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President’s Budget Shortchanges Food and Farm Programs On Monday, President Donald Trump released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2021. As in years past, the proposal would make steep cuts to farm, food, and rural [Read More …]

Farm Credit East provides scholarships to future ag leaders

Four scholarships have been presented to students involved in National FFA Farm Credit East has awarded four scholarships to students involved in the National FFA Organization to support their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE). The scholarship [Read More …]

DBA, Edge launch new podcast

To most people, the word “dairy” simply means delicious and nutritious food — the milk, cheese, butter, ice cream and yogurt they add to a grocery shopping cart. But the people up and down the [Read More …]

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NMC Publishes Current Concepts of Bovine Mastitis in Spanish

Book serves as the dairy industry’s primary mastitis reference National Mastitis Council’s Current Concepts of Bovine Mastitis is now available in four languages – English, Mandarin, Japanese and Spanish – the most recent translation. An [Read More …]

Scholarships to ‘Making More From Milk’ course

WFU is offering two $500 scholarships for attendees to Making More From Milk course Wisconsin Farmers’ Union is offering two $500 scholarships for attendees to the two-day Making More From Milk course set for March [Read More …]

KUHN Krause Excelerator® XT 8010 can XTend Your Vertical Tillage Options

Kuhn North America, Inc., is pleased to introduce the new KUHN Krause Excelerator® XT 8010 vertical tillage system. While retaining our 1 to 5 degree vertical tillage gang angle range for true VT performance, the [Read More …]

Central Plains Dairy Expo features cutting edge technologies and services

This all dairy show provides free educational programming, entertainment, food and beverages for dairy producers The Central Plains Dairy Expo (CPDE), March 25-26, in Sioux Falls, S.D., showcases 300-plus exhibitors and their latest innovations, informative [Read More …]

Chart dairy’s course at the 2020 PDPW Business Conference

Producer panels, Hands-on-hub labs and more offered Mar 18-19 in Madison, Wis. It takes “focus” and a clear vision to stay on course in any business. Access to leading-edge information and the latest in dairy [Read More …]

Hesston by Massey Ferguson introduces Bale Link™ Bale Management app

New app puts individual bale info at your fingertips for easy inventory management and traceability Hesston by Massey Ferguson®, the industry-leading hay equipment brand from AGCO (NYSE:AGCO), gave North American producers their first look [Read More …]

Farm Credit again sponsors Small Farm Conference

Lender again sponsors CA Small Farm Conference, coming up on Feb. 27-29 in Paso Robles While many people think that large, expansive farming operations are the norm in California, the opposite is actually true. The [Read More …]

Leaving a Conservation Legacy

The Vande Wettering family has been dairy farming in Greenleaf, Wisconsin, for almost 150 years. Tom and Bill Vande Wettering took over the farm from their dad in 1994. The brothers are 5th generation farmers. [Read More …]

Will 2020 be the year the land market tumbles?

Farmers National Company expert discusses year ahead The land market in 2019 continued the plateau trend of the past several years in which the supply of agricultural land for sale on the market remained lower [Read More …]

Dairy professionals honored with 2020 dairy industry awards

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Heckman, Trout and the Itle Family Were Recognized at the 2020 PA Dairy Summit At this year’s Pennsylvania Dairy Summit in State College, Pa. on February 5-6, the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania, Center for [Read More …]

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SomaDetect and Valley Agricultural Software Announce API Integration

SomaDetect, a precision dairy technology company, and Valley Agricultural Software (VAS), the world’s largest provider of dairy management software, announced today that VAS’s Software API will be integrated into SomaDetect’s data system. The integration of [Read More …]

The American Dairy Coalition proudly supports the Protecting America’s Food & Agriculture Act of 2019

The American Dairy Coalition (ADC) is proud to announce that S. 2107/H.R. 4482 “Protecting America’s Food & Agriculture Act of 2019” is headed to President Trump’s desk for signing after clearing both the House and [Read More …]

E.M. Tharp and World Ag Expo® “We Believe in Growing” Scholarship Winners Announced

World Ag Expo® and E.M. Tharp, Inc. have teamed up again for the 13th annual “We Believe in Growing” scholarship, which supports local high school students who will be attending four-year universities to major in [Read More …]

Perdue on President Trump’s budget proposal

President Donald J. Trump has submitted his FY 2021 budget proposal to Congress U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump submitted his FY 2021 budget proposal to [Read More …]

Featured Breakout Sessions: California Dairy Sustainability Summit

March 25-26, 2020 Cal Expo | Sacramento, CA Join us for the 2020 California Dairy Sustainability Summit to gain innovative strategies and tools to advance sustainability, improve efficiency, and reduce costs on your dairy farm. [Read More …]

Holstein Judges Conference to be held in CA

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The Holstein Association USA 2020 Judges Conference is planned for March 13th Registration is now open for the Holstein Association USA 2020 Judges Conference, to be held at Maddox Dairy on Friday, March 13 in [Read More …]

Live interview recorded at World Ag Expo with Ben Laine of Rabobank – 2020 shaping up to be a good year

Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness recorded this live interview with Ben Laine of Rabobank on the outlook for 2020. Episode 12 of DairyVoice can be found at DairyVoice.com, or at DairyBusiness.com. Listeners can also find DairyVoice [Read More …]

Minnesota, Wisconsin veterinary students receive National DHIA scholarships

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The National Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA) Scholarship Committee selected three veterinary medicine students – Josh Brown and Mary Liebenstein, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, and Emil Walleser, University of Wisconsin School of [Read More …]

Young farmers and ranchers attend conference

Farmers and ranchers from across Kansas gathered in Manhattan Feb. 7-9 Farmers and ranchers from across Kansas gathered in Manhattan Feb. 7-9 for the annual Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) leaders conference. More than 575 [Read More …]

$56M will help farmers improve water quality

Funding will help producers improve water quality in 300+ high-priority watersheds The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest $56 million this year to help agricultural producers improve water quality in more than 300 high-priority [Read More …]

Non-pharma solutions to scours are effective and more sustainable

Thanks to education and development of new products, tremendous strides have been made in reducing the severity and number of calves lost due to the main causes of calf scours. These primary causes remain consistent: [Read More …]

WaterBit expands executive team to further strengthen sales organization and accelerate technology development

Seasoned leader Tom Webb to oversee business development and technologist Mat Taylor to focus on accelerated solution releases as precision irrigation market experiences rapid growth WaterBit, an agricultural technology company specializing in automated precision irrigation, [Read More …]

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VAS Unveils New Integrations with DairyComp and VAS

Valley Agricultural Software (VAS), the global market leader in dairy management software, announced two major new integrations for the company’s DairyComp management software platform with Smartbow and Zoetis, the world’s leading animal health company. These [Read More …]

NACD Announces District Grant Recipients