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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) continues to move forward with a dairy pricing hearing. Although a Senate calendar date is not yet confirmed, the hearing is supposed to take place after the legislator’s August recess. Permission [Read More …]

Hufford Farms recognized as a 2021 ‘U of M Farm Family’

Jeff and Kirby Hufford and their families named Stevens County’s “2021 Farm Family of the Year” Brothers, Jeff and Kirby Hufford, and their families of rural Morris have been named Stevens County’s “2021 Farm [Read More …]

Machinery demonstrations, exhibits are a draw for Ag Progress Days visitors

This year’s Ag Progress Days, slated for Aug. 10-12 The latest trends in agricultural technology and equipment will be on display at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, slated for Aug. 10-12 at the Russell [Read More …]

Vermeer Innovation Concepts Address Agricultural Labor Challenges

New developments on the horizon will equip customers with data to help make better decisions about their operations Vermeer Corporation introduces four industry-leading concepts to help customers optimize their hay operations: a patent-pending autonomous bale [Read More …]

Chocolate Milk Refuels Michigan Student Athletes

United Dairy Industry of Michigan Chocolate Milk Grants provide post-game chocolate milk for student athletes across the state. While sports schedules changed from week to week and even day to day over the past year, [Read More …]

How well do consumers understand their dairy purchases?

New research in the Journal of Dairy Science® examines consumer knowledge of dairy processing terms on product labels. Consumers may have less trust in food processes that they don’t understand, and animal-based foods may [Read More …]

KühlerZ, Core Body Cooling gives farmers the ability to take temperature out of the equation

Prevents the damaging effects of heat stress by making every day feel like a cool day for their cows. KühlerZ, Core Body Cooling, announces the new Core Cool Series giving farmers the ability to [Read More …]

Lallemand Animal Nutrition now accepting applications for Forward scholarship

July 14, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

For the seventh year, $14,000 will be awarded to five students in 2021, applications due Sept. 30 Lallemand Animal Nutrition is excited to offer, for the seventh consecutive year, the Lallemand Forward Scholarship for [Read More …]

Myth Buzz-ters

The Truth Behind Five Common Misconceptions As every dairy operator knows, flies are an unpleasant but unavoidable reality of the profession. House, stable, face and horn flies are all common threats to a dairy and [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin Board Elects Leaders and Seats New Directors

The Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) board of directors re-elects Jeff Strassburg as Board Chair at its annual reorganization meeting. Strassburg is a fifth-generation dairy farmer from Wittenberg representing District 9 (Menomonee, Shawano and [Read More …]

American Farmland Trust Shares Updated Soil Health Economic Calculator

New pricing data provides row crop farmers with a more accurate picture of the costs and benefits of their soil health practices, plus customized almond version Today, American Farmland Trust, the organization that for [Read More …]

International Dairy Foods Association Responds to FDA Final Rule

Threatens to Remove Popular Yogurt Products from Grocery Store Shelves and Harm Dairy Foods Makers Dr. Joseph Scimeca, Senior Vice President of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs for the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), issued [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 2.1 Million Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted 17 offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 2.1 million pounds (1,107 MT) of Cheddar, Gouda, and Monterey Jack cheese. The [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 …]

OCM Supports Presidential Directive and Ag Secretary Commitment

The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) applauds President Biden’s Executive Order which includes directives to increase fairness, competition, and transparency within Agriculture markets. These Biden Administration directives will initiate long-overdue support for [Read More …]

NMPF: Yogurt rule may aid consumer win on fake milk

Yogurt rule will help consumers make informed decisions It’s a shame to even have to say this, but it’s 2021, so just to be clear: Logic matters. Consistency matters. That’s why a new FDA [Read More …]

New feed administrator appointed

Dunn oversees the state licensing of commercial animal feed Patricia Dunn, who has served in the Office of the Indiana State Chemist for almost 15 years, has been appointed feed administrator for the state. [Read More …]

Dairy rations during summer months

Energy density essential in rations to lessen internal heat production As summer temperatures begin to increase, dairy producers should combine management and feed strategy changes to mitigate production loss due to heat stress. “Heat [Read More …]

USDA Issues World Ag Supply & Demand Estimates

The Office of USDA’s Chief Economist has issued its regular report on global supply and demand for a variety of ag commodity products including grains, livestock and dairy. Here is the dairy report. Milk production [Read More …]

President Biden’s Executive Order Enhances Commodity Market Access

Last Friday, President Joe Biden issued an executive order that looked to promote various economic policies. Part of the order directs the USDA to develop increased opportunities for farmers to access markets and receive a fair [Read More …]

Dairy Producers: You’re Invited to Free Dairy Appreciation Dinner

Join Us for One of Three Appreciation Dinners Happening on Oct. 16 Pennsylvania dairy producers: you and your family are invited to one of three Dairy Appreciation Dinners taking place across the state this [Read More …]

Trent Dado Receives Robert H. Rumler MBA Scholarship from Holstein Association USA

Trent Dado, Fitchburg, Wisconsin, is the recipient of the 2021 Robert H. Rumler MBA Scholarship. Dado is a self-employed member of GPS Dairy Consulting and works as an independent nutrition and management consultant [Read More …]

USDA Announces $500 Million for Expanded Meat & Poultry Processing Capacity

Part of Efforts to Increase Competition, Level the Playing Field for Family Farmers and Ranchers, and Build a Better Food System Today, USDA is announcing it intends to make significant investments to expand processing [Read More …]

Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy

The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) is pleased to announce that today the President signed an Executive Order to promote competition in the American economy. The Order includes 72 initiatives by more than a [Read More …]

Momentous White House Executive Order Aims to Break the Corporate Stranglehold in Food and Farming

Today, President Biden will issue a sweeping Executive Order directing the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other federal agencies to revive antitrust enforcement and promote competition throughout the U.S. economy. Key provisions from [Read More …]

Yogurt rule may aid consumer win on fake milk – if FDA follows through

It’s a shame to even have to say this, but it’s 2021, so just to be clear: Logic matters. Consistency matters. That’s why a new FDA rule that defines what is and isn’t yogurt [Read More …]

An underestimated threat among adult dairy cows

The risk of pneumonia doesn’t stop with calves Pneumonia is like a thief in the night. It’s hard to detect, but it steals from your bottom line and the losses can be devastating. [Read More …]

NCBA thanks President Biden, Secretary Vilsack for taking vital steps to strengthen cattle and beef supply chain

NCBA welcomes announcement, saying rule change will improve “improve accuracy” of beef labelling Friday, President Biden signed an executive order which initiates several federal rulemakings and commits $500 million to expanding processing capacity in [Read More …]

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