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Lee Mielke is a veteran dairy journalist and broadcaster, currently carried in a dozen Ag newspapers nationally. This column is prepared especially for the readers of DairyBusiness. Based in Lynden, Wash., he can be reached [Read More …]

California: Organic? market? update

There is a lot going on with organic milk in California and despite the high interest for information, there is not a lot of data on organic producer pay prices. Still, USDA’s Dairy Market News provided some [Read More …]

Inaugural Dairy Experience Forum to Explore Critical Connection to Today’s Consumers

Forum to provide participants with valuable tools and resources to help ensure a successful future for the dairy industry The expectations of today’s consumers are always evolving. They want to know more about where their food [Read More …]

AFIA’s Board of Directors Welcomes New Leadership, Meets with Congressional Officials on Priority Issues

The American Feed Industry Association’s Board of Directors met May 15-16 for its annual spring meeting in the nation’s capital, where they elected a new chair and several Board and Executive Committee members, discussed priority [Read More …]

This Week in Dairy: Interview With Financial Consultant John Ellsworth

With dairy producers under seemingly endless financial pressure, we talk this week with Financial Consultant John Ellsworth who shares some management strategies aimed at improving margins.

A quality Farm Bill is worth the wait

Let’s ask our members of Congress to write a good Farm Bill, not just a fast one Kara O’Connor is the Government Relations Director for Wisconsin Farmers Union, an education and advocacy organization for family [Read More …]

Dairy Farms, Businesses Recognized For Sustainable Farm-to-Table Practices

Winners of seventh annual U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards announced The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, established under the leadership of dairy farmers, announced its seventh annual U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award winners during a May 16 [Read More …]

Lallemand Animal Nutrition offers scholarships for fourth year

$13,500 in Forward scholarships to be awarded in 2018, applications due Aug. 3 For the fourth consecutive year, Lallemand Animal Nutrition will offer Lallemand Forward Scholarships for students pursuing degrees in agriculture. The scholarship program [Read More …]

Grant awarded to develop a multiplex rapid test for mastitis in cattle

Abingdon Health (“Abingdon”) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a grant by Innovate UK to develop an on-farm multiplex rapid test for mastitis in cattle. Innovate UK will be offering a grant for [Read More …]

Nutrition Facts Label Changes

FDA Announces Sweeping Changes for Nutrition Facts and Serving Sizes on Food Labels On May 20, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration released its much-anticipated nutrition labeling revisions, which are viewed as one of the [Read More …]

NMPF Calls on Sweden’s Oatly to Respect U.S. Food Labeling Laws

Swedish Company Uses ‘Oat Drink’ Label in Europe, Objects to Term in United States Swedish food company Oatly, whose powdered, grass-based beverage is sold both in Europe and across the United States, should respect U.S. [Read More …]

Concept Ag develops product that increases both plant and root mass

Concept Ag announced today the development of a new liquid product called Root-Tek that promotes strong and vigorous root development. “Proper nutrition is key during a plants early development,” said Concept Ag President Trey Curtis, [Read More …]

New York cheese production up 4%

New York cheese makers produced 861 million lbs in 2017, 4% above 2016 production The full Dairy Products 2017 Summary report contains 2016 and 2017 monthly and annual state and U.S. production of cheese, yogurt, [Read More …]

California State Fair 2018 Cheese Awards

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company has won Best of Show Cow’s Milk Cheese A panel of 11 judges selected from respected cheese merchants, writers, promoters and educators tasted and evaluated 142 California cheeses at Cal Expo [Read More …]

Estimating Exposure to Mycotoxins in Dairy Cattle

Ruminants are thought to be more tolerant of mycotoxins than many other species. However, it can be risky to estimate how much mycotoxin exposure a herd can withstand without extensive testing, warns Tony Hall, MSc [Read More …]

Spanish Wednesday Webinars (Seminarios Web en Español): Dairy Cow Management | Manejo de Vacas Lecheras

12:30 – 1:00 PM EST ?Registration is not required | No hay que registrarse Join the webinar/ Participe en el seminario May 30: Milking Routine SOPs and Mastitis identification | Entrenamiento sobre Rutinas de Ordeño [Read More …]

Dairy scientists to gain insight

A South East South Australian dairy consultant is one of four up-and-coming scientists set to travel to the United States to attend one of the world’s biggest dairy science conferences. Mikaela Baker, Beachport, who works [Read More …]

Dairy Products Packaging Market to grow at the rate of 4.5% during the 2017-2027

Asia Pacific Excluding Japan Dairy Products Packaging Market to Record Revenue to the Tune of over US$ 14 Bn by 2027 End Future Market Insights (FMI), in its new research report titled “Dairy Products Packaging [Read More …]

Hassan Says Rollback of Net Neutrality Rules Could Hurt N.H.’s Dairy Farmers

Senator Maggie Hassan met with employees of New Hampshire-based organic yogurt-maker Stonyfield Farm Monday. The company voiced concerns over the FCC’s decision to end ‘net neutrality’ rules. Representatives from Stonyfield are worried, among other things, [Read More …]

IDFA Names Bailey Wood to Lead Expanded Efforts in Communications, Media Relations and Marketing

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) has named A. Bailey Wood, Jr., to the expanded position of vice president of communications, public relations and marketing. IDFA aims to augment its efforts in these areas, and [Read More …]

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Farm Credit East seeks modern ag photos

Winning photographs will be featured in Farm Credit East’s 2019 calendar In this photo featured in the 2018 calendar, Timothy Schofield, of Pavilion, N.Y., captured his friend Jaime Castellanos pushing up silage at Lor-Rob Dairy [Read More …]

Yogurt may dampen chronic inflammation linked

Bolling: ongoing consumption of yogurt may be having a general anti-inflammatory effect Inflammation can be good. It’s part of the body’s innate immune system, our first line of defense against illness and injury. However, if [Read More …]

Survey seeks opinions on Wisconsin Cheese label

Wisconsin Farmers Union is conducting a survey to learn what farmers and consumers think about the “Wisconsin Cheese” label. The survey seeks farmers’ and consumers’ input on how much of the milk in a Wisconsin [Read More …]

Perdue names Bruce Summers AMS Administrator

Bruce Summers named Administrator of the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service AMS administers programs that create domestic and international marketing opportunities for U.S. producers of food, fiber, and specialty crops through voluntary grading, laboratory and quality [Read More …]

California Market Summary For May 11

The California overbase price in May continued to inch upward this week, aided by a particularly strong Class 4b price. Indeed, the $15.09/cwt price this month is the highest Class 4b price since November 2017. Dry whey [Read More …]

Chobani exploring ‘significant’ expansion of Upstate NY yogurt plant

Chobani is considering building a significant expansion of its yogurt plant in South Edmeston, according to sources familiar with the matter. The sources said the expansion is being actively explored and would enable the company [Read More …]

FCC’s AgExpert Becomes First Canadian Ag Tech Product to Earn Data Transparency Seal

Farm Credit Canada’s Management Software certifies as Ag Data Transparent Farm Credit Canada (FCC) has received the Ag Data Transparent (ADT) seal for completing the third-party verification for AgExpert, FCC’s online farm management software. This makes [Read More …]

Talks with North Korea could boost global trade