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Dairy producers can ask questions about recent industry updates As COVID-19 continues to impact the dairy industry, dairy producers and industry professionals are invited to join a fourth dairy industry conference call on Thursday, May [Read More …]

Statement from the Northeast Dairy Producers Association

This initiative is an important step forward The Northeast Dairy Producers Association thanks Governor Andrew Cuomo and NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets Commissioner Richard Ball for recognizing the challenges family dairy farms, cooperatives, and [Read More …]

Considering wheat for forage

Wheatlage an alternative forage source for beef, dairy operations Wheat has long been grown on the Texas High Plains, but fewer producers are taking the crop to grain harvest, opting instead to cash in on [Read More …]

Creative policy solutions needed for dairy

Catastrophically low milk prices may decline further in May and June Catastrophically low milk prices may decline further in May and June, making all-hands-on-deck efforts to find solutions for all dairy producers necessary, Peter Vitaliano, [Read More …]

Still No Detail rom USDA on COVID-19 Dairy Relief Package

It has been 37 days since the U.S. Senate voted 96-0 to borrow $2.2 TRILLION to shore-up the productive capabilities of the U.S. economy. America was deliberately shut down by the government to keep the health care [Read More …]

Federal COVID-19 aid could arrive in May

For farmers, ranchers suffering losses due to COVID-19 market disruptions Applications will begin in May for $16 billion in federal aid for farmers and ranchers who have suffered losses due to market disruptions caused by [Read More …]

Expanding Overseas Markets Key to Dairy Post-Coronavirus, NMPF’s Morris Says

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Even as U.S. dairy struggles to meet the immediate challenges of coronavirus, its work on expanding overseas markets continues “not with an eye on what’s going to happen necessarily in the next week, but what [Read More …]

Holstein Foundation Releases Video on Clipping a Dairy Show Animal

Holstein Foundation is excited to announce the release of a new video to educate youth on how to clip their dairy animal for a show. The 15-minute video is available to watch for free on [Read More …]

Dr. Mike Lormore on herd management when the goal is lower production

Dr. Mike Lormore, a longtime dairy vet, says first define the goal and then identify the strategies, ranging from reduced milking frequency to feeding more milk to calves. In Dr. Lormore’s discussion with Joel Hastings [Read More …]

Students keep campus farm active while classes operate virtually

Like other essential agricultural operations across the Central Valley, the Fresno State University Agricultural Laboratory has kept up a near-normal pace over the past month, thanks to its workforce that relies partially on students who [Read More …]

Midwest Dairy Donates $500,000 to Food Banks

Contributions across the organization’s 10-state region will help meet the dairy demand food banks and pantries are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic On behalf of 6,500 dairy farm families across the Midwest, Midwest Dairy announced [Read More …]

Danone North America Awards $50,000 in Student Grants to Further Yogurt and Gut Microbiome Exploration

Two Graduate Students Each Receive $25,000 from Annual Danone Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Grant Program For the eighth year in a row, Danone North America has demonstrated their commitment to science and education [Read More …]

USMEF Statement on Executive Order to Help Ensure Safe, Stable Meat Production

On April 28, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to ensure that meat production can continue during the COVID-19 crisis. More details on the executive order are available in this White House fact sheet. [Read More …]

Pandemic Disrupts Processing Capacity, Drives Slaughter Numbers Down

Reports today suggest President Trump will sign an executive order announcing his use of the Defense Production Act to order meat processing plants to remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic. The president will use the [Read More …]

Creative Policy Solutions Needed as Dairy Prices Plunge, NMPF’s Vitaliano Says

Catastrophically low milk prices may decline further in May and June, making all-hands-on-deck efforts to find solutions for all dairy producers necessary, Peter Vitaliano, chief economist for the National Milk Producers Federation, says in a [Read More …]

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Milk provided to healthcare workers and first responders

Great Georgia Give campaign will deliver 24,000 half-gallons of local Georgia milk Georgia’s dairy farmers, along with Kroger Atlanta Division, have come together to deliver milk from the farm to the frontlines. The new Great [Read More …]

Penn State Extension cancels or postpones in-person events through June 19

Cancellations also affect Pennsylvania 4-H activities In-person, nonessential events and programs sponsored by Penn State Extension through at least June 19 have been cancelled, postponed or moved to a virtual format due to the continuing coronavirus pandemic, [Read More …]

Rosy-Lane Holsteins wins sustainability award

Healthy cows, environment are focus of Wisconsin dairy A Wisconsin dairy farm, Rosy-Lane Holsteins, is the winner of a national award for Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability. The ninth annual U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards were announced [Read More …]

Dairy Checkoff marketing effort during COVID-19

Ads, live content, signage, word of mouth, ecommerce and more Hard-working dairy farmers need to be in their barns and fields during this COVID-19 crisis, so Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW)—funded by your dairy checkoff—rapidly [Read More …]

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tioga County seeks executive director

Deadline to apply is May 13 Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Tioga County, Owego, NY, is seeking an executive director to provide overall leadership and management of an organization that delivers non-formal education programs, conducts [Read More …]

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Appoints Randolph Legg to Lead U.S. Commercial Business

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health announced today the appointment of Randolph Legg as the new Head of U.S. Commercial Business. Legg moved into the role just as the COVID-19 pandemic altered the rhythms of everyday life [Read More …]

Introducing IDFA’s People Strategy: Inspiring Innovative Approaches to Leadership, Workforce Development, and Diversity in Dairy

If the COVID-19 crisis has made one lesson clear, it’s that dairy industry leaders will continue to face a myriad of challenges in the months and years ahead—challenges expected and unexpected. This crisis has also [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 2.4 Million Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted seven offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 191,802 pounds (87 metric tons) of Cheddar, 83,776 pounds (38 metric tons) of butter, [Read More …]

Due to COVID-19 outbreak, state temporarily OKs farms applying milk to fields

Temporary permission, which expires June 1 In response to a sharp reduction in the demand for milk due to the COVID-19 outbreak, which has disrupted supply chains, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued [Read More …]

Pa. Milk Marketing Board increases over-order premium

Encourages nationwide USDA producers pricing action At an April 23 Special Sunshine Meeting held via teleconference due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board approved an emergency order increasing the over-order premium [Read More …]

Preserve quality of higher moisture hay

Several moisture-related factors impact hay quality; hay preservative mitigates these factors Bryant Dorn remembers the days when he baled hay until dawn. Excess moisture in recent years put a stop to the Montana farmer’s all-nighters. [Read More …]

USDA plan will help farmers and food banks

USDA will award contracts to purchase meat, dairy and produce for food banks The USDA laid out its plan to award contracts to the private sector to purchase meat, dairy and produce for distribution to [Read More …]

Reviewing Expected Benefits of Dairy Revenue Protection and Dairy Margin Coverage

As global milk supplies tightened toward the end of 2019, milk prices reached their highest level since 2014, coming in at more than $20 per hundredweight. USDA’s December World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates projected that all-milk [Read More …]

Penn State Extension webinars outline process for Paycheck Protection Program