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April 2, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Rising risks as milk production in the Big 7 screeches to a standstill – according to Rabobank’s Dairy Quarterly Q1 2019 report. The final milk production tallies for Q4 2018 are complete. Collections [Read More …]

Simmental Project to Accelerate Carcass Selection

American Simmental Association launches large-scale carcass data effort. US cattlemen and women have successfully improved beef quality during the last several decades, yet capturing widespread carcass data proves elusive. The most important traits are still [Read More …]

NMPF Thanks Congressional Agriculture Leaders for Urging Dairy-Program Implementation

The National Milk Producers Federation today thanked key House and Senate dairy leaders for adding bipartisan momentum to implementing new, greatly needed dairy programs, a top priority for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [Read More …]

Women’s contributions to ag make up Common Threads

April 2, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Farm Credit supports annual Central Valley, North State women in agriculture awards Because so many farms have been in the family for several generations, many of them have a man’s name attached. But [Read More …]

Georgia Hosts 18th Annual Dairy Challenge®

Collegiate dairy students – 240 in total – from 29 different states and Canadian provinces traveled to Georgia for the 18th annual Dairy Challenge.® This trip to the Southern Region of the dairy industry was [Read More …]

Join the Dairy Together Roadshow

Dairy Together, a movement to rebuild a viable dairy economy for family farmers and rural communities, will be hosting events across the country in the coming months. Called the Dairy Together Road Show, these [Read More …]

Women ag leaders host legislative policy meeting

Topics include ag business, economics, education, commodities & natural resources American Agri-Women (AAW), a coalition of farm, ranch and agri-business women, is meeting in Las Vegas April 4-7 to review its legislative policies on agricultural [Read More …]

U.S. rebukes Japan over “high” tariffs

Criticized Japan on its tariffs of food products such as oranges, cheese and wine U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration criticized Japan on Friday for its “high” tariffs on U.S.-made farm and other food [Read More …]

NYFB on farm labor hearings announcement

“The farm labor legislation as written will force farms out of business” The following statement was released by NYFB President David Fisher: “New York Farm Bureau is appreciative of Senate Agriculture Committee Chair [Read More …]

Public hearings on Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act

Joint hearings planned in the Catskills/Hudson Valley, Long Island, and in Morrisville Senators Jen Metzger (SD-42) and Jessica Ramos (SD-13) will hold joint hearings in the Catskills/Hudson Valley, Long Island, and in Morrisville [Read More …]

Women’s contributions to ag make up Common Thread

April 1, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Farm Credit supports annual Central Valley, North State women in agriculture awards Because so many farms have been in the family for several generations, many of them have a man’s name attached. But [Read More …]

Herd Health And Nutrition Conference

Pre-registration will close on April 5 – register today! Join other feed industry representatives, agriservice personnel, veterinarians, and dairy producers to increase your knowledge of current herd health and nutrition management techniques while interacting with [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 615,090 Pounds of Dairy Product Export Sales, Announces New Products Eligible for Assistance

April 1, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted six offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 575,407 pounds (261 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese, and 39,683 pounds (18 metric tons) [Read More …]

Borden Appoints Darlene Paulin as Senior Director of Human Resources

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Former PepsiCo leader brings more than 33 years of HR experience to Borden Borden, a heritage American brand and leading U.S. dairy processer and distributor, today announced Darlene Paulin as its Senior Director of Human [Read More …]

Perotti & Carson Joining Semex

April 1, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Semex is pleased to announce two key additions to its global team in March 2019. Charlie Perotti has accepted the role of Director, Corporate Account Programs effective Monday, March 18 and Mark Carson has accepted [Read More …]

19th Badger Invitational April 6

Badger Dairy Club Meet and Greet is April 5 The 19TH BADGER INVITATIONAL is April 6th, 2019! We will be selling a fantastic group of deep-pedigreed, high-type Brown Swiss & Holstein calves and [Read More …]

Milk marketing board to hold public hearing

Upcoming hearing on May 1 in response to a petition filed by Representative John Lawrence The Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board will hold a public hearing on May 1 to consider an amendment to [Read More …]

Farmers look to build upon 2018 Farm Bill victories

Farmers, advocates ask appropriators to prioritize sustainable food and farm programs Having helped successfully deliver major victories for sustainable agriculture in the 2018 Farm Bill, family farmers are keeping the momentum going as [Read More …]

March Madness: Agriculture busting brackets

On the court and in the field, it’s about how hard you work, your dedication & passion Wins and losses. They aren’t just for your March Madness bracket. They’re for agriculture, too. And [Read More …]

Save the date!

Dairy Cares, the California Milk Advisory Board, the Dairy Council of California, the California Dairy Research Foundation, and the California Dairy Quality Assurance Program invite you to join them for one of the most important [Read More …]

Paul Hays Joins Vets Plus

Vets Plus, Inc., the Wisconsin-based nutraceutical manufacturer has announced that Paul Hays has joined its senior management team. Mr. Hays, most recently President and CEO of Virbac US, joins Vets Plus as Chief Commercial Officer [Read More …]

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Breakfast Carts Reaching 200 Schools Thanks to GENYOUth, Partner Support

Carts will serve more than 5 million pounds of milk annually to 70,000 students daily GENYOUth, an organization founded through the dairy checkoff to help create healthier schools, is providing Grab-n-Go breakfast carts to Fuel [Read More …]

RORY MEYER ASSUMES ROLE OF NAAB TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AND SERVICE DIRECTOR FOR CERTIFIED SEMEN SERVICES (CSS)

The National Association of Animal Breeders is pleased to announce that Dr. Rory Meyer has assumed the role as the NAAB Technical Director and Service Director for CSS, a subsidiary of NAAB as [Read More …]

NFU opposes moving USDA agencies

Hearing highlights impacts of ERS, NIFA relocation on farmers, consumers, researchers Highlighting concerns among legislators, farmers, rural residents, consumers and researchers for the proposed reorganization and relocation of two U.S. Department of Agriculture [Read More …]

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Dairy Producer Nights Out April 11 and 12

Two evenings of networking, education, and fun University of Minnesota Extension and Minnesota Dairy Initiative—Central Region will be hosting two Dairy Producer Nights Out on Thursday, April 11 in Greenwald and Friday, April 12 in [Read More …]

Last call for funds to help with hurricane damage

Deadline for CFSA’s RESEED Recovery Fund ends Mar. 31 Did you lose crops, livestock, equipment, or buildings in last year’s hurricanes?The deadline to apply for a low-interest loan through CFSA’s RESEED Recovery Fund ends Mar. 31, 2019. In a [Read More …]

Planalytics Reports 55% of Corn Acres at Risk of Flooding Because of Current Conditions

By the time NOAA published their 2019 U.S. Spring Flood Outlook on March 21st, reports of major flooding along the Upper Missouri River in Nebraska and Iowa had already made the national news. [Read More …]

FDA announces FSMA enforcement discretion