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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

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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

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This World Milk Day, and throughout June Dairy Month, you share the love and DFA will share the milk with those in need With schools closed and community meal services suspended amid the COVID-19 crisis, [Read More …]

Al-Ag, De Benetti and Delgado join DCHA board of directors

Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA) members elected Clint Al-Ag, Blue Sky Farms, Friona, Texas; Emily De Benetti, Oxford Cattle Co., Woodstock, Ont., Canada; and Jorge Delgado, dairy specialist with the Alltech On-Farm Support team; [Read More …]

Dairy.com Acquires My Dairy Dashboard From Joint Venture Partner

Expands End-to-End Supply Chain Solutions and Transparency Dairy.com® announced today that it has acquired majority ownership of My Dairy Dashboard after reaching an agreement with cofounder Virtus Nutrition. “My Dairy Dashboard will be an important [Read More …]

NY Farm Bureau encourages farms to implement new COVID-19 guidance

New guidance includes information for farmworkers, detailed cleaning protocols 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 across [Read More …]

Assessing Corn and Soybean Populations and Replanting Decisions

Replanting decisions can be difficult to make. This article explains how to go about making the call objectively. This article is the Agronomy Highlight for Monday, June 1 at 8:00 a.m. The Agronomy Highlight is an opportunity [Read More …]

America’s Dairyland celebrates June Dairy Month

There’s no better way to start the summer than by eating plenty of curds and ice cream It’s June in Wisconsin, and that means June Dairy Month. From my days working in a cheese plant, [Read More …]

Fly control and its economic impact

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Webinar scheduled for June 4, starting at 2 p.m. central time The next Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA) webinar focuses on fly control. Scheduled for June 4, starting at 2 p.m. Central time, Richard [Read More …]

Dairy Markets Made Astounding Gains This Month

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending May 29, 2020 The pandemic sickened the dairy markets in April, creating immense pain on the farm. Dairy producers have cashed a paltry April milk check, and [Read More …]

College students earn scholarships through Dairy’s Future Leaders contest

California’s leading dairy organizations have announced the winners of the Dairy’s Future Leaders college student writing contest. The contest asked students to share what sustainability means to them and how they envision their futures as [Read More …]

Discovery Park of America Announces Additional Partners and New Details for Upcoming Exhibit on Innovation in Agriculture

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Discovery Park of America has announced new partners and more details for “AgriCulture: Innovating for Our Survival,” a permanent exhibit dedicated to telling the story of innovation in agriculture. The exhibit will open Dec. 5, [Read More …]

Vietnam Lowers Dairy Tariffs, Benefitting U.S. Exports

Vietnam has signed a decree unilaterally lowering tariffs on key dairy products and ingredients, including skim milk powder, whole milk powder, cheese, milk albumin and protein isolate. The decree goes into effect on July 10. [Read More …]

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