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New tool available from UW-Extension USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced the signup period for the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program will open June 17, 2019. Dairy producers who elect a DMC coverage level between [Read More …]

Late spring planting decision making resources

June 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Making decisions about late crop planting? Joe Lawrence, PRO-DAIRY Dairy Forage Systems Specialist has developed some resources to help. Late Spring: Forage considerations beyond corn Recent weather windows have allowed some progress around the [Read More …]

June Dairy Month Discussion with Doug Ode of Royalwood Farms

June Dairy Month includes all sorts of outreach events for consumers celebrating dairy. Breakfast on the Farm is a tradition in several Midwest states. This week, Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News spoke with Doug Ode, [Read More …]

Land O’Lakes CEO: Farmers Are in Crisis—and America Isn’t Paying Attention

June 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Yoda 2

Imagine, if you can, a computer virus that cut the productivity of Apple, Google, and Facebook in half. Or try to imagine Wall Street’s investment bankers seeing a season’s worth of deals washed away. Such [Read More …]

Dairy Team has new On-Farms Dairy Series

Meetings are 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., include lunch and a farm tour following educational session Penn State’s Extension Dairy Team is offering a new “On-Farm Dairy Series: Plan the Work; Work the Plan” at [Read More …]

Dairy industry to Congress: Help us, pass USMCA

Letter details how provisions of USMCA positively impact the U.S. dairy industry The U.S. dairy industry is urging Congress to quickly ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) with an outreach campaign highlighting the importance of the [Read More …]

Dairy risk management webinar set for Friday

June 13, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Farm Credit East and Crop Growers holding free webinar on Friday from 11 a.m. to noon Farm Credit East and Crop Growers, LLP are hosting a webinar on available dairy risk management options on Friday [Read More …]

Chairs Fudge, Plaskett Voice Opposition to Announced ERS, NIFA Moves

House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chair Marcia L. Fudge, and Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Chair Stacey Plaskett issued the following statements in response to today’s announced relocation of the U.S. Department [Read More …]

‘Birthday Batter Blast’ Proclaimed Dairy Goodness Bar’s 2019 Flavor of the Fair

The colorful concoction made with vanilla ice cream or malt, birthday cake bites and rainbow sprinkles will be available exclusively at Midwest Dairy’s Dairy Goodness Bar at the 2019 Minnesota State Fair The people have [Read More …]

USDA DATA SHOWS FOURTH MONTH OF DMC PAYMENTS

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has reported milk and feed prices that peg the April 2019 margin under the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program at $8.96 per cwt, which would generate a payment that [Read More …]

Soil Health Center names keynote presenters

Announces keynote speakers for the 2019 Empire Farm Days in Seneca Falls, N.Y. The New York State Interagency Soil Health Working Group, New York Soil Health Initiative, and Empire Farm Days have announced the Soil [Read More …]

NIGON JOINS VITA PLUS AS SUMMER 2019 INTERN

Kristyn Nigon was selected as the 2019 Vita Plus summer intern. She will be working with the Vita Plus Loyal team to gain experience in dairy management and the feed industry, as well as conduct [Read More …]

Perdue on disaster and trade-related assistance

June 12, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Perdue: “I know [farmers are] discouraged, and many are facing difficult decisions” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement on disaster and trade-related assistance: “Whether it’s because of natural disasters or unfair [Read More …]

ADC Applauds Cuellar and Newhouse on the Passage of the Cellar-Newhouse Amendment

The American Dairy Coalition and its nationwide members applaud the passage of the Cellar-Newhouse Amendment, which will allow the year-round employees of the dairy industry to utilize the H-2A visa program. Previously, the [Read More …]

More than 960 Food & Ag Groups Urge Congressional Ratification of USMCA

Today, organizations representing U.S. food and agriculture including the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) called on members of Congress to swiftly ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). In a letter sent to Congress, more than 960 [Read More …]

EU-US feed industries join forces

Will work to tackle global challenges linked to sustainable and safe feed production The American and European feed industries, represented by the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and the European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC), have [Read More …]

DAIRY TAKES POSITIVE STEPS FORWARD, BUT TRADE TREMORS ABOUND

It would be nice to have time to savor real progress, but that seems such a luxury when turbulence is the new normal. The long overdue end to Mexico’s retaliatory tariffs against U.S. cheese exports [Read More …]

GFB President Long thanks President Trump for signing disaster assistance bill

Bill includes funding to assist farmers in their recovery from Hurricane Michael The following quote can be attributed to Georgia Farm Bureau President Gerald Long in response to President Donald Trump signing H.R. 2157, the [Read More …]

Legislative milk chug, ice cream break set for June 12

Each team will see who can sip six half-pints of milk in shortest time Legislators will face-off in the 19th annual Legislative Milk Chugging Contest between the House and Senate ag committees. Each team will [Read More …]

Providing economic development assistance to rural areas

Purdue and University of Kentucky partnering with USDA Joel Baxley, acting assistant to the secretary for rural development on June 6 announced the names of 47 rural communities and regions that will receive technical assistance [Read More …]

Farm Credit East and Crop Growers Host Dairy Risk Management Webinar

Farm Credit East and Crop Growers, LLP are hosting a webinar on available dairy risk management options on Friday, June 14, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Dairy farmers and other interested parties are invited to participate [Read More …]

Dairy webinar will cover risk management options

June 18th webinar to cover FSA’s new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in New York is partnering with the New York Crop Insurance Education Program to present a webinar [Read More …]

Acres Sold at Farmers National Company Up 29 Percent

Land Market Remains On Edge One of the hottest topics circulating around the agriculture industry the past few years has been the land market. In 2019, the topic is open for more speculation than ever [Read More …]

Select Reproductive Solutions (SRS) Specialists Gather for Training

The annual Select Reproductive Solutions® (SRS®) conference was hosted by Premier Select Sires in Roanoke, Va., with 89 individuals in attendance from Select Sires’ member organizations, World Wide Sires and industry partners. The three-day educational [Read More …]

Farmers invited to engage on dairy policy reform at Dairy Together Road Show event June 27

Farm organizations across the country are banding together to advocate on proposals to stabilize dairy prices and slow the loss of family farms. Farmers and dairy industry stakeholders are invited to attend a Dairy Together [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers, Industry to Congress: Help Us by Passing USMCA

The U.S. dairy industry is urging Congress to quickly ratify the U.S.-Mexico- Canada Agreement (USMCA) with an outreach campaign highlighting the importance of the agreement to the success of America’s dairy farmers and manufacturers. In [Read More …]

Hart Dairy Successfully Closes Its Planned $10 Million Seed Round to Pioneer the 100% Free-Range, Grass-Fed Dairy Movement in America