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Agricultural commodity trader Louis Dreyfus will sell or wind down its dairy business by the middle of this year as part of a strategy to exit non-core areas. The company is looking to refocus on [Read More …]

Second Annual Soil Health Summit Awards Honor Best In Soil Health

Five dedicated leaders in soil health received “Seeds of Change” awards at the 2019 Soil Health Partnership Summit, Jan. 15-16 in St. Louis. These awards highlight those participants in the Soil Health Partnership who go [Read More …]

New York Farm Disaster Preparation Certificate Course

Learn about the emergencies and disasters your farm may be vulnerable to Are you prepared if an emergency happens on your farm? Could you benefit from a better understanding of what emergencies and disasters your [Read More …]

PDPW Dairy Wellbeing Workshop

Two one-day workshops in Green Bay set for Feb. 12 and 13, 2019 Understanding the behavioral health of cattle and making continuous improvements to facilities and management practices will help today’s dairy farmers provide the [Read More …]

USJersey announces new communication department

Communications department will oversee media relations, Jersey Journal, social media Neal Smith, Executive Secretary and CEO of the American Jersey Cattle Association and National All-Jersey Inc., has announced a restructuring of departments within the USJersey [Read More …]

INTL FCStone Inc. to Host Second Annual Global Markets Outlook Conference

Event to be held on March 3-5, 2019 in Orlando, Florida INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL) today announced that it will host its second annual Global Markets Outlook conference on March 3-5, 2019 at the Rosen Shingle Creek [Read More …]

To meet the growing demands from Indian consumers, milk quality and efficiency on dairy farms should improve “ambitiously”

During the 7th IFCN Regional Workshop in Pune, 80 dairy experts from over 55 dairy related organization and companies discuss the milk quality and dairy exports potential of India. Milk quality in India is facing a [Read More …]

Michigan Dairy Ambassador Program and Scholarship Application deadline extended January 27

Michigan Dairy Ambassador Program Gearing Up for 2019, Applications Due Jan. 27 Any Michigan high school and college students interested in dairy and/or pursuing a career in the dairy industry have until Jan. 27 to [Read More …]

PLANT Foundation partners with California Milk Advisory Board to provide updated dairy education program to students throughout the U.S., around the world

The PLANT Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching children science through agricultural examples, is partnering with the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) to redevelop the program that teaches school-age children about dairy production and [Read More …]

NY OSHA LEP Has Renewed

Message from the NY Dairy OSHA Team In December, we reported that the NY Dairy OSHA LEP (Local Emphasis Program) would not be renewed, as that was our understanding based on communications with NY OSHA [Read More …]

Holstein Association USA Launches Holstein Marketplace Sires

Holstein Association USA announces a new service to assist Holstein breeders to market semen to other dairy cattle breeders. Holstein Marketplace Sires – a new component of the Holstein Marketplace gives Holstein breeders the ability [Read More …]

University of Minnesota ROC Research Update Feb. 13

Update will highlight current University of Minnesota agricultural research The Southwest Research & Outreach Center (SWROC) near Lamberton is hosting an ROC Research Update on Wednesday, February 13. The ROC Research Update will highlight current [Read More …]

Forecast for Dairy in 2019 by Dr. Mark Stephenson

Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness interviews noted dairy economist Dr. Mark Stephenson of the University of Wisconsin, who gives his forecast for dairy in 2019. Dr. Stephenson predicts the Class III price will be up by [Read More …]

New app for electronic livestock health certificates

An easier, more convenient way for livestock health certificates to be completed The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) recently initiated an easier, more convenient way for livestock health certificates to be completed. NDA’s Animal Disease [Read More …]

Social Media Strategy Workshops set for Feb. 7

Dairy farmers and allied industry come together to build a social media strategy plan The training, led by Robin Brannin, Director of Digital Strategy with leading food and agricultural communications firm MorganMyers, will provide attendees [Read More …]

News

Grant funding available for renewable energy in agriculture

The California Energy Commission has released a grant funding opportunity for eligible renewable energy projects installed on agricultural operations. Awarded grants can range from $25,000 to $350,000. Applications will be accepted until March 5, 2019, [Read More …]

NYFB on Cuomo’s State of the State, budget

NY Farm Bureau statement on Governor Cuomo’s State of the State, proposed budget The following statement can be attributed to NYFB President David Fisher: “New York Farm Bureau is grateful for the historic commitment Governor [Read More …]

Vytelle Licenses Use of Reverse-Sort Technology from Sexing Technologies®

Vytelle announced today a partnership with global livestock reproductive services innovator Sexing Technologies® (ST) for the use of ST’s proprietary reverse semen sorting technology. This partnership will allow beef and dairy producers to access gender-specific [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Cares Donates $60,190 to Northeast Charitable Organizations

Farm Credit East announced today that the Farm Credit East Cares Community Fund donated $60,190 to various charitable organizations throughout the Northeast. This included a $25,000 Farm Credit East contribution supported by the Board of [Read More …]

Endowment Honors UF/IFAS Extension Dean, Supports 4-H

When the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences receives a donation in someone’s honor, it’s often in memory of someone who has passed away. But that’s not how Larry and Debbie Swindle [Read More …]

Norwegian Red Cows Take Credit For World Class Cheese

Norway’s ‘Big Cheese’ As we move into 2019, what better time to reflect on the international success of one Norwegian dairy herd. Jørn Hafslund from Ostegården – and his herd of 12 Norwegian Red cows [Read More …]

Wisconsin dairy review and outlook

How Wisconsin’s dairy industry fared in 2018 and what lies ahead Lorre Kolb: How Wisconsin’s dairy industry fared in 2018 and what lies ahead. We’re visiting today with Mark Stephenson, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension in the [Read More …]

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CDFA announces vacancies on feed board

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is announcing three vacancies on the Feed Inspection Advisory Board. The board makes regulatory and enforcement recommendations to the department to help ensure that commercial feed inspections [Read More …]

Blackburn Named Vita Plus Loyal Dairy Specialist

Jarrod Blackburn recently joined the Vita Plus Loyal team as a dairy specialist. Based in central Wisconsin, Blackburn will provide customized feed and nutrition strategies as well as management expertise for every area of the [Read More …]

2019 CDEP Management Symposium – A Unique Management Education Opportunity

A Unique Management Education Opportunity February 26 – 27, 2019 Doubletree Hotel 6301 State Route 298, East Syracuse, New York 13057 AGENDA Topic Area 1: Lean Manufacturing Lean manufacturing is a systematic method for waste [Read More …]

TechMix Hires Ryan Proffitt

TechMix has hired Ryan Proffitt as Eastern Bovine Territory Manager. There is no substitution for hands-on experience in relating to customers – and Ryan has tremendous amounts of this. Over his career, he has worked [Read More …]

Irwin Named Southeast Sales Manager for Allflex Livestock Intelligence North America

Allflex Livestock Intelligence announces the hiring of Jason Irwin as southeast monitoring sales manager. In his new role Irwin will oversee sales and customer support responsibilities in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South [Read More …]

3 tips to keep profit-robbing subclinical mastitis in check

A high individual cow somatic cell count (SCC) can be like a high interest rate — it undermines your ability to make progress and ultimately robs profit from your investment. In fact, if you don’t [Read More …]

FSA offices opening for limited time

In an interesting turn of events, some federal agencies are being brought back to work. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that many Farm Service Agency offices will reopen temporarily in the coming days [Read More …]

Winter Season Best Care Practices for Dairy Calf Health