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Because it’s simple: No Farms No Food® The coronavirus pandemic is impacting businesses that rely on direct contact with their customers, including farmers and ranchers that primarily sell their products through farmers markets and to [Read More …]

Detlefsen Predicts Protective Equipment Shortages in Food Chain to Linger into Summer

Clay Detlefsen, senior vice president of regulatory and environmental affairs for the National Milk Producers Federation and the private-sector chair of the Food and Agricultural Sector Coordinating Council – says that while shortages of grocery [Read More …]

Milk Crisis Plan- Needs a Fix to A Flaw

April 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

ADC applauds the hard work of NMPF & IDFA in pulling together the Milk Crisis Plan, but a very important change is needed by USDA to ensure the true intention of the milk production decrease [Read More …]

USDA Addresses Milk Dumping, Authorizes Other Flexibilities To Help Producers Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is ensuring that milk producers are not inappropriately penalized if their milk must be dumped because of recent market disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, RMA is extending [Read More …]

Krone Recognizes Top 10 North American Dealers

April 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Krone North America, a leader in hay and forage equipment, announces its Top 10 Retail Sales Volume Dealers for 2019. Leading the list is Noble Equipment of Nobleford, Canada, earning the #1 spot in North [Read More …]

Crop and livestock prices plunge under uncertainty

Nearby futures prices for nearly all the major crops have dropped by double-digit percentages Updated analysis by the American Farm Bureau Federation shows crop and livestock prices falling to levels that threaten the livelihoods of [Read More …]

Protecting Farm Worker Health And Planning For The Future

Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program is committed to continuing to support farms in the region as they work daily to provide safe and abundant food for consumers. While [Read More …]

Diverse Offering Joins Progeny Proven Lineup at Select Sires

Fourteen sires graduate to the daughter-proven ranks in the Select Sires, Accelerated Genetics and GenerVations lineups. Graduating sires include 10 Holsteins, two Jerseys, one Brown Swiss and one Milking Shorthorn. Select Sires remains committed to [Read More …]

Virtual Antique Tractor Parade Announced

The 2020 California Antique Farm Equipment Show® has been cancelled due to COVID-19, but organizers will continue one of the most beloved show features: the tractor parade. While the family-friendly event will not go on [Read More …]

More and more viruses ‘spilling over’

April 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Spillover spurred by people cultivating land that was once isolated forests Viruses have been increasingly shifting from animals to people, a recent trend that has researchers at The Ohio State University closely studying a pig [Read More …]

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Alice in Dairyland Finals moved to June 19-20

Due to challenges posed by the COVID-19 public health emergency, the upcoming 73rd Alice in Dairyland Finals are facing several significant changes including date, format and location. The 73rd Alice in Dairyland Finals [Read More …]

PRO-DAIRY Webinars: April 13-16, 2020

Spanish-Language Training for Farm Workers and Farmers on Coronavirus April 13 | 6:30 PM EDT Registration is required and questions can be submitted in advance. The Cornell Farmworker Program and the Finger Lakes Community Health [Read More …]

IDFA: Navigating the CARES Act – An Analysis for Dairy

The CARES Act, signed in late March by President Donald Trump, enacts $2 trillion worth of emergency provisions to help protect employers and employees during the COVID-19 crisis. The bill contains provisions designed to keep [Read More …]

DMI Outlines Business Plan Shift In Letter to USDA’s Perdue

Checkoff efforts aim to help farmers navigate changing environment Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) leaders outlined a shift in its business plan in a letter to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue that will help farmers weather the [Read More …]

IDFA Fights For Dairy During COVID-19

Dear Dairy Community, Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, our industry has stepped up to ensure a reliable, safe and nutritious food supply for our fellow Americans. In turn, IDFA has been hard at work in Washington [Read More …]

Gordon Joins World Wide Sires Team

World Wide Sires is pleased to announce that Laura Gordon has joined World Wide Sires (WWS) as Area Director of Marketing. In her new role, Laura will be responsible for sales and marketing in several [Read More …]

DCHA Annual Conference features thought-provoking topics

More than 200 dairy producers, calf and heifer raisers, veterinarians, nutritionists, educators and dairy consultants attended Dairy Calf and Heifer Association’s (DCHA) Virtual Conference, held April 8-9. The participants represented 28 states, four Canadian provinces [Read More …]

Ashlie Johnson of Brooke Human Resource Solution on financial information for payroll with COVID-19

Dairy farm operators can find help for working with employees and financial information for payroll as we deal with COVID-19. Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness speaks with Ashlie Johnson of Brooke Human Resource Solutions, who gives [Read More …]

U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers That They Cannot Retaliate Against Workers Reporting Unsafe Conditions During Coronavirus Pandemic

The U.S Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers that it is illegal to retaliate against workers because they report unsafe and unhealthful working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic. Acts [Read More …]

Farmer sentiment plummets

Ag Economy Barometer recorded its largest one-month drop in sentiment during March The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer recorded its largest one-month drop in sentiment during March. The barometer dipped 47 points to a reading of 121, [Read More …]

Coronavirus causing hardship to dairy industry

The loss of contracts and sales has a massive negative financial impact on the dairy industry Members of Northeast Dairy Foods Association, Inc., as well as dairy producers and others in the food supply chain [Read More …]

2020 National Holstein Convention

“These are certainly unprecedented times. Canceling the June 2020 National Holstein Convention, set to take place in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was not a matter we took lightly,” said Holstein Association USA President Corey Geiger. “We [Read More …]

Vote in 2020 Farm Credit East Director Elections

The 2020 director candidates were formally introduced at Farm Credit East’s Annual Meeting in March, and following, voting stockholders were mailed their ballots to vote in the 2020 Director Elections. As a customer-owned cooperative, the [Read More …]

Video: Small Scale Farming: The Benefits of Rotational Grazing

Learn about the benefits of managed rotational grazing, how you can partner with the NRCS to develop a grazing management plan and apply to install conservation practices for a successful grazing system

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