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Cost cutting can be an effective tactic to help weather periods of tight cash flow. For many practices employed by dairies, cost-return data can be compiled to evaluate the payback for various practices and identify [Read More …]

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CWT Assists with 3 Million Pounds of Butter, Cheese and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted seven offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 253,532 pounds (115 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese, 220,462 pounds (100 metric tons) of [Read More …]

Elanco Sells Its Posilac Business To Brazilian Animal Health Firm Union Agener

Union Agener, one of Brazil’s largest animal health companies, looks to be the new owner of Elanco Animal Health’s Posilac business. The deal also will include Elanco’s Posilac manufacturing facility in Augusta, Ga. The purchase [Read More …]

Gene Editing Coalition Formed To Develop Responsible Use Framework

The Coalition for Responsible Gene Editing in Agriculture has established a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee to develop a framework for the responsible use of gene editing in agriculture. The steering committee, representing diverse stakeholder interests, met [Read More …]

Auction ends era for Floresville dairy

Grupo Lala, the Mexican owner of Promised Land Dairy, is moving its Floresville operations to a more modern facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado. “This consolidation allows Promised Land to better meet the needs of retailers [Read More …]

SCR by Allflex’ Smart Collars for Cows Honored at President’s Residence Award Ceremony, as One of 10 Most Outstanding Innovations of Israeli Industry and Academia

Allflex Livestock Intelligence, an Antelliq company, is proud of the inclusion of its smart collars for cows by SCR in the recently released “Israeli Innovation” book. The book, featuring the 100 Israeli innovations with the [Read More …]

Younger generation leads Vermont dairy into the future

Aires Hill Farm was named the Vermont Dairy Farm of the Year. When Franklin Thompson began milking cows in 1826 on a 130-acre parcel of land abutting the Canadian border, little did he know that [Read More …]

Farm Credit East celebrates Nat’l Farmers Market Week

Local fruits, vegetables and other farm products are in abundance in the Northeast Farm Credit East celebrates the bounty of farm fresh produce available in the Northeast during National Farmers’ Market Week, which takes place August [Read More …]

Visit the MDA in Booth 305-S

Farm advocates, disaster recovery loan info available at MDA Farmfest booth Minnesota farmers have faced many pressures this growing season, from flooding to continued low commodity prices and trade difficulties. Help is out there, and [Read More …]

Four Dairy Farm Families Host 2018 ACE Twilight Series

Free Meetings Connect Community Leaders, Elected Officials and Farmers on August 27, 28, 29, 30 Four Wisconsin dairy farm families open their barn doors for the 2018 PDPW ACE On-the-Farm Twilight Meetings on August 27, [Read More …]

California earns $1.3M for conservation innovations

The funding is split between two state-specific projects and a national project Two California organizations, and one national organization, have been selected to receive a combined $1.3 million through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service [Read More …]

Foreign cheese buyers travel to Wisconsin

Buyers will participate in a whirlwind of activities spotlighting cheese and dairy More than a dozen cheese buyers from South and Central America, Mexico and the Middle East will travel to Wisconsin next week for [Read More …]

NYFB hosts regional leaders in Albany

NYFB hosts Northeast Farm Bureau Presidents and Administrators Conference Farm Bureau Presidents and Administrators from the 12 states of the Northeast Region attended their annual conference this week in Albany, NY. New York Farm Bureau [Read More …]

U.S. Dairy’s Momentum in China Threatened

Retaliatory tariffs give global competitors hard-to-reverse advantages in the world’s largest market. Editor’s note: This article is based on written comments submitted Wednesday (August 1) to the House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Trade on behalf of [Read More …]

USDA seeking comments on rural broadband initiative

USDA is inviting comments on the implementation of the e-Connectivity Pilot Program established in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 on March 23, 2018. USDA is developing this pilot program to catalyze private investment and bring broadband [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Celebrates Northeast Agriculture During National Farmers’ Market Week

Farm Credit East celebrates the bounty of farm fresh produce available in the Northeast during National Farmers’ Market Week, which takes place August 5 through 11. The more than 1,600 farmers’ markets across the Northeast [Read More …]

Agroterrorism: A Threat to US Animal Agriculture

The first of a two part series about Agroterrorism The agricultural industry in the United States contributes about 13% to the gross annual domestic product.1 The United States Department of Agriculture reported that the cash receipts [Read More …]

Want to see what New Zealand farming has to offer?

The Pasture Summit was established in 2017 by a group of progressive and committed farm business owners and dairy sector experts from across New Zealand and Ireland. In November 2018, the Pasture Summit Conferences – sponsored by [Read More …]

Senate Passes Bill Funding Ice Cream Research and Dairy Business Innovation

The United States Senate this week passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Agriculture Appropriations bill with critical research funding to find beneficial uses for ice cream co-product. The Agriculture Appropriations bill was part of a four-bill [Read More …]

Vote to begin Farm Bill Conference

Senate has voted to move forward with the 2018 Farm Bill Conference Committee U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., are pleased the Senate has voted to move forward [Read More …]

Dairy And Food Industry Groups Join Forces With Detroit Red Wings Player Justin Abdelkader To Donate $26,000 Worth Of Milk For The Food Bank Council Of Michigan

Donation Provides More than 163,000 Servings of Milk to Food Banks throughout Michigan Dairy and food industry groups are joining forces with Detroit Red Wings player Justin Abdelkader to donate $26,000 to buy fresh, nutritious [Read More …]

De Jager Named Cornette Farm Supply Dairy Specialist