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The American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA®) has selected Catharine Kuber Perry as its new executive director. Perry, who currently serves as vice president of member programs and services of the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA), [Read More …]

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California and USDA work together to provide meals to children from low-income families amid coronavirus outbreak

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a request from California to allow meal service during school closures to minimize potential exposure to the coronavirus. These meals are available at no cost to low-income [Read More …]

SVG Ventures announces the THRIVE VI Accelerator Cohort

SVG Ventures-THRIVE is delighted to announce the 13 companies selected to join their THRIVE VI Accelerator cohort. With an acceptance rate of less than 3% admission to the award winning THRIVE Accelerator Program is fiercely [Read More …]

2020 THRIVE Innovation Summit is postponed

The THRIVE Innovation Summit, is the premier gathering for top industry experts and innovative entrepreneurs focused on AgTech & FoodTech innovation. Scheduled keynote speaker USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky was to cover the topic “Innovation Imperative: [Read More …]

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Wisconsin wins 31% of total awards at WCMA’s 2020 World Championship Cheese Contest

Wisconsin cheesemakers continued their international winning streak last week at the World Championship Cheese Contest by taking home 45 Best of Show awards and sweeping 14 contest classes. The biennial three-day contest surged [Read More …]

Dairy Reproduction Revolution Seminar

The March 25th event is free, but registration is required Dairy farmers, herd managers, veterinarians, artificial insemination technicians, and others are encouraged to attend a Dairy Reproduction Revolution Seminar on Wednesday, March 25th at the [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers Descend on Senate to Demand Agriculture Labor Reform

Dairy farmers from National Milk Producers Federation member cooperatives and state dairy associations are visiting U.S. Senate offices today and tomorrow as part of a fly-in calling for an agricultural labor bill that could be [Read More …]

California Ag Day 2020 Cencelled

In accordance with a recommendation from public health officials that large public gatherings be canceled or postponed to help slow the spread of COVID-19, CDFA is canceling Ag Day 2020, which was scheduled for March [Read More …]

Work efficiently: Nedap Augmented Reality brings data to life

Experience the future of dairy technology at the Central Plains Dairy Expo You have mountains of farm data available to you. But with an ever-growing need to feed the world, you don’t have time to [Read More …]

Michigan dairy farms partner with Brightmark to produce renewable natural gas from manure

Company’s latest biogas project includes unique wastewater treatment plant partnership post-gas extraction Brightmark, a San Francisco-based waste and energy development company, today announced that it has partnered with three Western Michigan farms on the latest [Read More …]

Cheese Power at Susquehanna County Ag Day

We scooped up 19 tubs of Manning’s ice cream and had cheese samples Pictured left to right: Susquehanna County Dairy Princess Kyleigh Jones, Wyoming/Lackawanna Princess Loghan Hirkey, other members of the Susquehanna County Dairy Court, [Read More …]

Dairy Defined: Lactose-free milk is growing faster than plant-based. You didn’t know that?

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This might be tough to digest if you’re a plant-based fundamentalist, but the numbers don’t lie: In 2019, lactose-free milk sales grew twice as fast as plant-based beverages, with lactose-free poised to surpass almond-beverage sales this [Read More …]

Leading Midwest dairy co-op adds farmer-led conservation group coordinator

Leading Midwest dairy co-op adds farmer-led conservation group coordinator Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative has added a coordinator for the co-op’s support of a growing number of farmer-led watershed conservation groups. Jamie Fisher will work directly [Read More …]

NY Holstein Association Seeks Executive Manager

New York Holstein Association, a membership organization serving Holstein enthusiasts, is seeking an Executive Manager. A full job description is posted below. We offer a competitive salary, benefits, and a pleasant place to work. If [Read More …]

National Farmworker Awareness Week Provides Opportunity to Celebrate Farmworkers and Educate Consumers About the Many Hands That Feed Them

This month, Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and training organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer advocacy groups, is marking National Farmworker Awareness Week by encouraging growers and consumers to share messages [Read More …]

Dave Kurzawski of INTL FCStone Talks About Coronavirus and the Impact on the Global Dairy Economy

Coronavirus is upsetting dairy markets as it spreads around the world. In episode 14 of DairyVoice podcast, Dave Kurzawski, Team Leader of the Dairy Risk Management Group at INTL FC Stone, provides his insights about [Read More …]

Ag education student, Fresno State win state farm bureau discussion titles

Senior agricultural education student Austin La Salle earned media notoriety last year as a campus farm student worker who helped raise one of the farm’s prized products, Fresno State sweet corn. That experience helped yield [Read More …]

Maine Livestock Farmer Survey

At University of Maine Extension we think a lot about the care and welfare of livestock and poultry – sometimes referred to as “food animals” in Maine. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the [Read More …]

CentralStar Cooperative hires new group of employees

CentralStar Cooperative serves dairy and beef producers in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana. Growing business for the historical cooperative continues to create new opportunity to hire on more employees. During the last three months, 18 employees [Read More …]

Fifteen Students Receive a Total of $18,500 in 2020 Premier Select Sires Scholarships

Click Image to Enlarge Premier Select Sires awarded a total of $18,500 to 15 college students through the 2020 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship competition. Two students received $2,500 scholarships through the Johnny Daniel Memorial [Read More …]

After winning the world’s best camembert title, Agropur is named the maker of the best cheddar in the world

Agropur is proud to announce that its Grand Cheddar Aged 3 Years and Grand Cheddar Aged 1 Year – both made at its Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, Quebec plant – have been awarded the “Best Cheddar Aged Two [Read More …]

Who will lead our rural communities?

Our rural communities need future leaders April 4-5, 2020 Dodgeland High School, Juneau, Wis. We need to invest in the future now. Our food systems need the best and the brightest to fulfill the numerous [Read More …]

Dairy West expands innovation partnerships team

Liz Miles recently joined Dairy West as innovation partnerships manager. Based out of the organization’s Meridian, Idaho, headquarters, Miles works with retailers and foodservice companies to promote the sales and consumption of dairy foods and battle food [Read More …]

Holstein Foundation Graduates Young Dairy Leaders Institute Class 11

More than 45 young adults from across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico recently graduated from the Holstein Foundation’s eleventh Young Dairy Leaders Institute class, with Phase III being held February 5-8, 2020 in Phoenix, [Read More …]

Barn Meetings on Dairy Cattle Reproduction

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Day of dairy reproduction education to be held at two locations, March 17th and 18th Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County educators April Wright Lucas and James Romack invite farmers to join them and guest [Read More …]

Evonik declares force majeure for supply of ThreAMINO® due to Covid-19 outbreak

Due to the Covid-19 virus outbreak, Evonik’s contract manufacturer had to shut-down its production facilities. Both production and shipping of the amino acid ThreAMINO® are affected. Dr. Emmanuel Auer, Head of Animal Nutrition Business Line [Read More …]

Milk Quality Online Course: Online course registration closes Today!

Online registration closes today – don’t miss your chance to take this course! Course Information The Milk Quality Online Course will cover basic milk quality, milking parlor and mastitis management principles lead by [Read More …]

Spring Weed Control in Alfalfa

As spring approaches, forage weeds can become a problem. Certain herbicides can be applied, but timing is critical As warmer weather approaches, start thinking about controlling winter annual weeds (especially common chickweed) in alfalfa. Keep [Read More …]

Operation desert corn: Bayer opens new high-tech greenhouse in Arizona