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What do the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore and more than 150,000 cows have in common? They all call South Dakota home. On the latest episode The Dairy Download, we talk to two guests encouraging growth [Read More …]

USDA to Provide Pandemic Assistance to Livestock Producers for Animal Losses

Farm Service Agency Will Begin Taking Applications for indemnity program July 20th Livestock and poultry producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due to insufficient access to processing can apply for assistance for those [Read More …]

Quarterly Dairy Industry Legal Update

Will be held Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at 12 p.m. On Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at 12 noon – 1 pm EST Penn State Law’s Center for Agricultural and Shale Law will be conducting [Read More …]

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Regenerative ag efforts expand

SHA receives General Mills grant to deliver education, assistance to suppliers The non-profit Soil Health Academy (SHA) today announced that it has received a $1.2 million grant from global food company General Mills to provide [Read More …]

NMPF statement on Senate Judiciary hearing on essential immigrant farmworkers

“NMPF thanks the Senate Judiciary Committee and its chairman, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) for holding today’s hearing highlighting the importance of immigrant farmworkers to our nation’s food supply and rural communities. We are also [Read More …]

Dairy Workforce Focus: Changing Workforce Dynamics

Join us for Dairy Workforce Focus: Changing Workforce Dynamics, the third in the Dairy Workforce Focus series! Phil Durst, Senior Extension Educator at Michigan State University will discuss changing workforce dynamics and strategies [Read More …]

FERA introduces AccuStaph® for affordable and accurate on-farm identification of Staphylococcus aureus

FERA Diagnostics and Biologicals is excited to introduce AccuStaph®, an on-farm mastitis culture test found 99% sensitive for Staphylococcus aureus detection. Producers now can test four cows for staph aureus using one plate, making [Read More …]

Alta Seeds Brings Herbicide Tolerance to EMPYR Premier Forages

With the first herbicide-tolerant offering in grain sorghum, Alta Seeds is now bringing industry-first innovation to forage sorghum. Alta Seeds, the premium seed brand of Advanta US and a leading provider of premium genetics [Read More …]

USDA Announces Details of New Program for Producers Who Suffered Losses from Depopulation

USDA on Tuesday released the highly anticipated details of its new Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program (PLIP) for producers who suffered losses from supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19. Producers who were forced to depopulate animals last year due [Read More …]

‘Protecting Your Profits’ Monthly Webinar on July 28

Discussion will take place at 12 p.m. via webinar or conference call The Center for Dairy Excellence is hosting its monthly “Protecting Your Profits” webinar on Wednesday, July 28 at 12 p.m. Held the [Read More …]

Family farm swaps cows for goats amid changed dairy industry

Some small family dairy farms have had to go big or out of business — or get creative Grappling with a changed industry, two brothers operating their family’s dairy farm in Vermont have made [Read More …]

Farm Aid music and food festival returns

Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews and Margo Price to headline Farm Aid’s annual festival — a full day of music, family farmers, HOMEGROWN food and a HOMEGROWN Village with agrarian experiences [Read More …]

Experts challenge current understanding of transition dairy cow health

Comprehensive review in the Journal of Dairy Science examines the riskiest period for dairy cow health For dairy cows, the transition period–the time between a cow giving birth and beginning to produce milk–brings the [Read More …]

Jersey Youth Academy Graduates 31 From Class VII

Thirty-one Jersey youth from 15 states completed a weeklong journey discovering careers and advancing their knowledge within the Jersey and dairy industries July 11-16, 2021, in Ohio. During the week, Class VII was introduced [Read More …]

Experts challenge current understanding of transition dairy cow health

Comprehensive review in the Journal of Dairy Science® examines the riskiest period for dairy cow health, between giving birth and milk production, in a new light For dairy cows, the transition period—the time between [Read More …]

New Research Shows Effectiveness of Minerals, Nutritional Supplements in Helping Dairy Producers Solve Real-World Challenges

University researchers, dairy experts present practical research results, benefits of Vistore®, OmniGen® and Animate® products at ADSA and ASAS From nutritional specialty products to mineral nutrition, Phibro Animal Health Corporation offers a scientifically-proven product [Read More …]

Glanbia Ireland farmers commit to a 30% reduction in carbon intensity by 2030

Glanbia Ireland also commits to 30% absolute reduction from processing sites Following over a year of intensive planning, Glanbia Ireland, producers of the Truly Grass Fed range, has pledged to achieve a 30% absolute reduction [Read More …]

DIY Butter Cow sculpting contest

The state fair’s butter cow tradition continues in your kitchen While Ohioans will have to wait another year to enjoy all the festivities at the Ohio State Fair, one of the fair’s oldest and [Read More …]

$10M grant funds study of dairy’s carbon footprint

New York component of the multistate, six-year project to be led by Cornell CALS’s Quirine Ketterings A new $10 million grant aims to help the U.S. dairy industry become at least carbon neutral while [Read More …]

NMPF: Prospects for policies supporting Net-Zero goals looking up

Policies that will support dairy’s Net Zero Initiative continue to take shape, says NMPF’s Paul Bleiberg From incentives for carbon markets to new conservation initiatives, the policies that will support dairy’s Net Zero Initiative [Read More …]

IDFA Welcomes 30 Future Dairy Industry Leaders Into NextGen Leadership Program

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today announced that 30 future leaders of the dairy industry have been accepted into the third class of the NextGen Leadership Program, a signature program of IDFA’s People Strategy. [Read More …]

Real California Milk Foodservice Announces Chef Finalists For CADAIRY2GO Competition Cook Off In NAPA

Finalists compete for over $22,000 in prizes for innovative use of California dairy The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) today announced chef finalists in the inaugural CADairy2Go foodservice competition – a spotlight on “to-go” [Read More …]

Registration is open to attend the 82nd Minnesota Nutrition Conference

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September 22-23, 2021 The 82nd Minnesota Nutrition Conference is scheduled for September 22 and 23, 2021, at Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center in Mankato, MN. This year, the Minnesota Nutrition Conference partnered with [Read More …]

CDCB’s Joao Durr on the new formula for Lifetime Net Merit genetic index

With the August genetic evaluations, the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding will be introducing a new and improved formula for Lifetime Net Merit genetic index. Three new traits have been added – Feed Saved, Early [Read More …]

Holstein Association USA and Western Kentucky University Announce Formation of WKU SmartHolstein Lab

Holstein Association USA, in partnership with Western Kentucky University (WKU) and the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund, is thrilled to announce the formation of the WKU SmartHolstein Lab. The lab, located at the WKU Agriculture [Read More …]

Prospects for policies supporting Net-Zero goals looking up, NMPF’s Bleiberg says

From incentives for carbon markets to new conservation initiatives, the policies that will support dairy’s Net Zero Initiative continue to take shape, says Paul Bleiberg, NMPF’s Senior Vice President for Government Relations, in a Dairy [Read More …]

Animal agriculture organizations launch ambitious new Protein PACT

Twelve organizations representing farmers and companies who make the vast majority of America’s meat, poultry, and dairy, as well as animal feed and ingredients, today (Monday) unveiled the Protein PACT for the People, Animals, [Read More …]

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