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Uncertainty over trade policy, weather and African Swine Fever dominated agricultural markets last quarter, causing greater volatility across the industry that’s affecting producers, supply chains and end users, according to the latest Quarterly Rural Economic [Read More …]

Randi Muzumdar speaks about INTL FCStone’s Vision 20/20: Global Markets Outlook

This week the topic is INTL FCStone’s international conference… Vision 20/20: Global Markets Outlook. Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News talks with Ms. Randi Muzumdar, head of the dairy / foods division in the Americas for [Read More …]

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CA dairy farms reach major milestone in climate goal

Methane reduction efforts on track for positive impacts on climate and more The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) reported this month that California’s dairy farms will soon be more than halfway to achieving [Read More …]

Fuel Up to Play 60, Chelan Fresh Collaborate on Breakfast Cart Program

Carts will serve estimated 1.1 million meals in schools the nation’s leading in-school wellness program founded by dairy farmers and the NFL – is teaming with Chelan Fresh to increase access to more nutritious foods [Read More …]

Vermont Cow Wins International Ayrshire Show

De La Plaine Bingo Stinger of Bridport, Vt. took home the Senior and Grand Champion titles, the $1,000 Udder Comfort Grand Champion Cash Award and the Allen Hetts Grand Champion Trophy during the International Ayrshire [Read More …]

Women in Dairy Conference offers opportunity for learning, networking

Conference will be held December 3, in Harrisburg Women involved in the dairy industry will have an opportunity to learn about key production practices and to network with peers at an upcoming conference offered by Penn [Read More …]

Blanche is Back at the International Milking Shorthorn Show

2017 Grand Champion, Eichlers Md Blanche-ET, owned by Peter Vail & Hillpoint Partners of Englewood, Fla., returned to the colored shavings to be named Senior and Grand Champion of the 2019 International Milking Shorthorn Show [Read More …]

Kristin Peck Promoted to CEO of Zoetis

Zoetis Inc. (NYSE: ZTS) today announced that Kristin Peck will succeed Juan Ramón Alaix as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2020, and join the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Alaix, who has been CEO [Read More …]

Northeast Dairy Management Conference

The Northeast Dairy Management Conference is designed for producers and agriservice professionals to interact and relate to the latest thinking and issues in the dairy industry. Dynamic and informative sessions will challenge your thinking to [Read More …]

Webinar highlights activity monitoring systems

Oct. 23 DCRC webinar features Use of Activity Monitors and Implications to Fertility The Oct. 23 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) webinar features Use of Activity Monitors and Implications to Fertility (Estro: Uso de Monitores [Read More …]

Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Opens 55th Store In Georgia with Shop in Athens

Bruster’s Real Ice Cream may have been founded and headquartered in Pennsylvania, but its largest market is Georgia with a significant concentration in the Atlanta area. Bruster’s in Athens brings approximately 2,000 square feet, including [Read More …]

NASS announces release of 2017 Census of Agriculture Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Profiles

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today released 2017 Census of Agriculture data tabulated by race, ethnicity, and gender. Located on the NASS website, these national, state, and county-level data profiles [Read More …]

Farm secretary: No guarantee small farms will survive

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“In America, the big get bigger and the small go out,” Secretary Perdue said President Donald Trump’s agriculture secretary said Tuesday during a stop in Wisconsin that he doesn’t know if the family dairy farm [Read More …]

PFAS is a Growing Concern for Dairy Farmers. What You Need to Know.

DairyVoice upcoming podcast on October 7 explores the contaminant called PFAS, which is now appearing on several dairy farms across the United States and is getting attention from both the public and regulators. Several dairies [Read More …]

Midwest Dairy Names Molly Pelzer as Next CEO

Midwest Dairy, the organization representing 7,000 dairy families across the Midwest, announced that the Corporate Board of Directors has chosen Molly Pelzer as the organization’s next chief executive officer. Pelzer, who currently serves as Midwest [Read More …]

MMPA butter and cheese win awards in North American dairy product contest

Butter made in southwest Michigan by farmer-owned Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA)was today awarded top honors from the World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest. First, second and third place awards were granted to unsalted [Read More …]

DAIRY DEFINED: THE OVER-HYPED SHIFT TO PLANT-BASED BEVERAGES

One important lesson we’re taught in high school science class is the adage that “correlation is not causation.” One example is the commonly reported, “milk is losing market share to plant-based beverages,” which implies that [Read More …]

Central Plains Dairy Women’s Conference to address the many dynamics of dairy farming today

Get informed, empowered and inspired at the 2019 Central Plains Dairy Women’s Conference, Nov. 5-6, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bloomington, Minn. Sarina Sharp, a dairy market analyst and risk manager for Ag Business [Read More …]

U.S. Government, dairy industry work together to open new doors for dairy in Indonesia

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), in partnership with the government of Indonesia, today hosted a business roundtable in Jakarta that brought together 13 U.S. dairy suppliers and 120 plus participants representing [Read More …]

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Wisconsin Wins National 4-H Dairy Judging Contest Again

Winning the National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest for the third year in a row was the team from Wisconsin. This group, placing first in both overall and reasons, consists of team members Abigail Powers, [Read More …]

California Dairy Families Celebrate American Cheese Month by Declaring State “Cheese & Wine Country”

October is American Cheese Month and California’s dairy farmers are renaming the state “Cheese and Wine Country” in recognition of the award-winning cheesemaking heritage that grew alongside its wine industry and pairing the state’s most noteworthy [Read More …]

EU-Indonesia Trade Dispute Should Benefit US Dairy, Says IDFA

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) issued the following statement today from Beth Hughes, senior director for international affairs, on Indonesia: “On behalf of our nation’s dairy processors, the International Dairy Foods Association expresses its [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Approves 300th FarmStart Investment to Support Beginning Farmers

Photo caption: Jorge Marzuca, owner of Whitemarz Farm in Lunenburg, Mass., pictured with his FarmStart Advisor Samantha Stoddard. Jorge utilized his FarmStart investment to purchase a plastic mulch layer and equipment to assist with [Read More …]

Economic Indicators Make for Tough Predictions

Economic forecasts have almost become as bad as politics. One set of forecasters is ready to call gloom and doom, while another suggests we are on the verge of new records in the equities markets. [Read More …]

Rice Dairy, LLC and Commodity Risk Management Group Combine Forces to Form Vault