New York

Monetizing electricity produced by farm-based anaerobic digestion in New York

October 26, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

FACT SHEET SERIES LINK PRO-DAIRY Dairy Environmental Systems has produced a fact sheet series that summarizes the options for monetizing electricity produced by farm-based anaerobic digester (AD) systems in New York. The series walks through the [Read More …]

New York Startup Competition Milklaunch Announces Finalist

October 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

NYS MilkLaunch, a new startup competition focused on accelerating product innovation for dairy products in New York State, has announced the four finalists for its inaugural competition. They are: Slate: a low sugar, higher protein [Read More …]

Stewart’s milk is New York’s cream of the crop for 2020

August 31, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Stewart’s, which also won for best-tasting chocolate milk, topped a field of 21 dairies from across the state Cornell University’s Milk Quality Improvement Program has awarded Stewart’s Dairy in Saratoga Springs top honors in New [Read More …]

New York State Will Have A Butter Sculpture In 2020

August 25, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Virtual State Fair Experiences & Contests Announced by American Dairy Association North East Somethings are just too iconic to cancel! Despite the cancellation of the 2020 New York State Fair, American Dairy Association North East [Read More …]

New milk startup competition announced: MilkLaunch

August 24, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

New York Dairy Promotion Order Advisory Board sparks new product innovation for dairy The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, the New York Dairy Promotion Order (DPO) Advisory Board, and VentureFuel announced today [Read More …]

New York organic dairy market: A silver lining

August 21, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Most organic fluid milk is sold through grocery stores and these sales were on the rise Four months have passed since the COVID-19 pandemic caused a shutdown of nearly all aspects of people’s lives. In [Read More …]

New York State board seeks dairy research projects

July 27, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy Promotion Order Advisory Board has issued a RFP for dairy research projects The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets today announced that the Dairy Promotion Order (DPO) Advisory Board has issued a [Read More …]

Nightfood Ice Cream Entering Pacific Northwest and New York Metro Markets

July 10, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Nightfood, Inc. (OTCQB: NGTF), the Official Ice Cream of the American Pregnancy Association which is addressing the $50 billion consumers spend on nighttime snacks, announced today that distribution is moving forward in both the Pacific [Read More …]

Farm Credit East Seeks Modern Agriculture Photos for a Chance to Win $100

June 26, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Farm Credit East is currently seeking creative images of modern Northeast agriculture, commercial fishing and forest products to fill the pages of its 2021 Agricultural Views calendar. Upload your picturesque images from the farm, woods [Read More …]

PRO-DAIRY Webinar: NY Forward Business Safety Plan Support

June 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Business Safety Plans Required For All Farms Cornell Cooperative Extension Webinar Series on developing safety plans for compliance and to reduce liability risk New York State requires businesses to have a specific business [Read More …]

NEAFA Golf for Good Works Tournament Postponed

June 4, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance’s annual Golf for Good Works Tournament has been postponed from June 25-26, 2020 to September 21-22, 2020. The State of New York is beginning to reopen upstate [Read More …]

NY FarmNet Expands Services to Work with Agribusiness Professionals

May 29, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

NY FarmNet will offer small and medium sized agribusiness Free, confidential consulting In response to the ever-changing times and demands for assistance, NY FarmNet has expanded its services to work individually with agricultural business professionals [Read More …]

New York State Farmers Donate More Than 34,000 Pounds of Milk, Beef and Produce to NYC Families in Need

May 7, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

The Northeast Dairy Producers Association (NEDPA) today announced that farms and co-ops located across Upstate New York have donated more than 34,000 pounds of milk, beef, fruit and vegetables to fellow New Yorkers in need. [Read More …]

Child Care scholarships cover food processors & farm employees as essential workers

April 29, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

NYS will utilize $30M of federal CARES act assistance to help with child care expenses for essential workers. Farm employees and food processors are considered essential workers. How do I address my employee’s childcare situations? [Read More …]

Protecting Farm Worker Health And Planning For The Future

April 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program is committed to continuing to support farms in the region as they work daily to provide safe and abundant food for consumers. While [Read More …]

COVID-19 Prevention & Control for Farms

April 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Editors note: You can listen to Richard Stup discuss these issues with Joel Hastings on the DairyVoice podcast at DairyVoice.com. The U.S. is confronting an outbreak of a novel coronavirus that causes serious respiratory disease [Read More …]

FSA makes changes to farm loan, disaster, conservation and safety net programs

April 1, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

FSA Service Centers are open for business by phone appointment only USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) county offices are open in New York by phone appointment only until further notice, and FSA staff are available [Read More …]

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New York Spring Dairy Carousel cancelled

March 17, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

New York Spring Dairy Carousel has been cancelled. All events at New York State Fairgrounds in April have been cancelled in order to comply with NYS regulations in regards to COVID-19. The show executive and [Read More …]

NY Holstein Association Seeks Executive Manager

March 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

New York Holstein Association, a membership organization serving Holstein enthusiasts, is seeking an Executive Manager. A full job description is posted below. We offer a competitive salary, benefits, and a pleasant place to work. If [Read More …]

Big package of agriculture legislation passes State Senate

March 6, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Nine bills to support New York farms went to the floor for a vote in the State Senate Under the leadership of State Senator Jen Metzger (SD-42), who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, a package [Read More …]

Precision Agriculture Series begins March 3rd

March 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Topics will begin with an intro to precision ag and why producers should be interested Famers and anyone interested in learning more about precision agriculture and how it can be implemented on the farm is [Read More …]

Brightmark partners with Western New York dairy farmers to expand biogas project

February 25, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Project upgrading six Buffalo-area anaerobic digesters from electric to renewable natural gas output Brightmark, a San Francisco-based waste to energy development company, announced today that it has expanded its Western New York dairy biogas project [Read More …]

2020 Central New York Dairy Day

February 20, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

How do we increase butterfat and milk protein levels economically? Low milk prices have plagued the dairy industry for several years. We have seen some improvement in the milk price recently. Dairy producers often feel [Read More …]

A Report by Dr. Lawrence Jones: Wisconsin is in a very favorable position with high Class III utilization

February 6, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

A video report comparing Orders 33, 30, and Order 1 for Michigan, Wisconsin, and New York. Dr. Jones of the FARME Institute gives a technical break-down of how these orders compare.

NEDPA and NYSVGA File Lawsuit Seeking Clarity on FWFLPA

December 30, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

FARMERS FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT SEEKING CLARITY AND TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH NEW LAW, IN THE NEW YEAR Farm Worker Legislation Remains Vague, Requires Fixes A coalition of New York State dairy and vegetable farms has [Read More …]

Poll reveals deep concern for NY’s small dairy farms

December 18, 2019 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

1,909-respondent poll showed 82% of voters believe NY’s small farms are struggling to survive Change Research and Maple Hill – a network of 150 family-owned farms in New York – have released the results of [Read More …]

News

Monetizing electricity produced by farm-based anaerobic digestion in New York

New York Startup Competition Milklaunch Announces Finalist

Stewart’s milk is New York’s cream of the crop for 2020

New York State Will Have A Butter Sculpture In 2020

New milk startup competition announced: MilkLaunch

New York organic dairy market: A silver lining

New York State board seeks dairy research projects

Nightfood Ice Cream Entering Pacific Northwest and New York Metro Markets

Farm Credit East Seeks Modern Agriculture Photos for a Chance to Win $100

PRO-DAIRY Webinar: NY Forward Business Safety Plan Support

NEAFA Golf for Good Works Tournament Postponed

NY FarmNet Expands Services to Work with Agribusiness Professionals

New York State Farmers Donate More Than 34,000 Pounds of Milk, Beef and Produce to NYC Families in Need

Child Care scholarships cover food processors & farm employees as essential workers

Protecting Farm Worker Health And Planning For The Future

COVID-19 Prevention & Control for Farms

FSA makes changes to farm loan, disaster, conservation and safety net programs

New York Spring Dairy Carousel cancelled

NY Holstein Association Seeks Executive Manager

Big package of agriculture legislation passes State Senate

Precision Agriculture Series begins March 3rd

Brightmark partners with Western New York dairy farmers to expand biogas project

2020 Central New York Dairy Day

A Report by Dr. Lawrence Jones: Wisconsin is in a very favorable position with high Class III utilization

NEDPA and NYSVGA File Lawsuit Seeking Clarity on FWFLPA

Poll reveals deep concern for NY’s small dairy farms

NY Animal Agriculture Coalition names executive director

Farm Credit East to Host New York State Labor Regulations Webinar

GENYOUth Gala Continues to Boost Farmers’ Children’s Health Priorities

2019: Fall Field Work and Bunker Silo Safety Considerations

The Downside and Upside of Increasing Exports

Not all fiber behaves the same in dairy rations

What Is Your Reason?

Preparing Grain Storages for Harvest