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Dairy Financial Professionals Will Share Risk Management Fundamentals Gary Sipiorski, Dairy Development Manager at Vita-Plus, Inc., will provide benchmarking information to help dairy professionals avoid financial risk on Wednesday, September 11 during the Center for [Read More …]

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Dairy FARM training and protocol development

National F.A.R.M. Program training to take place in Oriskany September 11th The National F.A.R.M. Program, (Farmers Assuring Responsible Management), has undergone a review of the animal care standards and in early 2020 the F.A.R.M. Program [Read More …]

Ice Cream, Farm Tours and Conversation on Tap for 2019 ACE Twilight Meetings

Join farmers, community leaders and neighbors to discuss issues important to rural communities Wisconsin Towns Association, Wisconsin Counties Association and Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) will host a week of ACE On-the-Farm Twilight Meetings at four [Read More …]

Historic agreement on mozzarella

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The Consorzio Tutela Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) have signed an historic agreement that is expected to pave the way for a [Read More …]

Midwest Dairy CEO Lucas Lensch discussion of the Dairy Experience Forum

Midwest Dairy CEO Lucas Lensch describes to Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News how the entire consumer supply chain… “from the farm to the fridge”… was the focus of the Dairy Experience Forum held July 16 [Read More …]

IDFA Seeks Nominations for the 2020 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year Award

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announced today that nominations are now being accepted for the 22nd Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year, an annual award co-sponsored by IDFA and Dairy Herd Management magazine. The winner [Read More …]

Rock River Laboratory Releases Updated FeedScan App

Updated app offers new features to save time and demonstrate feed changes on-farm. Rock River Laboratory announces the release of a new version of their revolutionary FeedScan app for electronic sample data submission. Feed, forage, [Read More …]

Managing limited forage supplies on dairy farms

Multiple factors have compromised 2019 forage quality, quantity With the excessive rainfall in 2019, forage harvests were delayed which reduced supply of high quality forage, excessive heaving during the winter devastated many alfalfa fields which [Read More …]

Will Trump’s trade war with China ever end?

It is clear that the trade war is hurting the economies of both China and the U.S. President Donald Trump recently escalated his trade war with China, threatening to impose a 10% tariff on the remaining [Read More …]

Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board releases Dairy Producers’ Opinion Survey Report

Report is based on a 36-question survey made available online The Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board has released the Dairy Producers’ Opinion Survey Report. The 47-page Report, authored by Consumer Member Carol Hardbarger, PhD, analyzes and [Read More …]

Conference on Animal Health Nutraceuticals

Presentations highlight advancements in rapidly growing nutritional health category Vets Plus, Inc., in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin-Stout, recently presented the first-ever international conference on the growing use of nutraceuticals to benefit companion and [Read More …]

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NMC seeks manuscript submissions

Research highlights milk quality, udder health, mastitis research The National Mastitis Council (NMC) is now accepting manuscripts for its 2020 Technology Transfer Session (TTS). Manuscripts will be accepted through Sept. 30. TTS will be held [Read More …]

Hearings set on livestock facility siting rule

Six public hearings are scheduled around the state Aug. 15-Sept. 5 Six public hearings are scheduled around the state Aug. 15-Sept. 5 to explain proposed changes to Wisconsin’s livestock facility siting rule and gather public [Read More …]

Farm Credit East supports farmers’ markets

Announces support for farmers’ markets during National Farmers’ Market Week In honor of National Farmers’ Market Week, Farm Credit East recently contributed $25,000 in small grants to 86 farmers’ markets across the Northeast. Farm Credit [Read More …]

Virginia Team Named 2019 NCF-Envirothon Champions

On Aug. 2, the Jamestown High School team from Williamsburg, Va., was named the champion of the 2019 National Conservation Foundation (NCF)-Envirothon, an international environmental and natural resources education competition for high schoolers. “I’d like to [Read More …]

DBA to host annual Packer Tailgate Party

Dairy farmers, allied members of the dairy community will join together to cheer on Packers Dairy farmers and allied members of the dairy community will join together to cheer on the Packers as they take [Read More …]

Perdue on U.S. and EU beef agreement

Agreement on beef was signed between the United States and the European Union U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after an agreement was signed between the United States and the European [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Announces Support for Farmers’ Markets During National Farmers’ Market Week

In honor of National Farmers’ Market Week, Farm Credit East recently contributed $25,000 in small grants to 86 farmers’ markets across the Northeast. Farm Credit East recognizes that farmers’ markets are an important channel for [Read More …]

Perdue on labor agreement with Guatemala

Department of Labor & Guatemala have signed an agreement to improve H-2A visa program U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue applauded the Department of Labor and Guatemala on the signing of an agreement to improve [Read More …]

Becker Irrigation & Nutrient Management Field Day

Register online by August 15th at z.umn.edu/BeckerFieldDay2019. The Becker Irrigation and Nutrient Management Field Day will take place on Wednesday, August 21st at the Becker Sand Plain Research Farm. Register online by August 15th at [Read More …]

MILK PRODUCERS GAIN IN SECOND ROUND OF TRADE-MITIGATION PAYMENTS

Milk producers will do better the second time around than they did in the first round of Market Facilitation Program payments, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced July 25. The trade-mitigation payments are the [Read More …]

2020 annual Holstein meeting delegate election

The 2020 Annual Meeting will be held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, June 25 – 26 Holstein Association USA’s delegate election process is currently underway. Each year, members have the opportunity to nominate members from their state [Read More …]

Expo Seminars to Focus on Finances and Other Key Dairy Topics

Tools for Dairy’s Progress, the 2019 World Dairy Expo theme, is a fitting description of this year’s Expo Seminars to be held during the annual event, October 1-5. Presented daily by industry leaders in the [Read More …]

Dairy Girl Network is Now Enrolling for the Inspire Mentor Program

Dairy Girl Network (DGN) is excited to announce the national roll-out of Class II of Inspire, a mentoring program. This program facilitates and encourages women to connect through an organized mentee-mentor experience; expand personal networks [Read More …]

Dairy promotion education for local VBS

Susquehanna dairy ambassadors talked to kids at Child Evangelism, Vacation Bible School Recently, Susquehanna County Dairy Ambassadors Elizabeth Chidester and Charlotte Quick along with Dairy Maid Ava Hughes talked to the kids at Child Evangelism, [Read More …]

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NMC seeks manuscript submissions

Research highlights milk quality, udder health, mastitis research The National Mastitis Council (NMC) is now accepting manuscripts for its 2020 Technology Transfer Session (TTS). Manuscripts will be accepted through Sept. 30. TTS will be held [Read More …]

Save the Date: February 27-28, 2020 Global Markets outlook

Vision 20/20: Global Markets Outlook brings together experts and thought-leaders from around the world to offer a global vision of the future for more financial and commodity markets than any other conference. Delivered over two [Read More …]

Trump says he’ll put 10% tariffs on remaining China imports

The president has already imposed 25% tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese products President Donald Trump intensified pressure Thursday on China to reach a trade deal by saying he will impose 10% tariffs Sept. 1 [Read More …]

Dean Foods Appoints Eric Beringause as President and CEO