will [Read More …]

Dairy leaders highlight sustainability, food security at World Food Prize

October 21, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

A nutrition expert, an innovative dairy farmer and a global food-security leader shared how animal agriculture and dairy can be part of world climate and hunger solutions in a panel discussion side event at the [Read More …]

MMPA members gather for Cover Crop Field Day

Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) members gathered on Oct. 18 to learn more about cover crops from farmer panelists and Michigan State University (MSU) Extension experts. Hosted at Jem-Lot Dairy in Westphalia, Michigan, the half-day [Read More …]

Dr. Dave Nichols Awarded the 2022 Mark and Eva Gardiner Innovation and Excellence Faculty Award

October 21, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dave Nichols, K-State University Animal Science & Industry professor emeritus, has been awarded the 2022 Mark and Eva Gardiner Innovation and Excellence Faculty award. Arguably one of the most recognizable “faces of K-State”, Nichols’ exemplary [Read More …]

World Dairy Expo Releases 2022 Event Summary

October 21, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

To the global dairy community, Thank you for once again making World Dairy Expo the meeting place of the global dairy industry. The 2022 event was filled with memorable moments from start to finish that [Read More …]

Still time to register for nutrition workshop

Will be be held Nov. 2 and 3 in Hershey The 2022 Penn State Dairy Nutrition Workshop will be held Nov. 2 and 3 at the Hershey Lodge, providing cutting edge information that nutritionists and [Read More …]

2022 Southeastern Hay Contest

The contest is based of the relative forage quality (RFQ) The 2022 Southeastern Hay Contest, sponsored by Massey Furgeson, took place today in the RW Griffin building at the 2022 Sunbelt Ag Expo. The contest [Read More …]

Finalists in WFBF’s inaugural 35 Under 35 program

Program recognizes the creativity and innovation of young farmers and agriculturists Thirty-five individuals have been selected as Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s 35 Under 35 Award finalists. The award is presented by WFBF’s Young Farmer and Agriculturist [Read More …]

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Student leaders prepare for the 95th National FFA Convention & Expo

More than 60,000 FFA members from the U.S., Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands are expected to participate in the event FFA members and supporters from across the country will celebrate agriculture and agricultural education [Read More …]

DFA farmer named “Communicator of Year,” Tillamook recognized

October 20, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Laton, CA dairy farmer Melvin Medeiros, a family farm-owner of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), was named the National Milk Producers Federation’s (NMPF) Farmer Communicator of the Year at the organization’s annual gathering of dairy-cooperative [Read More …]

Dairy Workshop for Kroger Dietitians

Your dairy checkoff program recently had the opportunity to educate 20 Kroger registered dietitians and patient care staff on all things dairy from farm to table. The day-long Dairy Sustainability, Culinary and Nutrition Workshop began with a [Read More …]

Webinar: Manage Scope 3 GHG Emissions in Your Supply Chain

October 20, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

October 26 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions often account for more than 90% of an organization’s carbon footprint. Need information on how to manage and account for Scope 3 [Read More …]

Mountaintop Beverage – A Game Changer

October 20, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

If you’re traveling north on I-79 in Monongalia County just past the I-68 split and look to your right as you cross the Mon River, you’ll see a big chunk of mountainside is gone. In [Read More …]

SNAP Dairy Incentive Program Expands to 150+ Retail Outlets with Award to Auburn University

In a strong show of support for healthy nutrition incentive programs, today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a significant expansion of the Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Projects (HFMIP), a pilot program that provides a dollar-for-dollar [Read More …]

Checkoff Continues Partnership With YouTube Icon MrBeast

The dairy checkoff continues to partner with YouTube sensation Jimmy Donaldson – aka “MrBeast” – who challenged a group of gamers in a custom Minecraft gaming competition featuring a dairy-dedicated level with a chance [Read More …]

‘Chef Meets Farm’ video features celebrity chef and New York dairy farmer

Video celebrates National Farmers Day with dairy-inspired recipe Dairy farmer Nate Chittenden of Dutch Hollow Farm in Schodack Landing, N.Y., and Emmy Award-winning culinary producer and chef Anthony Contrino partnered with American Dairy Association North [Read More …]

California Dairy Leaders Program helps build the industry leaders of tomorrow

Farm Credit is a proud supporter of the Western United Dairies educational and advocacy program Like most farmers and ranchers, dairy farmers know a lot about farming but often need to learn more about the [Read More …]

Global Politics, Potato Lessons, Water Facts and Food-System Safety

Nov. 29 Program to Bring Together Dairy, Food and Policy Leaders Leaders from across the entire food and agriculture chain as well as educators, policy makers and regulators will come together for a discussion on [Read More …]

PFAS in Dairy with Eurofins DQCI

The experts at Eurofins and IDFA recently presented a webinar on PFAS in dairy, where they discussed navigating sampling and analytical techniques. During this presentation, we reviewed what is used for testing today-from standard [Read More …]

CFI Illuminate Report Uncovers Holiday Spending Tradeoffs

Tune in on Friday Believe it or not, the holidays are coming. Consumers are gearing up for shopping and their motivations and decision making may surprise you. Our Illuminate report dives into inflation as festive [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Provides Scholarships to Future Agriculture Leaders

Farm Credit East has awarded six scholarships to students involved in The National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Organization to support their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE). The scholarship recipients had strong projects and expressed a [Read More …]

NMPF urges farmers to consider federal tools as DMC signup announced

Milk Loss Disaster Program In Works With rising costs eroding dairy margins despite high farm milk prices, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) is urging farmers to sign up for maximum 2023 coverage under USDA’s [Read More …]

OSU field specialist, dairy management and precision livestock

Jason Hartschuh will begin his new position Nov. 1 Jason Hartschuh has been hired as field specialist, dairy management and precision livestock for Ohio State University Extension in The Ohio State University College of Food, [Read More …]

Federal Milk Marketing Order Forum successfully brings sector together

Discussions at the forum focused on Class price formulas and de-pooling, among other topics The American Farm Bureau Federation was joined by representatives of the National Milk Producers Federation, dairy cooperatives, processors, state dairy associations [Read More …]

Export Exchange speakers talk advantages of U.S. corn, co-products and sorghum