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Financials and feed management go hand in hand. Production perspective: Rising feed prices are a concern for 2021. Over the past several years feed cost per pound of dry matter has been increasing going [Read More …]

Rainey Rosemond Appointed as New Dairy Extension Educator in Berks County

Rainey Rosemond can be reached at rfr49@psu.edu or 610-378-1327, Berks County Extension Office. Rainey Rosemond, from Hillsborough, NC, has been appointed by Penn State Extension to serve as a dairy extension educator in Berks [Read More …]

USDA Awards $12 Million in Record-Breaking Farm to School Grants

Releases New Data Showing Expansion of Farm to School Efforts The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $12 million in Farm to School Grants this year, announcing awards to 176 grantees, the most [Read More …]

Nebraska State Fair Dairy Show

Each year the S.F. honors/recognizes a commodity as “crop of the year”; this year it is dairy. With this being said, the S.F. wants to do things to recognize the dairy industry and [Read More …]

Rainey Rosemond appointed as new dairy extension educator in Berks County

Rosemond will conduct dairy production and business management educational programs Rainey Rosemond, of Hillsborough, North Carolina, has been appointed as a dairy educator for Penn State Extension in Berks County, effective July 1. As a member of [Read More …]

USDA to provide Pandemic Assistance to livestock producers for animal losses

Farm Service Agency will begin taking applications for Indemnity Program July 20 Livestock and poultry producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due to insufficient access to processing can apply for assistance for those [Read More …]

Summer Cover Crop Options

Harvesting crops in summer opens a window for a variety of cover crop species Are you looking for cover crops to fill a fallow period as small grains, snap beans, or other crops are harvested? [Read More …]

NMPF statement on Appropriations language allowing dairy farmer participation in H-2A program

“NMPF thanks Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) for their tireless efforts on behalf of America’s dairy producers to include year-round employees on farms in the H-2A farm worker visa program. We urge [Read More …]

USDA to provide Pandemic Assistance to livestock producers for animal losses

Farm Service Agency will begin taking applications for Indemnity Program July 20 Livestock and poultry producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due to insufficient access to processing can apply for assistance for those losses [Read More …]

Rainey Rosemond appointed as new dairy extension educator in Berks County

July 15, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Rosemond will conduct dairy production and business management educational programs Rainey Rosemond, of Hillsborough, North Carolina, has been appointed as a dairy educator for Penn State Extension in Berks County, effective July 1. As a member of the [Read More …]

DIY Butter Cow Sculpting Contest

Holy Cow! Did you know the first Butter Cow at the Ohio State Fair was sculpted over a century ago? Designed to celebrate Ohio’s dairy farmers, this tradition is enjoyed by more than 500,000 visitors [Read More …]

Mike Santos, an inside look at breeding and feeding programs

July 15, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Santos family at Terra Linda Dairy has it goin’ on. For the past seven years, they’ve had the high herd on Tulare County (California) DHIA. Their 1200 registered Holsteins averaged 32,107 lbs. milk and [Read More …]

Sen. Gillibrand continues to move forward on Dairy Subcommittee hearing on dairy pricing

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