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Milk, as one of the oldest natural drinks, is rich in nutrients like calcium, vitamins, protein and amino acids humans need. According to the China Dairy Data Report released by the Dairy Association of China, [Read More …]

Three Certified Animal Welfare Approved By AGW Products Recognized As Finalists In National Food Competition

November 12, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Three A Greener World (AGW)-certified products were chosen as finalists for the 2020 Good Food Awards in recognition of their leading contribution to creating sustainable, delicious and vibrant food economies across the U.S. * Lady [Read More …]

DFA perspective: Dean Foods announcement

Statement “Today, Dean Foods announced it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is engaged in discussions with DFA regarding the purchase of Dean Foods’ assets. As Dean Foods is DFA’s largest customer, our [Read More …]

Walz requests federal relief for Minn. farmers

November 12, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Governor Walz sends letter to Sonny Perdue requesting a Secretarial Disaster Designation On Thursday, November 7, Governor Tim Walz sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting a Secretarial Disaster Designation [Read More …]

Premier Select Sires Scholarship Opportunities Total $20,000 in 2020

Premier Select Sires will award up to $20,000 to students within the Premier territory through the 2020 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship Program. Students who have completed their first full year of college in an [Read More …]

U.S. dairy farmers praise the power of collaboration in Mexico

On a week-long governance mission, DMI board members saw how USDEC facilitates business partnerships in Mexico that benefit farmers back home. Trade agreements, as critical as they are, do not in themselves create trade. Trade [Read More …]

Bears Nutrition Named Winner Of Inaugural Real California Milk Accelerator Competition, Awarded $250,000 To Bring Kid’s Nutritional Drinks To Market

California Milk Advisory Board and VentureFuel Collaboration Identifies Innovative Dairy Milk Startup for Further Development Bears Nutrition and its innovative, milk-based nutritional shakes for children was named the grand prize winner today of the Real California [Read More …]

2020 PDPW Managers Academy

PDPW executive-level program, held Jan. 14-16, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas Now more than ever, the management skills, global and local market awareness, flexibility and mental acuteness are more critical than ever for [Read More …]

Cow Comfort Workshops for freestalls & tie stalls

Two separate sessions will be held: one on freestall and one on tie stall cow comfort Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY and Cornell Cooperative Extension are offering regional Cow Comfort Workshops for freestall and tie stall barns. [Read More …]

DMI’s Gallagher Stresses Unity, Leadership During Annual Meeting Address

CEO says a united dairy community will help meet challenges and threats head on and advance dairy into the future Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) CEO Tom Gallagher told more than 800 dairy farmers and [Read More …]

USDA to collect final 2019 crop data

November 11, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Final year-end crop production, storage numbers to be gathered As the 2019 growing season officially comes to an end, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact producers nationwide to gather [Read More …]

Dr. Lawrence Jones of the FARME Institute Discusses November 2019 Advance Milk Prices.

Have your hay, and eat it, too

November 11, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Farmers across Ohio are feeling the brunt of last spring’s unprecedented rainfall. Finding hay that is both affordable and sufficiently nutritious has been one roadblock this year for farmers. And something even more alarming than [Read More …]

Bears Nutrition Named Winner of Inaugural Real California Milk Accelerator Competition

AWARDED $250,000 TO BRING KID’S NUTRITIONAL DRINKS TO MARKET California Milk Advisory Board and VentureFuel Collaboration Identifies Innovative Dairy Milk Startup for Further Development Bears Nutrition and its innovative, milk-based nutritional shakes for children was named [Read More …]

Manage stored grain to increase marketability!

November 11, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The grain is in storage, but the management of it continues. The grain is in storage, but the management of it continues. An On-Farm Grain Storage Management Workshop will be held at Kinderhook Creek Farm, [Read More …]

T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending November 8, 2019

BARRELS ARE EASIER TO SOURCE BUT STILL FAR FROM PLENTIFUL CME spot Cheddar barrels reached a fresh five-year high on Wednesday at $2.39 per pound. But then the bids dried up. Barrels fell 6ȼ yesterday, [Read More …]

U.S. dairy exports rebound in September

Improved sales of NDM/SMP and cheese push overall volume above year-ago levels. A surge in nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NDM/SMP) exports to Mexico and Southeast Asia, plus increased cheese shipments to Mexico and United [Read More …]

Nearly a Million More Tons of Cottonseed Projected to be Available for Dairies

The cotton crop will be plentiful, outproducing the previous two seasons Dairy producers can expect to see a significant increase in whole cottonseed supplies this year. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest crop [Read More …]

Dairy Promotion Directors Elect Board Officers

November 9, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Leaders of Dairy Management Inc.™ (DMI), the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB) and the United Dairy Industry Association (UDIA) announced election results to lead national dairy checkoff strategies and programs to protect and [Read More …]

David Ahlem of Hilmar Cheese explains how exports are critical for the dairy industry – in California and the U.S.

Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News interviews David Ahlem, President and CEO of Hilmar Cheese Company. Hilmar has plants in both Hilmar, California and Dalhart, Texas and is one of the largest cheese producers in the [Read More …]

The feed efficiency tool you could be overlooking

Measuring the amount of starch in cattle manure is essential Measuring the amount of starch in cattle manure is essential to keeping track of efficiency and capturing opportunity cost in any operation. Most of the [Read More …]

Dairy Sense: Controlling the 4C’s

Controlling the 4C’s: crops, cows, cash and conservation. Production perspective: In today’s economic climate profitable farms target management practices on crops, cows, cash and conservation or the 4C’s. People often ask if there are commonalities [Read More …]

NMPF HIGHLIGHTS DAIRY’S RESILIENCE, HONORS FARMER LEADERS AT ANNUAL MEETING

National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jim Mulhern highlighted the resilience of U.S. dairy farmers in a challenging economic and policy environment, pledging that dairy would speak with one voice on crucial issues in [Read More …]

Submit a Nomination for PA Dairy Industry Awards

Have you submitted your nominations for the Pennsylvania Dairy Industry Awards? The deadline is November 15! The award program recognizes dairy professionals who are shaping the future of the industry through leadership, service and innovation. [Read More …]

World Food Prize Announces Launch of Foundation President’s Archive

The World Food Prize is pleased to announce the public launch of the Archive of the Foundation President, Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn. The Archive, which represents his entire 52 year public career, can be found [Read More …]

AMPI cheesemakers earn champion title

Dairy farmer-owned co-op’s Parmesan tops national contest The cheesemakers of Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) are bringing home the coveted Chairman’s Trophy following the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Championship Cheese Contest. A hand-crafted Parmesan [Read More …]

GoatThroat Pumps Secures Representation and Distribution Partnership

GoatThroat Pumps Secures Representation and Distribution Partnership With AAMS-Salvarani for Agricultural Pump Sales in Europe Both companies scheduled to co-present newest pump innovation at Agritechnica conference in Hannover, Germany. GoatThroat Pumps (https://www.goatthroat.com/) recently announced it [Read More …]

California State Fair announces 2020 dates

California State Fair & Food Festival’s dates for 2020 are July 17th – August 2nd Coming off of an extremely successful 2019 Fair, California State Fair & Food Festival would like to announce the 2020 [Read More …]

Webinar: Dairy Reproduction and Health Monitoring Research Updates

Join the Webinars. Registration is not required and there is no fee. Strategies for improving dairy cattle reproductive performance November 20, 2019 | 12:30pm – 1:30pm EST Presenter: Julio Giordano, Cornell University, assistant professor – Dairy Cattle [Read More …]

NMPF Highlights Dairy’s Resilience, Honors Farmer Leaders at Annual Meeting