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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today it is authorizing $500 million, as provided through the CARES Act, to support Round 4 of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. The program is dedicated to purchasing [Read More …]

Join 500+ Industry Leaders Confirmed to Attend the California Dairy Sustainability Summit

Watch this 2.5 minute video featuring 12 of California’s family dairy farmers, for a sneak peek of some the world-leading sustainable dairy farm practices we will be discussing throughout the event. California’s dairy families are [Read More …]

New Rule Makes Enhancements to Environmental Quality Incentives Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released the final rule for its Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The rule updates USDA’s flagship program as directed by the 2018 Farm Bill and integrates feedback from [Read More …]

Dairy supply management video to launch Oct. 28

The video premiere will be followed by a discussion with a farmer panel Wisconsin Farmers Union invites you to the premiere of our latest short video, “Supply Management and How It Can Save Our Rural [Read More …]

Reviewing 2020 CRP Enrollment

Average CRP Rental Rate Increases to $82 Per Acre USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program is one of the largest federally administered private land retirement programs. Under CRP, in exchange for annual rental payments ranging from $10 [Read More …]

Farm Credit East CEO briefs policymakers on ag credit conditions

Farm Credit East CEO Mike Reynolds, along with Farm Credit Council CEO Todd Van Hoose and Farm Credit Services of America CEO Mark Jensen, briefed policymakers today [Oct. 21st] on agricultural credit conditions. During this [Read More …]

USDA Stuns The Market With Dramatic September Surge In U.S. Milk Output

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending October 23, 2020 USDA stunned the market on Tuesday, reporting a dramatic surge in U.S. milk output last month. September milk output reached 18 billion pounds, [Read More …]

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Extend the grazing season to add value to cull cows

Using late-maturing clovers to extend the grazing season has more than just financial benefits Feed, especially during the wintertime, is the biggest cost of production for cow-calf operations. Therefore, we often see the cull cow [Read More …]

U.S. Custom Harvesters to Host Annual Convention in January

U.S. Custom Harvesters (USCHI) will host its 37th annual convention in Des Moines, Iowa, January 21-23, 2021. The convention will be an in-person event. For the first time in five years, the annual convention will [Read More …]

Providing students with the experiences they love and need – COVID-19 approved

Earlier this month, America’s oldest family-owned dairy farm, Minerva Dairy, let local high school students in on some of the family secrets of their nationwide butter brand. Adam Mueller and Venae Watts, siblings and fifth-generation [Read More …]

Dairy donations have win-win potential

Shirt sales support local food banks and the dairy community Hunger and food insecurity affects millions of Americans across the country. Dairy product donations to food banks offer a pipeline to move products from farm [Read More …]

Two part dairy goat nutrition webinar

AMTS expands The Nutritionist series adding two dairy goat webinars Agricultural Modeling and Training Systems, LLC (AMTS) will host two webinars focusing on Dairy Goat Nutrition in November and December. Targeting commercial Dairy Goat nutrition [Read More …]

Harnessing the Power of Online Consumer Engagement for Wisconsin Cheese

Virtual experiences and a sharp uptick in online shopping have boosted the popularity and success of the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin led Cheeselandiaprogram. The program created an exciting new narrative about award-winning Wisconsin cheese when [Read More …]

Monetizing electricity produced by farm-based anaerobic digestion in New York

FACT SHEET SERIES LINK PRO-DAIRY Dairy Environmental Systems has produced a fact sheet series that summarizes the options for monetizing electricity produced by farm-based anaerobic digester (AD) systems in New York. The series walks through the [Read More …]

Roland Fumasi Named New Head of RaboResearch North America

Agribusiness researcher and economist leads team to serve Rabobank and Rabo AgriFinance clients Rabobank has appointed veteran food and agribusiness research analyst and economist Roland Fumasi to lead its RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness (F&A) team [Read More …]

Foremost Farms USA® Sells Preston Plant to Diversified Ingredients

Foremost Farms USA and Diversified Ingredients today announced that Foremost Farms plans to sell its Preston, Minnesota, manufacturing facility to Diversified Ingredients. The final closing on the sale will take place on or before Nov. [Read More …]

USDEC: U.S. Center for Dairy Excellence Opens in Singapore

New U.S. Dairy Export Council facility solidifies U.S. dairy industry’s in-region base, elevating customer-centric, innovation-driven approach to collaboratively seize Future of Food opportunities The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) today unveiled the start of an [Read More …]

DCRC webinar, presented in Portuguese, looks at minimizing use of timed AI

“Maximizing Fertility While Minimizing Timed AI Use” (“Maximizando fertilidade e, ao mesmo temp, minimizando o uso de IA em tempo fixo”), presented in Portuguese, is the featured topic for the next Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council [Read More …]

Management Tip – Feed & Forage

Whether it is maximizing production, maintaining herd health, or controlling cost, feeding high quality forage to a herd is a key component. There have been significant technological advances in how producers grow, harvest, and store [Read More …]

Applications due for On-Farm Internship Program

Undergraduate students who are interested in gaining hands-on experience in dairy production are encouraged to apply for the 2021 On-Farm Internship program. Applications are due by October 31, 2020 and can be submitted online. The [Read More …]

Price Risk Management for Dairy Farmers

Dairy farmers have a renewed interest in managing the price side of the business After the abrupt downturn in milk markets during the spring and summer of 2020 and nearly an entire year of lower-than-expected [Read More …]

New state-of-the-art cheese and whey plant MWC begins production in Michigan

MWC, a $470 million state-of-the-art cheese and whey plant in St. Johns, Michigan, began receiving milk today from local farmers, marking the first day of operations for the facility and beginning the commissioning phase. Commissioning [Read More …]

Fall Cover Crop Summit Will Energize Your Cover Crop Plans

Experienced growers and industry experts to share their best seeding strategies, grazing and feeding tips, variety selection secrets and more at the National Cover Crop Summit: Fall 2020 Edition, Nov. 17-18. Due to popular demand, [Read More …]

USDA Offers Secure New Options for Signing and Sharing Documents Online

Farmers and ranchers working with USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) or Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) can now sign and share documents online in just a few clicks. By using Box or OneSpan, producers can [Read More …]

Minnesota Governor Walz announces COVID-19 relief for farmers