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It’s this Tuesday June 26, 2018 Join us for tours, discussions, solutions, and answers to your water quality questions UW Discovery Farms and Professional Dairy Producers (PDPW) have teamed up once again to showcase water-quality innovations [Read More …]

House action on farm bill fosters stability for dairy community

A group representing hundreds of Midwestern dairy farmers issued a statement regarding passage today of the farm bill by the U.S. House of Representatives. The vote for the bill, called the “Agriculture and Nutrition Act [Read More …]

American Farmland Trust Celebrates Legislative Victories for Farmland Protection

American Farmland Trust, the organization behind the national movement No Farms No Food, supports today’s passage of the House Farm Bill as an important milestone for farmland and ranchland protection and a vital step in [Read More …]

House Subcommittee Approves Precision Ag Bill

A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee last week approved Farm Bureau-supported legislation that will help close rural America’s digital divide by creating a task force to focus on the needs of precision agriculture. The Precision [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers Of America Honored As A Finalist For Foodbev Media’S World Dairy Innovation Awards

June 23, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Recognition for “Best Cheese” and “Sustainability/CSR Initiative” Categories Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a global food cooperative owned by family farmers, was recently honored as a finalist in two categories for FoodBev Media’s World Dairy [Read More …]

The internet of cows arrives in Canada

Generations of farmers have relied on knowledge and family expertise to grow food, but the sector is set for a surge of disruption at the hands of made?in?Canada artificial intelligence?powered systems. AI is now helping farmers across the country to increase [Read More …]

UC Davis to lead national cow genomics effort

June 23, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The cattle industry is the largest agricultural commodity in the United States, generating more than $100 billion in farm cash receipts in 2016. Despite cattle’s economic importance, scientists still have a long way to go [Read More …]

As carbon dioxide levels rise, major crops are losing nutrients – from NPR

Plants need carbon dioxide to live, but its effects on them are complicated. As the level of carbon dioxide in the air continues to rise because of human activity, scientists are trying to pin down [Read More …]

Professional Dairy Producers Foundation (PDPF) Awards June Grants

Education is the key to healthy and vibrant dairy communities. The dairy community is controlling its own destiny and addressing its ongoing needs through the Professional Dairy Producers Foundation competitive grant program. PDPF funds educational [Read More …]

Tariff Threats Roil Crop Markets

Following a late-May price rally that coincided with a “cease fire” in the tit-for-tat trade tensions between the U.S. and China and a commitment by China to “ramp up” purchases of U.S. agricultural commodities, many [Read More …]

NMPF Applauds House Passage of Farm Bill as Crucial Step Toward Final Enactment in 2018

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today commended House passage of the Farm Bill as a key step toward enacting a bipartisan, bicameral bill into law by Sept. 30. Among the provisions of significance to [Read More …]

This Week in Dairy Featuring Interviews With Jack and John Postma, featuring their new Lely Robots

Brothers Jack and John Postma milk 1700 cows near Modesto, Calif. Last fall they moved part of the herd into a 600-cow freestall barn equipped with Lely robots. Recently TDR, the local dealer, organized an [Read More …]

UW dairy science grads prepared for careers

Coursework and Dairy Challenge prepare students for careers Although Logan Voigts hadn’t been to this dairy farm before, he was pretty sure he’d find problems with the calves. Sure enough, when he got to the [Read More …]

Select Sires Inc. Introduces Summer Interns

Select Sires Inc. is pleased to welcome 13 interns to their summer internship program. Thomas Allen, Saul Boysel, Sydney Good, Matthew Hall, MaryKate Harrod, Lauren Hendel, Kennedy Horn, Sarah Lehner, Max McCoy, Samantha Oftedahl, Jacob [Read More …]

USDA appoints members to national milk board

10 members appointed to fill vacancies on Nat’l Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue recently announced the appointment of 10 members to fill vacancies on the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board. [Read More …]

Winners Announced in the Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese Foodservice Recipe Contest

Results are in for the Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese Professional Chefs’ Recipe Contest, featuring Crave Brothers Fresh Mozzarella or Crave Brothers Mascarpone. Cheese-loving foodservice professionals submitted their favorite original recipes—side dishes, entrées or desserts. Winning [Read More …]

Trump is p****d about Canadian dairy, but he might have a point

A major Canadian dairy processor says Trudeau should ease up on tariffs against American dairy products. President Trump’s planned tariffs against Canada have drawn widespread criticism, but representatives of one industry say he has a [Read More …]

New online tool helps farmers, applicators time manure applications with weather

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has teamed up with the National Weather Service to design a tool that helps farmers and commercial applicators determine the best time to apply manure. The Runoff Risk Advisory Forecast [Read More …]

PA: Dairy farmers agree, it’s time to talk

As the region’s dairy farmers face their worst economic crisis in decades, dairyman and Wayne County Commissioner Brian Smith, joined by the local ad hoc committee Wayne Agriculture Tomorrow, will convene a Wayne Dairy Farmers [Read More …]

Farm Credit awards efforts to promote agriculture

Provided funding to 21 organizations for their efforts to promote northeast agriculture The Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Program, a joint effort of Farm Credit East, Yankee Farm Credit and CoBank, recently provided funding to 21 organizations [Read More …]

2018 Dairy Twilight Tour slated for July 10

Attendees will be able to visit the displays and exhibits set up by the tour sponsors Ohio: The Wayne-Ashland Dairy Service Unit invites all dairy producers, dairy service industries, businesses and anyone with an interest [Read More …]

Canada can end dairy trade dispute with U.S.

Canada could resolve dispute by ending its domestic milk ingredient pricing system Canada can preserve its dairy supply management system and resolve its trade dispute with the United States over dairy subsidies by ending its [Read More …]

PDPW tours to focus on creating efficiencies

July 17 event includes stops at Son-Bow Farms and Alfalawn Farm Sharing ideas, systems and technologies that will create margin-focused strategies in today’s farm operations are the goals of the PDPW Wisconsin Dairy Tours hosted by Professional [Read More …]

NY: State to combat harmful algal blooms