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The world needs U.S. dairy and we need the world to export more of our abundant milk, award-winning products and high-quality ingredients. When we unveiled our “Next 5%” goal last year to increase U.S. Dairy [Read More …]

Start Your Day the Right Way at the Cornell Nutrition Conference

2018 CORNELL NUTRITION CONFERENCE Tuesday, October 16, 2018 – Thursday, October 18, 2018 Doubletree Hotel 6301 State Route 298, East Syracuse, New York 13057 Early bird registration fees expire on Sunday – register today! Wednesday, [Read More …]

Filament and Grade A Strategies to unite businesses

Filament and Grade A Strategies are excited to announce the merger of their two firms under the Filament brand, elevating both agencies passion and focus on animal agriculture and marketing excellence. “This union broadens the [Read More …]

Pipelines Sufficient, as Sentiment Softens

The U.S. Dairy Export Council is pleased to share the latest Global Dairy Market Outlook, our take on global dairy trade, international market drivers and U.S. performance. Global dairy markets are generally balanced, but sentiment [Read More …]

CFI Introduces Tools to Help Food System Optimize Sustainability

Encourages Dialogue about Tradeoffs A new framework is now available to equip the food system with tools to make decisions that help optimize sustainability. The Center for Food Integrity (CFI) introduced the Optimizing Sustainability framework [Read More …]

2018-19 PDPW Financial Literacy for Dairy – Level 1 or 2

This is your chance to learn and study at new levels, and then apply what you’ve learned in your dairy farm business between sessions during the 2018-19 PDPW Financial for Dairy – Level 1 & [Read More …]

The Future of Dairy Scholarship Returns for Third Year

For the third year, Lely North America is proud to present the Future of Dairy Scholarship Program. Five qualified students residing in either Canada and the U.S. are chosen annually to receive a one-year, $1,000 [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 1.3 Million Pounds of Cheese and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted five offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 850,984 pounds (386 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese, and 440,925 pounds (200 metric tons) [Read More …]

Helping cows keep their cool: New UW researcher and Wisconsin dairy farm collaborate on animal welfare research

On hot days, the cows at Rosy-Lane Holsteins are given cool showers while they’re being milked. And the farm’s newborn calves are housed in pairs to enhance their social and cognitive development. Jennifer Van Os [Read More …]

DFA Exploring Blockchain Technology

Pilot Project Underway with ripe.io, a Food Blockchain Startup As companies across the globe increasingly embrace blockchain technology, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national cooperative owned by dairy farm families across the U.S., is [Read More …]

Three new ag enterprise areas to be designated

Wisconsin will add another 185,000 acres in Agricultural Enterprise Areas Wisconsin will add another 185,000 acres in Agricultural Enterprise Areas with the designation of three new ones, including what will be the second largest AEA [Read More …]

USDA Secretary works to empower school leaders

USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue hosts roundtable with school officials on meal programs USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue yesterday hosted a roundtable with local school officials to learn more about how USDA can best assist and enable [Read More …]

Nominations open for dairy innovator award

Nominations must be submitted by Sept. 28, 2018; there is no fee to enter Nominations are now being accepted for the 21st Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year, an annual award co-sponsored by IDFA and Dairy [Read More …]

Dairy scholarship deadline extended

Applications are now being accepted through Oct. 31 The Missouri Dairy Scholars Scholarship Program was created to support students pursuing careers in the dairy industry. Students may qualify for up to $5,000 in scholarships if [Read More …]

Huntingdon County Woman Named 2018 Pennsylvania Dairy Princess

Alternates Hail from Berks, Blair Counties Brooke Emery of Alexandria, Huntingdon County, will represent the state’s dairy industry at events across the state for the next year as its 62nd Pennsylvania Dairy Princess. For the [Read More …]

Hilrose Advent Anna-Red is Cow of the Year

Anna will be recognized with the honor at a special ceremony on October 4 Hilrose Advent Anna-Red EX-94, an eight-year-old Red & White Holstein bred and owned by Hilrose Holsteins of Sherwood, has been named [Read More …]

UW-Madison team wins dairy cattle judging contest

University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Dawson Nickels is the top individual at the Accelerated Genetics and East Central/Select Sires Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest. East Central/Select Sires, based in Waupun and serving southern Wisconsin, hosted the 25th [Read More …]

Touring automatic milking systems

Over 5 percent of farms now milk with robots The number of automatic milking systems used in dairy operations continues to increase with over 5 percent of farms now milking with robots. The Iowa State [Read More …]

Farmers worry bailout won’t be enough

Farmers are already feeling the impact of Trump’s trade tiffs with China, other countries Farmers across the United States will soon begin receiving government checks as part of a billion-dollar bailout to buoy growers experiencing [Read More …]

Holland Holstein Show

The HHH-show is the open National Holstein show in the Netherlands. The event is organized by volunteers and takes place at 7 and 8 December 2018. This 28th edition of the show will have a [Read More …]

Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN debuts first-of-its-kind digital platform to support farmer-led stewardship

Truterra™ Insights Engine will help farmers, food companies to quantify sustainability progress and ROI in real time Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN today announced its plan to roll out the Truterra™ Insights Engine, an interactive on-farm digital [Read More …]

AFT trains practical soil health specialists

Participants begin 3-year training program to assist farmers with soil health American Farmland Trust has announced the selection of 20 participants for “Practical Soil Health Specialists,” a training program for private and public agricultural service [Read More …]

Boosting dairy sector growth through policies and economics

Investments in the dairy sector are widely influenced by sustainability and corporate social responsibility while it is facing growing competition from dairy substitutes, according to Mr Benoit Rouyer of CNIEL, France. He will share his [Read More …]

Don Bennink Inducted into Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame

Renowned dairyman Don Bennink’s leadership and unwavering standard of excellence have had a profound impact on the dairy industry in Florida and around the world. A native of western New York, Bennink began milking cows in [Read More …]

NEDPA Seeks Applicants for Member Services Director

Early this month, Ashley Sears Randle, our Member Services Director, informed the NEDPA staff and Board that she would be leaving NEDPA, effective September 20. She assured us that she has thoroughly enjoyed working with NEDPA, [Read More …]

Partners launch series on soil health

Cool Planet partners with host of the Future of Agriculture podcast Cool Planet, an agriculture technology company focused on soil health solutions, has partnered with Tim Hammerich, the host of the Future of Agriculture podcast, [Read More …]

Update: Not #CleanWaterClearRules

WOTUS In Effect in 18 States As of Tuesday, September 18, four more states have been added to the list of states exempt from the 2015 Waters of the U.S. regulation. These states are Texas, [Read More …]

Leopold Award finalists announced for 2018

The Sand County Foundation, the California Farm Bureau Federation and Sustainable Conservation are proud to announce the 2018 finalists for the prestigious California Leopold Conservation Award®. The award honors private landowner achievement in the voluntary stewardship [Read More …]

NRCS Announces Special EQIP Signup for 2018 Storm Relief, Apply by November 16, 2018