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More than 600 farmers, policy makers to learn about latest developments to ‘green’ industry California’s dairy industry is responsible for just under one-fifth of all the milk produced in the U.S., contributes $65 [Read More …]

Two Join Vytelle as Regional Sales Managers

Vytelle™ announces the hiring of two experienced professionals to support sales of Vytelle’s in vitro fertilization (IVF) technology to dairy and beef producers in the central U.S. Nancy Grathwohl Heter and Kody Graves joined the Vytelle sales [Read More …]

2020 Farm Show Cheese Competition winners announced

Winners from Lebanon, Allegheny and Lancaster County Farmer Rudolph’s Creamery of Lebanon, Lebanon County, won Best in Show with its cheese, Sir Farmer, during the cheese competition on opening day of the 2020 [Read More …]

Perry’s Ice Cream Debuts Updated Look for 2020

As Perry’s Ice Cream Company, Inc., a Great Lakes regional brand and Upstate New York’s #1 ice cream, begins its 102nd year in business, the company is debuting its first brand identity refresh and packaging evolution [Read More …]

Anaerobic Digestion Process Fundamentals and Management Shortcourse

January 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

For Agricultural, Food Processing, Industrial and Municipal Operations January 15 – 16, 2020 | Cornell University | Ithaca, New [Read More …]

Borden Dairy Receives Court Approval of Motions to Continue Business as Usual During Financial Reorganization

Company receives authorization to continue paying employees and critical vendors; next court date scheduled for Jan. 23 Borden, one of America’s favorite dairy companies founded in 1857, announced that it and certain affiliates (collectively, “Borden” or [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers of America forms D.F.A. Ingredients Solutions

Dairy Farmers of America (D.F.A.) has merged its ingredients division, which includes dairy powders, dairy food ingredients, DairiConcepts and Berkshire Dairy, to form D.F.A. Ingredients Solutions. The new entity will provide such ingredients as cheese, [Read More …]

Wolf administration opens final PA Farm Bill Grant Program

Program aims to enhance the long-term health of Pa. family farms Addressing nearly 800 public officials at the Pennsylvania Farm Show today, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced the opening of the last grant program made [Read More …]

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2020 Wisconsin Junior Holstein Convention held

More than 400 Holstein members, chaperones, and volunteers were in attendance The annual Wisconsin Junior Holstein Convention was hosted by the Clark County juniors in Stevens Point, Wis., at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Convention [Read More …]

Webinar: Genomics Provides Clues to Fertility

Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council host upcoming webinar, February 28th “Genomics Provides Clues to Fertility” is the subject of the Feb. 28 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) webinar. It is scheduled for 2 p.m. Central time [Read More …]

CHS Reports $177.9 Million in First Quarter Net Income

CHS Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSCP), the nation’s leading agribusiness cooperative, today reported net income of $177.9 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 that ended Nov. 30, 2019. This compares to net income of [Read More …]

DFA Cares Foundation provided dairy for those in need

January 10, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Cooperative delivered six truckloads of milk Through its DFA Cares Foundation, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national cooperative owned by dairy farm families across the U.S., is making good use of Northeast Area milk [Read More …]

China and MFP Tranche 3

To assist farmers and ranchers who have lost markets due to retaliatory tariffs, the Trump administration issued two rounds of Market Facilitation Program payments (Trade Aid Round One: A State Perspective and USDA Announces Details Behind the [Read More …]

The California Food Expo Which Ignited A Food Movement Dissolves Operations

The Board of Directors of the California Food Expo (formerly the Fresno Food Expo) announced today that they have elected to dissolve the 501 (c) (6) organization and close its operations effective January 31, 2020, [Read More …]

Alltech to reveal results of ninth annual Alltech Global Feed Survey

Join Dr. Mark Lyons, president and CEO of Alltech, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. EST as he shares the results of the ninth annual Alltech Global Feed Survey during a panel discussion with industry [Read More …]

Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship hosts online courses

Will open courses to the general public beginning Spring Semester 2020 Managed Grazing Innovation Center (MGIC), an online school created by Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA), will open courses to the general public beginning Spring Semester [Read More …]

CDFA announces vacancies on feed inspection board

Board makes regulatory and enforcement recommendations to the CDFA secretary The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Feed, Fertilizer and Livestock Drugs Regulatory Services (FFLDRS) branch announces three vacancies on the Feed Inspection Advisory [Read More …]

DCRC webinar focuses on genomics and fertility

“Genomics Provides Clues to Fertility” is the subject of the Feb. 28 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) webinar. It is scheduled for 2 p.m. Central time and features Joseph Dalton, a professor in the department of [Read More …]

Is a robotic milking system in your future?

Attend “Our Dairy Future: Robotic Milking Systems Performance and Efficiency Seminar “ According to Dr. Doug Reinemann, UW-Madison milking system specialist and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach, over [Read More …]

Another major US dairy seeks bankruptcy

As milk consumption has fallen, dairy farms have closed their doors The U.S. dairy industry, the largest in the world, is under severe pressure as the consumption habits of Americans shift. Borden Dairy Co. filed [Read More …]

USMCA action is a welcome start to 2020

USMCA builds on important trade relationships in North America The following statement was released by American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall: “We are now one step away from unleashing the competitiveness of America’s farmers [Read More …]

November Margins and 2020 DMC Sign-up

The margin for November under the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program was $12.21 per cwt., $1.33 per cwt. higher than the October DMC margin. This was the highest margin since December 2014, even allowing for [Read More …]

DCRC webinar features genomics and fertility

“Genomics Provides Clues to Fertility” is the subject of the Feb. 28 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) webinar. It is scheduled for 2 p.m. Central time and features Joseph Dalton, a professor in the department of [Read More …]

Dairy exports stronger in November

January 9, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Increases in NDM/SMP, lactose and cheese lead to double-digit gain. U.S. exports continued to improve in November, increasing from prior months and topping year-ago levels for the third straight month. U.S. suppliers shipped 179,113 tons [Read More …]

2020 Global Dairy Supply and Demand – Dairy Economist Nate Donnay Looks Ahead

Dairy economist Nate Donnay looks ahead to 2020, assessing global dairy supply and demand with impact on U.S. farm milk prices. He explains to Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness that more details along with other related [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Presents 2020 Dairy Outlook Webinar

The last several years have been a challenge for many Northeast dairy producers. Although dairy prices were higher in 2019 than in recent years, there is uncertainty going into 2020 given recent trade policy and [Read More …]

ADC Eager for Expected Passage of USMCA in Senate

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is predicted to pass the Senate very soon, according to White House trade adviser Peter Navarro. Today, the Senate Finance Committee approved the USMCA on a bi-partisan vote of 25 to [Read More …]

National Dairy Shrine Recognition Award Applications Due March 15

National Dairy Shrine is again seeking nominations for the dairy industries most prestigious recognition awards: Guest of Honor, Pioneer, and Distinguished Dairy Cattle Breeder. The Guest of Honor is given to an active contemporary dairy [Read More …]

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