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Grants are available for costs associated with PPE, social distancing measures The Center for Dairy Excellence has grants available to reimburse costs associated with COVID-19 personal protection equipment and social distancing measures. The grants are [Read More …]

ADSA Opens Registration for 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

The American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA) is pleased to announce that registration is open for the ADSA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting, which will take place June 22–24, 2020. The decision to transition to a virtual [Read More …]

World Dairy Expo 2020 Cancelled!

For the first time in its 53-year history, World Dairy Expo® has been cancelled. The World Dairy Expo Executive Committee reached this difficult decision based on the public health orders and restrictions related to [Read More …]

CA: Full Statistics now available for crop year 2018

In 2018 California’s farms and ranches received almost $50 billion for their output. This represents a slight increase compared to 2017. California remains the leading US state in cash farm receipts. California’s agricultural abundance includes [Read More …]

AGCO Crop Tour 2020 Features Fendt Momentum Planter

On-farm field demonstrations will showcase new technologies to manage soil compaction at planting AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO), a worldwide manufacturer of agricultural equipment, will be demonstrating new technologies to manage planting-time soil compaction during its 2020 Fendt [Read More …]

DCRC names Tony Carreira Bruinjé its 2020 Scholar

The Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) selected Tony Carreira Bruinjé, a doctorate degree student at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont., Canada, as the 2020 DCRC Scholar. As the award recipient, Bruinjé earned an expense-paid [Read More …]

IDF ‘raises a virtual glass’ on World Milk Day 2020

The International Dairy Federation (IDF) fetes the 20th anniversary of World Milk Day with a online celebration for its global experts – and the achievements of one in particular. Twenty years ago, World Milk [Read More …]

Celebrate June Dairy Month With Love Letters and Donations

Zoetis Dear Dairy campaign seeks letters of appreciation and gives back Times are tough, but the dairy industry is resilient. Zoetis is encouraging dairy enthusiasts to celebrate June Dairy Month by giving them the opportunity [Read More …]

National Dairy Shrine Announces 2020 Scholarship Recipients

The National Dairy Shrine is pleased to announce the recipients of the NDS scholarships for 2020. National Dairy Shrine will provide 32 scholarships worth over $37,500 to students at the annual scholarship & awards banquet [Read More …]

This National Dairy Month, Farmers Are Focused On Feeding Those In Need

Pennsylvania dairy farmer Louie Diamond rarely hesitates when he sees an opportunity to help someone in need. He traveled to New Orleans to help clean up after Hurricane Katrina. Years later, he was in Puerto [Read More …]

NEAFA Golf for Good Works Tournament Postponed

The Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance’s annual Golf for Good Works Tournament has been postponed from June 25-26, 2020 to September 21-22, 2020. The State of New York is beginning to reopen upstate [Read More …]

EFI Promotes Kenton Harmer to Managing Director

Marking another important milestone of growth, Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer advocacy groups, has promoted Kenton Harmer to the new position of managing [Read More …]

New Regional Milk Serves Local Market, Supplies Healthy Food And Keeps Farms In Business During Pandemic

Zeal Grass Milk is the newest milk brand Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World! Now available in select Chicagoland stores including Sunset Foods, Sugar Beet Food Co-op-and Fresh Farms While much of the [Read More …]

Dr. Anna Dilger Voted CAST President-Elect for 2020-21

In a recent election at the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), Dr. Anna Dilger–Associate Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois–was chosen as the President-Elect for 2020-2021. Dilger [Read More …]

What’s next for agriculture

June 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 1

How the next round of federal aid could help Wisconsin farmers recover COVID-19 has created unprecedented challenges for Wisconsin’s agricultural industry. Responding to the short and long-term impacts of this pandemic will require immediate, flexible [Read More …]

Dairy Defined: On World Milk Day, US Dairy Celebrates American Consumers

While no one can say with certainty that the slow re-openings across the U.S. mark the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 crisis, it’s clear these attempts to return to a more normal existence [Read More …]

Susquehanna County Dairy Princess mini-pageant held

Like our Facebook page and listen to all eleven of the girls speeches 2020-2021 Susquehanna County Dairy Princess – Elizabeth Chidester Dairy Ambassadors -Holly Harvatine, Charley Quick, Chelsea Empet, Katelyn Farley, Morgan Tweed, Courtney Marvin, [Read More …]

Farm Credit East announces variable interest rate reduction

Rate went into effect on June 1 Farm Credit East’s Board of Directors approved a reduction in the financial cooperative’s base variable interest rate by one quarter of one percent (.25%). This interest rate reduction [Read More …]

Examining Cattle Transactions in the U.S.

Reviewing A Mandatory Minimum Level of Negotiated Transactions In recent months, there have been many conversations about how cattle are and should be marketed in the U.S. Some discussion has focused on the optimal level [Read More …]

Thinking about topdressing alfalfa?

Some things you should know: 2020 may be a good year to economize With hay now being harvested, farmers are turning to topdress decisions. Looking back at research conducted at the Cornell Musgrave Research Farm, [Read More …]

2020 Accelerating a Generation Syngenta Scholarship recipients look to the future of agriculture

Six college students who are pursuing careers in agriculture are getting a little help from the Syngenta Accelerating a Generation Scholarship program. Adam D’Angelo, bachelor’s student at Rutgers University, and Rodger Farr, master’s student at [Read More …]

Kennedy Named Director of Dairy Programs for All-West / Select

All West/Select Sires announces that Angie Kennedy has accepted the newly-created position of All West/Select Sires Director of Dairy Programs beginning July 1, 2020. Angie has already been a valuable All West/Select Sires Dairy [Read More …]

NYFB Statement on COVID19 Guidance

NY Farm Bureau Encourages Farms to Implement New COVID-19 Guidance New York State has issued comprehensive guidance to help farms manage and mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and New York Farm Bureau is asking farms [Read More …]

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Vytelle Adds New Lab in Kansas to Expand Bovine IVF Services

A newly opened Vytelle™ laboratory in Salina, Kansas, will make the company’s advanced reproductive services more widely available for Midwest beef and dairy producers. Vytelle offers a revolutionary in-vitro fertilization (IVF) process that helps beef [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers of America Asks Nation to Spread #GallonsofGood