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A visit on July 4th to a dairy farm that employs aggressive fan cooling for their dairy cows (Key Considerations – Fan Cooling Cows) reminded me how much cows really need direct evaporative cooling (sprinklers) [Read More …]

Webinar on dairy base/excess plans

WFU webinar is open to anyone affiliated with the dairy industry On Thurs., July 19 at 11:30am, Wisconsin Farmers Union will hold an educational webinar sharing ways several dairy cooperatives are adopting base/excess plans to [Read More …]

This Week in Dairy: Interview Michael Grossman of Regenis based in Washington State

A Washington State based manufacturer of anerobic digesters is introducing innovative water purification technology for dairy and livestock manure. Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News interviews Michael Grossman of Regenis, based in Ferndale, Washington, who describes [Read More …]

Enforcement of Labeling Regulations is Critical to Any Future Policy on Cell-Cultured Products Replicating Meat, Dairy

As the use of laboratory-based cell culture technologies to replicate naturally made foods continues to develop, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must first enforce its own existing regulations on the labeling of imitation [Read More …]

Sioux River Dairy wins Alltech Yea-Sacc® Cup in Alltech’s 7th annual Family Dairy Day soccer tournament

A record number of dairies participated in Alltech’s seventh annual Family Dairy Day during June, National Dairy Month. Nearly 200 attendees from area dairies gathered at Pioneer Park in Brookings, South Dakota, for a day [Read More …]

University of Texas Health Science Center: New research could banish guilty feeling for consuming whole dairy products

Enjoying full-fat milk, yogurt, cheese and butter is unlikely to send people to an early grave, according to new research by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). The study, published today [Read More …]

Iowa: Clinic to help livestock producers improve quality of corn silage

The Iowa Beef Center and Extension dairy team will host a clinic to help northwest Iowa beef and dairy farmers produce quality corn silage. The clinic will be Aug. 28 at the Northwest Iowa Research [Read More …]

Wisconsin: We Won’t Apologize for Pushing Pro-dairy Policies

The powerful dairy lobby is meeting with government officials to push its pro-dairy agenda. I am paraphrasing a headline I’ve seen in Wisconsin newspapers more than once. I think these headlines are supposed to garner [Read More …]

Australia: Milk price index arrives

Dairy farmers will be better able to understand and interpret commodity market price signals following the launch of the new Milk Price Index. The index will provide independent and transparent market information to dairy farmers. The index [Read More …]

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July 11, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

PDPW APPs Training July 24-26, 2018 9:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m. Drop-off/Pick-Up Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel (main lobby) 4402 E Washington Ave., Madison 53704 Who should attend? Professionals in the C-suite, management roles and other key [Read More …]

Governor Walker announces Dairy Task Force 2.0 members at Wisconsin Farm Technology Days

Governor Scott Walker today announced the members of the Wisconsin Dairy Task Force 2.0 at Wisconsin Farm Technology Days. The Governor directed Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Secretary Sheila Harsdorf and University [Read More …]

Manure separator benefits dairy, generates energy

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State-of-the-art system that separates manure from sand bedding material Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching Dairy Barn – home to 200 cows – has installed a state-of-the-art system that separates manure from sand bedding [Read More …]

Valley Agricultural Software (VAS) and Vault Dairy Technologies Partner on Data Integration

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Partnership announced at Connect Summit provides most current data affecting dairy performance and profitability to Vault from VAS Platform Valley Agricultural Software (VAS) and Vault Dairy Technologies have announced a partnership to integrate data from [Read More …]

Hiland Dairy Honored for Closed-Loop Sustainability Initiative at Oklahoma Plant

The stand-out sustainability program received recognition at ProFoods Live 2018. Sustainability has always a priority at Hiland Dairy Foods Company, which continuously seeks new ways to recycle, reduce and reuse at its production plants. Hiland [Read More …]

IDFA Dairy Forum 2019

IDFA’s Dairy Forum is the premier event for dairy food leaders to connect with other industry leaders, advance their knowledge, and to discover new perspectives on issues that are important to our industry. This [Read More …]

William C. Nichol Named Distinguished Leadership Award Recipient

Holstein Association USA’s 2018 Distinguished Leadership Award recipient is respected by all who meet him. He is a tireless promoter of Registered Holstein cattle, who developed ideas that would make people want to be a [Read More …]

Focus on What Matters

The law of attraction suggests what you focus on grows. Depending on what we’re choosing to focus on, this could be either a good or bad thing. Credit to Dr. Craig Manning who teaches this [Read More …]

National Guernsey Queen and Princess Crowned

The National Guernsey Convention has long been recognized for the many exciting opportunities and contests that it offers youth to participate in. Youth from across the country traveled to the convention to compete in the [Read More …]

May U.S. Dairy Export Volume Third-Highest Ever

Volume up 17 percent from May 2017. On a total milk solids basis, exports were equivalent to 17.2 percent of U.S. milk production. On a total volume basis, U.S. dairy exports were the third-highest ever. May [Read More …]

California dairy farmers, part of Trump’s base, stand to get creamed by his trade war

They voted for Donald Trump after he promised to protect American agriculture and reduce regulations. But many U.S. dairy farmers are now stinging from the trade war he’s launched, particularly those in California’s Central Valley, [Read More …]

CDFA funds dairy digester projects

Dairy digesters help capture methane emissions, can produce electricity or natural gas The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has awarded $69.9 million in grant funding to 40 dairy digester projects across the state. [Read More …]

Milking cows for data – not just dairy

Managing large herds efficiently would be difficult without advances in computing In the mid-1970s, the average American dairy farm had about 25 cows. Today, many operations have more than 3,000 – a number that was almost unheard of 25 [Read More …]

June Dairy Prices – Too Much Milk and Too Much Cheese