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Bord Bia – the Irish food board – recently completed an exercise in market research, which sought the opinions of 55 trade customers and 9,000 consumersacross 13 international markets. Padraig Brennan, the organisation’s director of markets, [Read More …]

This Week in Dairy Features An Interview With Bob Wellington, Dairy Economist at Agri-Mark Cooperative

Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News talks with Bob Wellington, longtime dairy economist at Agri-Mark Cooperative, which is based in Andover, Mass. He describes the letter sent to USDA Secretary Perdue, advocating minimum wholesale prices for [Read More …]

Dairy Economist Cites 5 Positives at Half-Year

U.S. dairy exports got off to a record start this year but that was BTT (Before The Tariffs). Peter Vitaliano reviews the half-year that was. With half the year gone, dairy economist Peter Vitaliano of [Read More …]

Global dairy fat consumption to increase

Trend attributed to more positive health assessment of dairy fat, change in taste. Consumers’ preferences are influenced by the science on dairy fat and its impact on a healthy diet, the Organization for Economic Co-operation [Read More …]

Cary Frye Represents Dairy Processors at Brussels IDF Board Meeting

Cary Frye, IDFA senior vice president of regulatory affairs and the dairy processing representative on the International Dairy Federation (IDF) board, joined fellow board members last month for their bi-annual meeting in Brussels, Belgium. The [Read More …]

New PMO Now Available Online

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released the electronic version of the 2017 Grade “A” Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO), which contains changes adopted during the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) conference in May 2017. The PMO [Read More …]

How to keep your livestock cool

Farmers use a livestock heat stress index (a combination of heat and humidity) to determine when heat stress could create a problem for their animals. But don’t want until temps reach the danger zone to [Read More …]

Crisis by design

Why our current farm crisis looks so familiar Is the cycle of economic crisis in agriculture caused by inevitable market forces, conspiracy, bad luck, or failed policies? Does it matter? Yes. For farmers the up [Read More …]

Late Irish-American entrepreneur and scientist Dr. Pearse Lyons awarded the 2018 Kennedy-Lemass Medal

American Chamber of Commerce Ireland celebrates life of Alltech founder Alltech founder, the late Dr. Pearse Lyons has been honoured with the Kennedy-Lemass Medal by the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland. During 4th of [Read More …]

Grain Stockpiles Mounting as Prices Continue Falling

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Quarterly Disappearance Also Record-High USDA’s quarterly Grain Stocks report provides survey-based estimates of all whole grains and oilseeds stored on farm operations or stored off-farm in commercial grain storage facilities. This grain storage report also provides an [Read More …]

UK heatwave: Welsh farmers ‘fighting to survive’

Farmers in Wales are warning that they could be fighting to survive if the summer’s dry weather continues. Many say the grass they feed their cows effectively stopped growing weeks ago, prompting concerns about the [Read More …]

Wisconsin Dairy Tours: What’s it take to make a buck?

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Tuesday, July 17, 2018 7:45 am – 5:45 pm Learn from these dairy farms Alfalawn Farm Menomonie, Wis. Fourth-generation farmers Randy, Dale and Dave Styer have adopted technologies for greater milk quality and efficiency while keeping [Read More …]

NMPF to USDA: Proposed Bioengineered Food Labeling Standard Should Be Clear, Consistent and Informative

Any regulatory standard for the labeling of bioengineered food ingredients must ensure that consumers receive clear, accurate information about the foods they eat, and not stigmatize bioengineering when scientific evidence proves otherwise, according to the [Read More …]

OECD expects dairy fat consumption to increase

Consumers’ preferences are influenced by the science on dairy fat and its impact on a healthy diet, the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2018-2027, has noted in its publication which was released today. Welcoming the report IDF [Read More …]

The 2018 Mid-Year Global Dairy Business Review

See the significant mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, new facilities, executive hires and marketing initiatives for the first six months of 2018. The U.S. Dairy Export Council tracks global dairy business developments every day from news and [Read More …]

Lallemand Forward Welcomes Summer Marketing Intern

Take Action Against Foliar Diseases With These 5 Steps

The 2018 growing season is off to a great start in most areas of the Corn Belt, but variable weather and heavy rain in some areas can make scouting for foliar diseases more important. Protect [Read More …]

Direct marketing butter improves profits

The Rivington Family moved to Central New York in the year 2000 from Canada. They quickly realized the climate and the topography was well suited to a grazing dairy. Over the years “Red Gate Farm” [Read More …]

Zoetis Announces Bovine Match Sweepstakes Winner

Wisconsin producer takes home grand prize Sara Bahgat-Eggert of Clayton, Wisconsin, was randomly selected from nearly 300 sweepstakes entries to take home the Bovine Match Sweepstakes grand prize — a $2,500 gift card from Zoetis. [Read More …]

DeLaval Hosts Robotic Milking Conference, Recognizes Top Herds

The 2018 Robotics World Series came to an end by recognizing 13 Voluntary Milking System VMS™ producers who knocked it out of the park, each earning top honors at the VMS PRO North America awards [Read More …]

Bree Muilenburg recognized as CowManager Specialist of the Year

Bree Muilenburg of NorthStar Cooperative was honored at the 2018 Select Reproductive Solutions® (SRS®) Conference as the CowManager® Specialist of the Year. The annual conference was held in Battle Creek, Mich., June 4 to June [Read More …]

Cox and Gudex take top honors at East Central/Select Sires Employee Awards Banquet

O’Leary, Parsons, Goke, and Dieter achieve highest outstanding-effort honors East Central/Select Sires, based in Waupun and serving southern Wisconsin, held their annual employee awards banquet on Saturday, June 30, 2018, at the Sheraton Madison Hotel, [Read More …]

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Nominate high-quality milk producers for NMC’s NDQA program

Platinum NDQA winners earn trip to the NMC Annual Meeting Nominations are open for National Mastitis Council’s (NMC) prestigious National Dairy Quality Awards (NDQA) program. The nomination deadline is Aug. 31. Coordinated by NMC, [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 6.9 Million Pounds of Cheese and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 1.186 million pounds (538 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese and 5.690 million pounds (2,581 metric [Read More …]

The Colored Shavings are Calling – WDE Entries Open

World Dairy Expo® is now accepting entries for its 52nd annual Dairy Cattle Show, October 2-6, 2018, in Madison, Wisconsin. Online and paper entry forms are due August 31 by 11:59 p.m. (CST). Late entries [Read More …]

Global Dairy Trade marks its 10th anniversary

Ten years ago, Global Dairy Trade held it first online auction on the GDT Events platform with the aim of being the most credible and comprehensive provider of prices across core dairy ingredients. By the [Read More …]

ADM Announces Proposed Acquisition of Neovia, Establishing a Premier Global Leader in Value-Added Animal Nutrition Solutions

€1.535 billion addition marks another major milestone in the execution of ADM’s strategic plan and portfolio transformation Addition of Neovia, a France-headquartered global provider of value-added animal nutrition solutions, offers geographic expansion on three continents [Read More …]

Beneficial-Use Water Pilot Test Solves Key Water Issues

Agriculture Company, Encore Green, Turns Oil Well Produced Water into Beneficial-Use Water Wyoming based agriculture company, Encore Green, LLC has just released the results of their pilot water test, which took barrels of produced water [Read More …]

Agri-Mark calls for wholesale price floor for dairy goods

The Northeast dairy cooperative Agri-Mark is seeking federal assistance to help mitigate the effects of tariffs on dairy prices. Cooperative officials, who represent 950 member farms throughout the Northeast, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary [Read More …]

Farm Bureau welcomes farm bill passage