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Grants now available for the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives program The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced $1.5 million in competitive grant funding is available for the Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives. DBI is authorized [Read More …]

Enhancements to livestock, dairy insurance

Will provide a more efficient level of coverage for livestock and dairy producers USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced today several enhancements to insurance programs that will provide a more efficient level of coverage for [Read More …]

Work/life balance course for ag women is May 9

Penn State Extension Dairy Team is offering a day to relax, learn and network next month Bringing work, home and life into balance is not always easy, especially for women involved in agriculture with demands [Read More …]

Primary natural disaster areas declared in NY

USDA designates 20 New York counties as primary natural disaster areas Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 20 New York counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Albany, Cattaraugus, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, [Read More …]

Still time to register for dairy roundtables

Dairy Industry Professional Roundtable Meetings are scheduled for this April and May There is still time to register to attend one of the Dairy Industry Professional Roundtable Meetings this April and May in State College, [Read More …]

High-protein canola meal in sow diets

Can substitute soybean meal up to 100% without detrimental effect New high-protein canola-meal products are available for inclusion in swine diets, but until now, it wasn’t clear how these products would affect gestating and lactating [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Hosts Webinar on Dairy Farm Financial Report

Farm Credit East will host a webinar to discuss 2018 Northeast dairy farm results and the current dairy situation. Dairy farmers and other interested parties are invited to participate in this free webinar on Friday, [Read More …]

Select Sires Welcomes New Vice President of Latin America Markets and Dairy Sire Services

With more than 30 years of industry experience, Jeffrey Reidman of Norco, Calif. brings an expansive skillset and tremendous leadership to Select Sires Inc. as the cooperative’s incoming vice president of Latin America markets and [Read More …]

Four Steps Your Dairy Can Take Toward More Judicious Antibiotic Use

More than 60 percent of producers responding to a recent survey said they have changed their mastitis treatment protocols in the last few years to be more judicious with their antibiotic use.1 These producers are [Read More …]

Livestock nutrition leader BioZyme Inc. sponsors Junior Holstein Shows

Youth development is critical to the future of the dairy industry, and that’s why BioZyme Inc., a long-time leader in livestock nutrition and microbiology, stepped up this year to sponsor the Junior Registered Holstein® Shows [Read More …]

Farmworker labor debate, Cuomo taxes

Legislation would grant farmworkers the right to organize to demand better wages, conditions New York state lawmakers will hold hearings on a proposal to repeal an 80-year-old law that prevents farmworkers in the state from [Read More …]

Four outstanding individuals honored by AWA

Dane County Dairy Promotion Board, Barb Lee, Maureen DeBruin and Kaitlyn Riley honored Four outstanding individuals were honored on April 13 by the Association of Women in Agriculture at the 46th annual AWA Day. Dane [Read More …]

EPA has 90 days to justify use of pesticide

At issues is the use of chlorpyrifos, which is widely sprayed on citrus fruit & other crops A federal appeals court has given the Environmental Protection Agency 90 days to justify why a widely used [Read More …]

FAS Administrator Isley to lead Taiwan trade mission

USDA’s first-ever trade mission to Taipei, Taiwan to take place April 22-25 Representatives from 49 U.S. agribusinesses and farm organizations will join Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Administrator Ken Isley on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s [Read More …]

Farm groups request action on disaster relief

Organizations highlighted the year’s unprecedented destruction in the letter A group of 135 farm organizations and banks that supply seasonal loans to farms and ranches today called on President Trump and Congress to put aside [Read More …]

Cattlemen’s Beef Board names Hanes CEO

Hanes comes to the CBB from the U.S. Meat Export Federation The Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion & Research Board (CBB) has named Gregory Hanes of Colorado as their new chief executive officer, effective June 17, 2019. [Read More …]

Second dairy safety net payment triggered

USDA announces February 2019 income over feed cost margin triggers payment USDA’s Farm Service Agency announced this week that the February 2019 income over feed cost margin was $8.22 per hundredweight, triggering the second payment [Read More …]

Winterkilled or delayed alfalfa termination

Should you consider planting soybean? Plans change. Perhaps you planned to terminate an alfalfa stand last fall but the weather made tillage impossible to complete. Or, the winter weather has severely damaged your alfalfa stand. [Read More …]

Scholarship opportunity available to dairy students

Deadline for interested students to apply for Center’s Student Leader Scholarship is June 1 The deadline for students to apply for the Student Leader Scholarship is June 1. Individuals pursuing an education in a dairy-related [Read More …]

Dairy Cow Management | Seminarios Web en Español- Días Miércoles

Manejo de Vacas Lecheras The Basics of TMR Feeding | Los Básicos de la Alimentación del RTM (Ración Total Mezclado) April 24, 2019@12:30-1:00pm | 24 de abril del 2019@12:30-1:00pm Presenter/Presentador: Fernando Soberon, PHD, National Tech [Read More …]

Bill Young Accepts New Title at Select Sires

Bill Young of Collingwood, Ontario, assumes new responsibilities at Select Sires Inc. as the vice president of subsidiaries and will also continue in his current capacity as chief executive officer of Select Sires GenerVations. In [Read More …]

Speakers discuss positive marketing and engaging unexpected allies for animal ag

Online registration open through May 6 The Animal Ag Alliance’s 2019 Stakeholders Summit, themed A Seat At The Table and set for May 8-9 at the InterContinental at the Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, will [Read More …]

Alfalfa Remains Country’s 3Rd Most Valuable Field Crop

According to figures released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), alfalfa continues to be the third most valuable field crop produced in the U.S., valued at over $9.9 billion. “Alfalfa [Read More …]

Earth Day for a dairy farmer: Thinking decades down the line

What U.S. dairy farmers of today are doing to preserve our environment I’ve had the honor of working with dairy farmers for years, and a lot of what you think about them is true. They’re [Read More …]

Earth Day on the Farm: Celebrating Soils, Science and Solutions

When we celebrate Earth Day, we come together to recognize our earth as a giant, complex ecosystem that we – humans – have pushed out of balance. Why is it a celebration? Because in recognizing [Read More …]

Drag hose manure injection demos planned

PikeSide Ag Machinery, Bazooka Farmstar holding demonstrations across the northeast PikeSide Ag Machinery, and Bazooka Farmstar will be working with premier host farms around the northeast this spring to highlight the advantages of drag hose [Read More …]

(12 Photos) U.S. Ambassador Sends Goodwill Message to China’s Food Industry at Conference, USDEC Reception