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The U.S. Treasury has announced that it is dropping its designation of China as a currency manipulator. The phase one deal that is set to be signed today will include about $200 billion in purchases [Read More …]

Zinpro Promotes Rob Sheffer to President/Ceo

Zinpro Corporation, the industry leader in performance trace mineral nutrition for livestock, poultry, aquaculture and companion animals, today announced that effective Jan. 1, 2020, Bill Scrimgeour, chief executive officer (CEO) has retired and Rob Sheffer, [Read More …]

The AGCO Agriculture Foundation and Global Growers Network Partner to Expand Flagship Agriculture Learning Center in Clarkston, Ga., USA

The AGCO Agriculture Foundation (AAF), a private foundation committed to food security and sustainable agricultural development, today announced a new partnership with the Global Growers Network (GGN) to expand their flagship agricultural learning center in [Read More …]

188th Forum takes pulse of NY agriculture

January 16, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The NYS Agricultural Society Annual Meeting & Forum recently took place in Syracuse Each January, agricultural industry leaders gather in Syracuse at the NYS Agricultural Society Annual Meeting & Forum to discuss pressing [Read More …]

Aidan Connolly, CEO of Cainthus, discusses the future and importance of technology in the dairy operation.

The digital age with big data and artificial intelligence has arrived in agriculture. Irish executive Aidan Connolly, CEO of Cainthus, describes the impact on dairy farm management in episode 10 of DairyVoice. In his discussion [Read More …]

Improved feed efficiency cuts my feed costs by €60,000

CRV recently installed 40 roughage intake control feeders at Wietse Duursma’s dairy farm in Bellingwolde. These feeders measure the individual feed intake of the herd of 300 dairy cows. The measurements are vitally important in [Read More …]

USDA Reminds Historically Underserved Producers of Advance Payment Option

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) reminds historically underserved producers, who are participating in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), of the advance payment option. This option allows them to get conservation practice payments in [Read More …]

Noble Pharma, LLC, Vets Plus’ Drug Manufacturing Facility, Successfully Concludes Initial FDA Inspection

January 15, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Vets Plus, Inc. announced that Noble Pharma, LLC, its wholly-owned drug manufacturing facility located in Menomonie, Wisconsin, has successfully completed its initial establishment inspection by the US Food & Drug Administration. Established in 2017, Noble [Read More …]

Last Call for Southwest Nutrition Conference

The popular Southwest Nutrition Conference is just around the corner slated for Feb. 5 – 7 in Chandler, Ariz. The Southwest Nutrition Conference brings applicable science and information that provides dairy professionals with the knowledge [Read More …]

Hear from dairy supply chain expert during ‘Protecting Your Profits’ call

The January 22 Conference Call Will Feature Katie Burgess and a New Webinar Format On Wednesday, January 22 at noon, the Center for Dairy Excellence will welcome Katie Burgess, Commodity Risk Analyst at Roger W. [Read More …]

fairlife Launches New Line of Real Dairy Coffee Creamers, Aims to Perk Up Coffee Scene

fairlife, LLC has debuted fairlife® creamers, its latest line of premium products made with ultra-filtered milk. Best known for creating fairlife ultra-filtered milk, an innovative beverage that helped to usher in a new era of value-added ultra-filtered [Read More …]

Nation’s Largest Dairy Renewable Natural Gas Producer Announces Expansion of California Facility

Calgren Dairy Fuels and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced that four additional Central Valley dairies have started sending methane produced from cow manure to Calgren’s biogas operation in Pixley, where it is processed into high-quality, renewable natural gas [Read More …]

What are your 2020 goals for your farm?

Setting goals is important to personal and business success Happy New Year! It’s the start of a new year, and I think we are all looking forward to putting 2019 behind us and looking forward [Read More …]

New thinking is focal point of 2020 PDPW Business Conference – Mar. 18-19, 202

Dairy’s Premier Educational Event Will Feature Best-in-Class Education & Networking Presented by Professional Dairy Producers® – (PDPW) the 2020 PDPW Business Conference will be held March 18-19, 2020 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, [Read More …]

President Trump to speak at AFBF Annual Convention

January 15, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Will address farm and ranch families at the Farm Bureau’s 101st Annual Convention President Donald J. Trump, for the third year in a row, will address farm and ranch families at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s [Read More …]

Dairy Applauds Key Achievements Made in China Phase One; Still, Dairy Market Access Contingent on Lifting Retaliatory Tariffs

Today’s signing of the Phase One trade agreement with China makes important advances on non-tariff issues harming U.S. dairy trade. While promises of additional Chinese purchases of U.S. agricultural products in the next two years [Read More …]

GFE Registration Now Open

GFE Conference May 27-29, 2020 Fort Worth, Texas Registration is Now Open! We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the 12th Annual Grassfed Exchange Conference to be held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in [Read More …]

Wisconsin’s dairy industry in 2019 and 2020

2020 Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum Jan. 28, 2020 Lorre Kolb: How Wisconsin’s dairy industry fared in 2019 and what lies ahead. We’re visiting today with Mark Stephenson, Director of Dairy Policy Analysis at the University [Read More …]

DCHA Annual Conference registration

Registration is now open for the 2020 Dairy Calf & Heifer Association (DCHA) Annual Conference, April 7-9, at the Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wis. With a conference theme of “Shaping the Future,” attendees will gain [Read More …]

Increase dairy productivity with insight offered through Dairy Management Mondays webinar

Webinar will discuss best management practices of facilitating dairy teams Dairy producers, employees and agribusiness professionals are invited to join Penn State Extension for the Dairy Management Monday webinar at 1 p.m., Jan. 27. This [Read More …]

Online registration closes this week – don’t miss your chance to take this course!

TRANSITION COW MANAGEMENT ONLINE COURSE Online registration closes this week – don’t miss your chance to take this course! Course Information In this course, you will learn the basics of transition cow management then quickly [Read More …]

New membership director for WFU

Pete Curran has been hired as Membership Director of Wisconsin Farmers Union Wisconsin Farmers Union is pleased to announce that Pete Curran has been hired as Membership Director. In this role, Curran will be responsible [Read More …]

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report

Dairy Markets are Resolved to Improve Their Health in 2020 The winter is off to a mild start, and the cows are loving it. Milk yields and components remain high, and milk is sloshing around [Read More …]

Modern on-farm preparedness workshops & webinars

Classes will help farmers prepare for everything from natural disasters to social media A new workshop & webinar series “Modern On-Farm Preparedness” is ready to begin at the end of January. These classes will help [Read More …]

PA Farm Show Butter Sculpture Deconstructed, Recycled at Juniata County Dairy Farm

The 104th Pennsylvania Farm Show has ended, and so has the “East Meets West” dairy tailgate party featuring three of Pennsylvania’s most beloved, buttery sports mascots – Philadelphia Eagles’ Swoop, Pittsburgh Steelers’ Steely McBeam, and Philadelphia Flyers’ Gritty. [Read More …]

Dairy Defined Podcast: NMPF’s Bleiberg Discusses Dairy’s Legislative Year Ahead

Election years always pose challenges for getting things done on Capitol Hill, but dairy is well-positioned to make gains in 2020, according to Paul Bleiberg, the National Milk Producer Federation’s vice president of government relations. [Read More …]

NEW HOLLAND ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL HEMP ASSOCIATION

January 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Alliance to support farmers in building America’s newest sustainable and versatile commodity crop through educational outreach Leading global equipment manufacturer New Holland has partnered with the National Hemp Association (NHA), the nation’s leading non-partisan hemp [Read More …]

Midwest Dairy Grants Total of $95,000 to Second Harvest Heartland for Coolers

Fresh produce, lean protein and dairy products are in high demand at food shelves. This donation makes it easier to store and provide what food shelf clients need most: nutritious foods. Midwest Dairy has provided [Read More …]

Mt-Glen Farms receives Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award

The Jacksons use agricultural conservation practices that to retain nutrients on the soil, while protecting water quality Mt-Glen Farms has been selected for the 2019 Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award®. Dean and Rebecca Jackson own and [Read More …]

Livestock rule unlikely to provide needed protections