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The National Milk Producers Federation today commended the Environmental Protection Agency for issuing a final rule to codify its earlier interpretation that air emissions from manure are not reportable under the Emergency Planning and Community [Read More …]

Bazooka Farmstar advances industry with new products

A new product & enhancement are set to take center field summer of 2019 Bazooka Farmstar officially announced the release of an addition to their hose reel product line, as well as, a constructive enhancement [Read More …]

U.S. exporters to conduct trade mission to Colombia

U.S. Department of Agriculture holds largest-ever international trade mission June 4-7 Colombia and Panama are among the fastest-growing markets in the Western Hemisphere for U.S. farm and food products. American exporters seeking to tap that [Read More …]

Forage options for Prevented Planting acres

Late-summer oats could offer a productive, high quality forage Today, as we sit here on May 28, we know three things for certain: Ohio has the lowest inventory of hay since the 2012 drought and [Read More …]

Dairy Industry Breakfast planned for Aug. 14

Breakfast session will focus on innovation, reinvestment and marketing for industry The Center for Dairy Excellence and Penn State Extension Dairy Team are partnering to host a Dairy Industry Breakfast on Aug. 14 from 6:45 [Read More …]

Is Your Farm Right For Value-Added Dairy?

Is your farm up to meeting the demands on production and labor of a value-added operation while conveying a consumer-friendly farm image? Here are some points to consider when evaluating your farm. Is your farm right for [Read More …]

June 5 is Dairy Day at the New York State Capitol

The Northeast Dairy Foods Association, a full-service dairy trade association representing dairy processors, manufacturers and distributors in the Northeast United States, is promoting National Dairy Month for the month of June and celebrating Dairy Day [Read More …]

Farmwave’s Leading AI Tech in Agriculture Goes Live With a Subscriber Model

Slow and steady is winning the race as Farmwave’s platform has taken almost 6 years to get to this release… but the AI output results and complex core in the background combined with an easy [Read More …]

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Celebrate Wisconsin’s dairy pride this June

The place for beautiful dairy farms, productive cows, delicious cheese The words “Wisconsin” and “dairy” go hand in hand. I cannot imagine one without the other. Wherever I go, when I introduce myself, people everywhere [Read More …]

Virginia Tech’s SmartFarm Innovation Network will build the farm of the future

On the farm of the future, drones will fly over forests and crops to communicate with robots embedded in harvesting equipment on the ground. Sensors on livestock and in field crops and forest lands will [Read More …]

Dr. David Baltensperger Voted CAST President-Elect for 2019-20

June 4, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In a recent election at the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST),Dr. David Baltensperger–Head of the Soil and Crop Sciences Department at Texas A&M University–was chosen as the President-Elect for 2019-2020. Baltensperger has been [Read More …]

USDA Announces Availability of $12.5 million in Conservation Innovation Grants

USDA announced today it is investing up to $12.5 million to help support the adoption of innovative conservation approaches on agricultural lands. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting proposals through July 30, 2019, for national [Read More …]

Dairy Industry Opposes Plan to Open New Front in Tariff War

June 4, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

After celebrating the removal of Mexico’s retaliatory tariffs earlier this month and the momentum that lent to support passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the U.S. Dairy Export Council expressed serious concern about the White House’s announcement yesterday to impose new duties on all imports from Mexico beginning June 10. “Mexico is a [Read More …]

The U.S. and EU Animal Pharmaceutical Industries in the Age of Antibiotic Resistance

Antibiotic drugs are a lifesaving technology widely used in human and veterinary medicine. However, the use of antibiotic drugs also creates selective evolutionary pressures that can spawn microbes and genes resistant to the drugs. Antimicrobial [Read More …]

USDA’s ERS employees unionize

Move gives Economic Research Service employees united front, bargaining power When you don’t want to move, you don’t want to move. That’s the message being sent to Secretary Perdue and the leadership of the USDA [Read More …]

Premier Select Sires Offers 7 Percent Credit on Semen Purchases for Summer 2019

Premier Select Sires, Inc. is excited to announce that the cooperative will offer 7 percent additional savings to member-customers who purchase semen through the months of June and July, 2019. “As a reflection of the [Read More …]

Cattle raisers applaud latest court ruling on WOTUS

The latest ruling finds that the rule violated the federal Administrative Procedure Act The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted Texas’ motion for summary judgment and found the 2015 Waters of [Read More …]

What’s New in Silage Science

What’s new in silage production science from seed to feed-out? How can every efficient step forward benefit your bottom line? Find out at the California Silage Conference, July 24, 2017, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. [Read More …]

Lauber and Scanavez become DCRC’s first Scholars

Recipients earn expense-paid trips to attend the 2019 DCRC Annual Meeting The Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) selected Megan Lauber, a master’s degree student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Alexandre Scanavez, a doctorate student [Read More …]

Crop Planting Delays Reach Historic Levels Resulting in High Levels of Uncertainty for 2019

In many parts of the country, the weather just isn’t cooperating for farmers. All across the farm belt record-breaking precipitation has been causing headaches for farmers with flooding of fields and excess soil moisture. As [Read More …]

Prairie Farms Introduces New Single Serve Size Milk Flavors

The Ultimate Flavor Lineup is Here Prairie Farms Dairy announced today that it is bringing new single serve 14-oz. milk flavors to the marketplace. Designed for longer shelf life, visual appeal, and cohesive identity – [Read More …]

WHA announces summer intern

This summer, Bores will serve in a public relations and communications role Wisconsin Holstein Association (WHA) is excited to announce Kenni Bores of Auburndale, Wis. as the 2019 Communications and Events Intern. Bores will be [Read More …]

PRO-DAIRY’s Tom Overton Keynote Speaker at This Year’s Empire Farm Days Dairy Profit Seminar