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Steve Fitzner was named Great Lakes Sales Manager for Virtus Nutrition, a California based feed ingredient company, specializing in fatty acid nutrition for dairy cows. Virtus Nutrition offers EnerG-3, Strata, Prequel, and EnerGII in [Read More …]

U.S. Dairy Industry’s Economic Impact Totals $753 Billion

The U.S. dairy industry continues to play a strong role in the U.S., supporting 3.3 million total jobs and $41.6 billion in direct wages, according to the latest economic impact report from the International [Read More …]

Supervisory Leadership certificate program: Organizing Work for High Quality Results

Offered by Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development Learn how to develop clear expectations and standard operating procedures, delegate effectively, and diagnose and correct performance problems. Register Online Organizing Work for High Quality Results is a six-week [Read More …]

USDA to Invest More Than $4 Billion to Strengthen Food System

Investments Will Support Biden Administration’s Effort to Strengthen Critical Supply Chains Citing lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and recent supply chain disruptions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced plans to invest [Read More …]

Cacique, LLC Breaks Ground on State-of-the-Art Dairy Processing Facility in Amarillo, Texas to Accelerate Expansion and Meet Growing Demand for Its Products Nationwide

Cacique, LLC – a leading privately-owned Hispanic foods company and maker of the #1 brand of authentic Mexican-style cheeses, cremas and chorizos in the U.S. – officially broke ground on an $88 million dairy processing facility in Amarillo, [Read More …]

NMPF podcast: U.S. dairy has “big wide world” of trade opportunity

Shawna Morris, NMPF’s Senior Vice President for Trade featured on Dairy Defined podcast All of agriculture will benefit from U.S. insistence that trade agreements be enforced, even as dairy seeks export opportunities around the globe, [Read More …]

2021-2022 Monroe County Dairy Princess named

On Saturday May 29, 2021 the newest Monroe County Dairy Princess was crowned In 2019 the Monroe County Dairy Promotion program became active again after 5 years of not having a Dairy Princess or court. [Read More …]

MSD Animal Health to Acquire Assets of LIC Automation Ltd.

Automated Technology Enhances Dairy Farm Management Builds on Strong MSD Animal Health Commitment to New Zealand Farmers Complements Broad MSD Animal Health Portfolio of Medicines, Vaccines and Technology Solutions MSD Animal Health, a division [Read More …]

New KUHN Krause Gladiator® 1210 with ST-PRO™ II Row Units

Kuhn North America, Inc. is pleased to introduce the new ST-PRO II™ strip-till row unit with features aimed at improving the performance and user comfort of the industry leading KUHN Krause Gladiator®. The new [Read More …]

Virginia Tech Soil Judging Team takes home sixth national championship

The 2021 Virginia Tech Hokies Soil Judging Team tool first place among 21 teams to claim the inaugural Virtual National Soil Judging Championship – the team’s sixth overall – held April 5-16. “This virtual [Read More …]

Support Mental Health and Well-being of Veterinarians During June Dairy Month

The Zoetis Honor Your Dairy Vet campaign seeks dairy veterinarian recognition and gives back The mental health and well-being of veterinarians has become one of the most important topics to trend in the dairy [Read More …]

The feed hygiene trap in transition cows

June 10, 2021 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Avoiding anti-nutritional factors in diets can be the key to transition cow success. Most of us know that the cattle reproductive transition period is classified as the 21 days pre- and post-calving. However, how [Read More …]

Dr. Brian Miller of Merck Animal Health on mastitis and negative effects on reproduction

Producers know all about the loss of production, the milk quality problems and the high cost of mastitis infections. In this episode of DairyBusiness Update, Dr. Brian Miller, cattle technical veterinarian with Merck Animal Health, [Read More …]

New York Farm Bureau Names 2021 State Scholarship Winners

Three New York high school seniors have received the distinct honor of being named statewide winners of the 2021 New York Farm Bureau Agricultural Youth Scholarship. Each student received district-wide recognition and then competed [Read More …]

Papillon welcomes Jorge Matos as Central Plains Regional Sales Manager

To meet an ever-increasing demand for premium nutritional solutions, Papillon Agricultural Company has hired Jorge Matos as Central Plains Regional Sales Manager to provide support to dairy and cattle nutritionists and producers in Texas, Oklahoma, [Read More …]

Green County Heart of the Wheel Sale Averages $2,086

The Green County Heart of the Wheel Sale averaged $2,086 on 55 live lots. The sale was held on Saturday, May 8 at the Green County Fairgrounds in Monroe, Wisconsin. “We were excited to [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers Give Back to Communities Through Needed Blood Donations

Dairy MAX sponsoring ninth annual Passion for Pints blood drive For the ninth consecutive year, Dairy MAX is hosting “Passion for Pints” blood drives in celebration of National Dairy Month. The drives, hosted in partnership [Read More …]

NYS Agriculture Commissioner kicks off Dairy Month

Highlights actions to support NY’s dairy industry during tour at Ideal Dairy Farms & Argyle Cheese Farmer New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball today, on National Cheese Day, kicked off Dairy Month [Read More …]

Dairy MAX kicks off National Dairy Month

Month-long celebration commemorates the contributions of local dairy farmers June marks the start of National Dairy Month, an annual month-long celebration in honor of dairy farmers and their commitment that spans over centuries to [Read More …]

Training and funding to grow dairy grazing operations in NY

Limited time to apply to join Dairy Grazing Cohort The Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center has introduced a new initiative to support new or existing dairy farms that would like to increase grazing practices [Read More …]

Farm Bureau urges administration to address surge of immigrants

Letter urges the Biden administration to address the surge of undocumented immigrants entering the United States The American Farm Bureau Federation joined all 50 state Farm Bureaus and Puerto Rico Farm Bureau in sending [Read More …]

Gracie Krahn Crowned Oregon Dairy Princess-Ambassador

Gracie Krahn representing Linn County was crowned the 2021-2022 Oregon Dairy Princess Ambassador during a ceremony Saturday night. The 62nd annual coronation event was hosted by the Oregon Dairy Women at the Oregon Garden [Read More …]

RYK and VikingDanmark joins forces

Clear options for benefit and synergies are the main reasons for RYK and VikingDanmark (VD) to move under the same roof. Worlds first systematic milk recording was organized in Denmark back in 1895. In [Read More …]

USDA to Invest $1 Billion to Purchase Healthy Food for Food Insecure Americans and Build Food Bank Capacity

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an investment of up to $1 billion, including $500 million in American Rescue Plan funding, in The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) to support and expand [Read More …]

New Line-up of Speakers Announced for Week 61 of The Dairy Signal™

Free online episodes offer insights to help producers make informed decisions Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW), announces the line-up of speakers for week 61 of The Dairy Signal™. Episodes this week feature consumer behavior insights, [Read More …]

Local dairy farmers support retail campaign during National Dairy Month

Farmers rally consumers to ’round up’ their change at checkout to support hunger relief Local dairy farmers from the American Dairy Association North East region are asking consumers to “round up” their change at [Read More …]

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