Groundwater is an incredibly important resouce to communities in central California The San Joaquin Valley in central California, like many other regions in the western United States, faces drought and ongoing groundwater extraction, happening faster [Read More …]
Trade negotiations between the United States and Canada headed down to the wire on Friday morning, as both countries struggled to make concessions on their priorities, raising the prospect that talks to salvage the North [Read More …]
Thousands of Northeast dairy farmers are receiving their share of a $50 million settlement, nearly nine years after the farmers filed a class-action lawsuit against a national dairy marketing cooperative. Dairy farmers of America this [Read More …]
Eight scholarships and Pioneer Award announced East Central/Select Sires, based in Waupun and serving southern Wisconsin, held their 2018 annual meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Sheraton Madison Hotel, Madison. Jerome Meyer, East Central/Select [Read More …]
Tariffs loom large after Canada snubbed, preliminary deal reached with Mexico It started with President Donald Trump’s attacks on Canadian dairy farmers. Then Washington slapped tariffs on Canadian steel, citing national security. There was that [Read More …]
FDA hasn’t been enforcing regulations that govern how imitation dairy products are labeled The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking for the public’s input on labeling non-dairy foods as milk. The FDA hasn’t been [Read More …]
Resources help rural communities bridge the broadband e-connectivity infrastructure gap U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today unveiled a new webpage featuring information about the importance of rural e-Connectivity and the ways the U.S. Department of Agriculture [Read More …]
New York has nearly 4,500 dairy farms with a total of 623,000 dairy cows The State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard A. Ball announced the winners of the 2018 Dairy Products Competition in [Read More …]
Event discussed importance of trade and impact of export tariffs on state agriculture New York Farm Bureau, along with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner, Richard Ball, and Farmers for Free [Read More …]
The board of directors of Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative has appointed a new board member. Gordon Speirs, a dairy farmer from Brillion, Wis., was selected to fill the vacant board seat held by the late [Read More …]
This series of free webinars is geared toward dairy producers, employees, and agribusiness professionals. September 11, 2018, 8:30 AM For the Dairy Farm Safety Webinar What does OSHA mean to your dairy? This webinar will take [Read More …]
The Northeast Dairy Foods Association, Inc. and Northeast Dairy Association, Inc., in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Association of Milk Dealers will be convening for the 31st annual Northeast Dairy Convention from September 24-26, 2018 at [Read More …]
As access to information continues to evolve, so do consumer perceptions of animal agriculture. Today, industry leaders are seeing increased questions from consumers regarding antimicrobial resistance in livestock. Dr. Justin Welsh of Merck Animal Health [Read More …]
AgCountry Farm Credit Services gifts Wisconsin FFA $10,000 AgCountry Farm Credit Services has sponsored a $10,000 gift to the Wisconsin FFA Foundation as a new benefactor of the non-profit organization, which supports the Wisconsin Association [Read More …]
Animal never entered slaughter channels and at no time presented a risk to the food supply The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a neurologic disease [Read More …]
Celebration of Life for Dr. Joseph C. Burke will be held Oct. 6 in Chazy Dr. Joseph Burke’s involvement and leadership first as a member and then as chair of the board of trustees for [Read More …]
East Central/Select Sires, based in Waupun and serving southern Wisconsin, held their 2018 annual meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Sheraton Madison Hotel, Madison. Jerome Meyer, East Central/Select Sires general manager, talked with delegates [Read More …]
Reviewing the Market Shares of Plant- and Nut-Based Milk According to USDA’s Economic Research Service, per capita consumption of fluid milk was a record-low 18 gallons per person in 2016, and it’s expected to remain low [Read More …]
This week, Joel Hastings with DairyBusiness News speaks with Tim Moshier, who tells us how his 20-year career in the military doing chemical and biological defense led to the founding of Acumen Detection, a company [Read More …]
First-generation farmer learned the ropes thanks in part to Farm Credit support Bringing new farmers and ranchers into agriculture and helping them succeed is an important priority in California and across the nation. As in [Read More …]
The Missouri Dairy Association (MDA) is very disappointed in USDA’s announcement of the dairy-specific financial assistance package to make up for the trade retaliation dairy farmers are experiencing. “It’s a drop in the bucket [Read More …]
Youngstock Management Webinar Wednesday, September 5, 2018 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CT Heifers eating into your profit? Raising quality replacement stock involves spending money without an immediate return. UW-Madison’s Dairy Management Specialist Matt Akins [Read More …]
PRE-CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM Leading the Way in Responsible and Sustainable Food Production Tuesday, October 16, 2018 1:00 – 5:30 PM Doubletree by Hilton Syracuse, NY 1:00 PM Introductions 1:10 PM Aligned Supply Chains: Delivering Food [Read More …]
Short-term relief strategy aims to protect agricultural producers during trade talks U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take to assist farmers in response [Read More …]
NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern discusses the USDA’s tariff mitigation plan “Yesterday’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on its tariff mitigation plan falls far short of addressing the losses dairy producers are [Read More …]