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CWT Assists with 765,004 Pounds of Cheese and Butter Export Sales

July 23, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 489,426 pounds (222 metric tons) of Cheddar, Colby and Monterey Jack cheese and 275,578 pounds [Read More …]

Stearns County Dairy Field Day August 7

July 20, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Join University of Minnesota Extension at Borgerding Dairy Join University of Minnesota Extension at Borgerding Dairy for the Stearns County Dairy Field Day this summer! Dairy field days are offered around the state in order [Read More …]

Soy “milk” may need to find alternative name

July 19, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

FDA plans to enforce federal standard that defines “milk” as coming from cows Soy and almond drinks that bill themselves as “milk” may need to consider alternative language after a top regulator suggested the agency [Read More …]

Reduce Stress During the Transition Period for Big Returns

July 18, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

A good dry cow program can result in an additional 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of milk in the next lactation alone.1 Plus, producers that successfully navigate the period three weeks before and after calving can [Read More …]

NMPF Encouraged by FDA Commissioner’s Desire to Enforce Dairy Labeling Regulations

July 18, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told an audience at a Politico Pro Summit on Tuesday in Washington that his agency will soon begin enforcing regulations that define milk as an animal [Read More …]

Labeling critical for cell-cultured products

July 18, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Enforcement of labeling critical to future policy on 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) [Read More …]

Dairy groups applaud FDA move to crack down on non-dairy labeling

July 18, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Two dairy groups with members throughout the Midwest applauded comments by the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, who said today the agency will crack down on the use of the term “milk” [Read More …]

FDA to crack down on labeling nondairy products as ‘milk’

July 17, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The head of the FDA said Tuesday that the Trump administration will move to crack down on the use of the term “milk” for nondairy products like soy and almond beverages. The agency will [Read More …]

American Dairy Coalition (ADC) Rolls Out Initiative to Take Back the Word “Milk”

July 17, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

July 17, 2018 — The American Dairy Coalition (ADC) has rolled out a new initiative to advocate for the proper use of federally standardized terms established for the word “milk” on product labels entitled the [Read More …]

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CWT Assists with 8.8 Million Pounds of Cheese, Butter and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales

July 17, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture contracts to sell 3.949 million pounds (1,791 metric tons) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, 578,714 pounds (263 [Read More …]

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese opens plant in Petaluma

July 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The stainless steel vats arrived from the Netherlands, the computerized operating system was purchased from Canada, the air quality system came from France and the machine that foil wraps cheese wheels was made in Germany. [Read More …]

NZ: Keytone Dairy targets Asia with $15m raise

July 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Keytone Dairy plans to boost production and exports to China with the $15 million it raised ahead of its expected float on the Australian share market. The New Zealand-based dairy company – which sells milk [Read More …]

Pooling and De-Pooling in the California FMMO

July 15, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Getting California’s dairy payment system into a Federal Order has been a long process. It is now a done deal to be implemented before the end of 2018. Will there be some unexpected impacts of [Read More …]

Top Ten Milk Producing States in May 2018

July 15, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA estimates milk production in the 23 top producing states increased 0.9% in May 2018, compared with May 2017. USDA reports California production increased 0.5% compared to the same month in 2017 with 30 lbs. [Read More …]

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

July 13, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

Australia: Milk price index arrives

July 12, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

Fully robotic rotary parlors gain momentum

July 12, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Six dairy farms will be milking with GEA’s DairyProQ by year’s end The automated milking trend continues to tick upwards in the U.S. GEA introduced the first fully automated robotic rotary parlor, DairyProQ, and installations [Read More …]

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

July 11, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

Give whole milk a boost to give calves the balanced nutrition they need.

July 11, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Five reasons whole milk may not be ‘perfect’ after all Milk: It’s “nature’s most perfect food,” or at least that’s what we’ve been told as long as humans have been feeding domesticated dairy calves. Whole [Read More …]

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

July 9, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

June Dairy Prices – Too Much Milk and Too Much Cheese

July 9, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

June Class and Component prices were announced on July 5. With one exception, prices saw very little change from the prior month. The 52% increase in the price of other solids dominates Chart I. Other changes [Read More …]

National Guernsey Convention: Peck Named Master Breeder Winner

July 7, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

William “Bill” Peck, Sr., Schuylerville, New York, was awarded the 2018 Master Breeder Award at the American Guernsey Association National Convention in Dubuque, Iowa. At the recently concluded National Guernsey Convention, numerous awards were presented [Read More …]

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 …]

UK heatwave: Welsh farmers ‘fighting to survive’

July 4, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

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

July 3, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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

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 …]

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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 …]

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

July 2, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

Knigge Family Proves Farmers Are Fond of Innovation

July 1, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Charlie Knigge was a high school sophomore in 1992 when he bought his first cows. The Knigge family had Guernsey cows prior to that but Charlie knew that for the production changes he wanted, Holsteins [Read More …]

National Milk Praises Senate Passage of 2018 Farm Bill

June 29, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today lauded passage of the Senate version of the 2018 Farm Bill by a bipartisan vote of 86 to 11. With the House having adopted its version of the [Read More …]

CWT Assists with 765,004 Pounds of Cheese and Butter Export Sales

Stearns County Dairy Field Day August 7

Soy “milk” may need to find alternative name

Reduce Stress During the Transition Period for Big Returns

NMPF Encouraged by FDA Commissioner’s Desire to Enforce Dairy Labeling Regulations

Labeling critical for cell-cultured products

Dairy groups applaud FDA move to crack down on non-dairy labeling

FDA to crack down on labeling nondairy products as ‘milk’

American Dairy Coalition (ADC) Rolls Out Initiative to Take Back the Word “Milk”

CWT Assists with 8.8 Million Pounds of Cheese, Butter and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese opens plant in Petaluma

NZ: Keytone Dairy targets Asia with $15m raise

Pooling and De-Pooling in the California FMMO

Top Ten Milk Producing States in May 2018

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

Australia: Milk price index arrives

Fully robotic rotary parlors gain momentum

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

Give whole milk a boost to give calves the balanced nutrition they need.

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

June Dairy Prices – Too Much Milk and Too Much Cheese

National Guernsey Convention: Peck Named Master Breeder Winner

The Power and Importance of Hanging Together

UK heatwave: Welsh farmers ‘fighting to survive’

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

OECD expects dairy fat consumption to increase

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

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

Knigge Family Proves Farmers Are Fond of Innovation

National Milk Praises Senate Passage of 2018 Farm Bill

What’s Your Communication Level? by John Ellsworth

Born of the Bond Series Premiere Shines Spotlight on Veterinary Care Deserts

Dairy’s Big GLP-1 Moment: 5 Risks Processors Need to Know

Summer Is Over: Use This Fall to Evaluate Summer Heat Stress