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The Power and Importance of Hanging Together

July 6, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The increasing number of news stories in the past year focused on dairy farmers losing their milk markets has brought into sharp focus the crucial role cooperatives play in protecting their members’ economic interests. As [Read More …]

$30M to support farmland protection in New York

July 6, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

$30 million in farmland protection opportunties announced for New York’s dairy farms Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $30 million is available statewide to support conservation easement projects on dairy farms. New York’s dairy farmers have [Read More …]

What’s driving the purchasing decisions for Irish dairy products?

July 5, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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

July 5, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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

July 5, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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

July 5, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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

July 5, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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

July 5, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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

July 5, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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

July 5, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

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

July 4, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

OECD expects dairy fat consumption to increase

July 3, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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

July 3, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

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

July 3, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

News

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

July 2, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

The Colored Shavings are Calling – WDE Entries Open

July 2, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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

July 2, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

Agri-Mark calls for wholesale price floor for dairy goods

July 2, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

54th Florida Dairy Production Conference, September 26, 2018

July 2, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

You are invited to the 54th Florida Dairy Production Conference on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Program Welcome and opening remarks (Thomas Obreza, Senior Associate Dean for Extension, University of Florida) Team building to maximize performance [Read More …]

Manure Management Lessons to be Learned

July 1, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

It is now quite clear where the new reality for dairy farmers across America will lie. Following the initial settlement from the Cow Palace dairy case, where cow manure and specifically its sulfur content, was [Read More …]

Robots help carry on dairy family traditions

July 1, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

For dairy farmers, sustainability means making decisions today by considering how those choices will serve the animals, the environment, and their family and community well into the future. California dairy farmers have been advancing their [Read More …]

The Power and Importance of Hanging Together

$30M to support farmland protection in New York

What’s driving the purchasing decisions for Irish dairy products?

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

Dairy Economist Cites 5 Positives at Half-Year

Global dairy fat consumption to increase

Cary Frye Represents Dairy Processors at Brussels IDF Board Meeting

New PMO Now Available Online

How to keep your livestock cool

Crisis by design

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

OECD expects dairy fat consumption to increase

The 2018 Mid-Year Global Dairy Business Review

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

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

The Colored Shavings are Calling – WDE Entries Open

Global Dairy Trade marks its 10th anniversary

Agri-Mark calls for wholesale price floor for dairy goods

54th Florida Dairy Production Conference, September 26, 2018

Manure Management Lessons to be Learned

Robots help carry on dairy family traditions

Senate Passes Farm Bill and Other Related Thoughts

CA: Newtrient Meets with California Air Resources Board (CARB) to Advance GHG Reduction in California

CA: Western United Dairymen Continues Green Cow Campaign

New Products: New Internal Teat Sealant Added to Boehringer Ingelheim Dairy Mastitis Portfolio

Is your job in dairy, but wish you understood it better?

This Week in Dairy: Dairy Farmers of America Sprint Accelerator Program

New Internal Teat Sealant Added to Boehringer Ingelheim Dairy Mastitis Portfolio

Melanie Herman Receives SRS Specialist of the Year Award

PDPW: Key costs dairy farms can control

Dietary crude protein: how low can we go thanks to the amino acid balancing concept in dairy cows?

Why Herd Immunity Matters to Your Dairy

What If You Could?

Cover Crops After Corn Silage