Acquisition Adds Aseptic and Expands Extended Shelf Life to DFA’s Processing Capabilities Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Agropur announced today that they have entered into an agreement for DFA to acquire Agropur’s St. Paul, [Read More …]
Daniel Mitchell, Cumberland, Ohio was named Champion at the 2019 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship (WLAC) Eastern Regional Qualifying Event. Northeast Georgia Livestock (Athens, Ga.) hosted the final of three WLAC qualifying events on December 12. [Read More …]
In farm country outside Buffalo, New York, you will find Frank Valent working with his 80 or so Holstein and Jersey cows to put milk on America’s table. Travel about 200 miles southeast to Ohio, [Read More …]
Two well-known and successful agricultural cooperatives in the upper Midwest have signed an intent to merge. The board of directors for East Central/Select Sires, based in Waupun, Wis., and NorthStar Cooperative, Lansing, Mich., reached a [Read More …]
China will see significant growth potential in the consumption of organic milk, yogurt and cheese products, fueled by increasing demand for premium products from quality-conscious consumers, according to a new report. In the next five [Read More …]
Ellen & Charles Coblentz began with 120 acres leased from Charles’ mother & 28 milk cows If you’re not moving forward, you’re moving backward. That is the approach that has kept Ellen Coblentz and her [Read More …]
Wisconsin Governor-elect Tony Evers will speak at the 2018 PDPW Dairy Food & Policy Summit Thursday. Several key influencers and prominent experts from the food and dairy industries, government and regulatory agencies will be in [Read More …]
Nominations are now open for the 2019 Holstein Association USA annual awards including Distinguished Young Holstein Breeder, Elite Breeder and Distinguished Leadership awards. The Distinguished Young Holstein Breeder Award recognizes significant accomplishments of young Registered Holstein® Breeders, ages [Read More …]
Training program to focus on listening and communications skills for today’s dairy leaders Effective communication and listening skills are key to building successful teams to meet your dairy business goals. The Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) Effective [Read More …]
USDA is buying products under the Food Purchase and Distribution Program Last week, a new USDA Foods vendor delivered 2,000 gallons of fresh milk to the D.C. Capital Area Food Bank. The delivery was one [Read More …]
State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball comments on the farm bill I am encouraged to see that we have been able to come together with a multi-year, comprehensive farm and nutrition package that will benefit [Read More …]
The American Feed Industry Association has released the dates and locations for its 2019 conferences and online courses. Registration for several of these events is already open at afia.org/events. “In 2018, we had over 2,000 [Read More …]
High levels of risk from DON, zearalenone, fusaric acid, fumonisin and HT-2 Mycotoxins are a concern for livestock producers, as they have toxic properties that impact feed quality as well as animal health and performance. [Read More …]
Training Program to Focus on Listening and Communications Skills for Today’s Dairy Leaders Effective communication and listening skills are key to building successful teams to meet your dairy business goals. The Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) [Read More …]
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has named AgGateway’s ADAPT and ISOXML Plugin the winner of a 2019 AE50 award. AE50 awards honor the year’s most innovative designs in engineering products or [Read More …]
Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) announces the opening on January 2, 2019, of its second organic fertilizer production facility in Turlock, CA. The new state-of-the-art facility is located on a 21-acre site and will have [Read More …]
Establishes Merck Animal Health as a Leader in Emerging Digital Tracking, Traceability and Monitoring Technology Complements Merck Animal Health Portfolio of Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals Merck [NYSE:MRK], known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and [Read More …]
On December 11, 2018, U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) rolled out their much anticipated proposed rule revising the definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) and setting the scope of [Read More …]
Allflex, part of Antelliq, the global leader in animal identification and traceability systems, today announced the hiring of Abraham Cohen as Country Manager of Mexico. In his new role, Abraham will oversee sales and marketing [Read More …]
Promotion is good for first-time veterinarians and dairy producers National Mastitis Council (NMC) is offering ten, $200 travel stipends to dairy producers and practicing bovine veterinarians to attend the NMC 58th Annual Meeting, scheduled for [Read More …]
European dairy cooperative Arla Foods has agreed with Mondeléz International to acquire its processed cheese business in the Middle East region, which is currently licensed under the Kraft brand. Financial details of the transaction have [Read More …]
People whose daily diets include at least two servings per day of milk, yogurt, or cheese appear to have a lower risk of heart disease, stroke, or death than people who don’t consume dairy products. [Read More …]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this year announced plans to purchase up to $135 in cheese and, for the first time ever, pasteurized fluid milk for delivery to food banks across America. IDFA collaborated [Read More …]
Bank of America. Intel. Walt Disney Co. Citibank. Each of these companies share something in common. They all are $25 billion to $30 billion brands, each investing in innovation, infrastructure and brand marketing to anticipate [Read More …]
The genomics 2.0 bovine map is here and while you will see some immediate changes, ultimately genomics 2.0 delivers a number of important improvements for dairy (and beef) genetics now and into the future. Beginning [Read More …]
Many dairymen in California have been anticipating a boost in prices with the new Federal Milk Market Order Area. Likely not much of a boost, so your genetic plan may need to: 1) Rethink your [Read More …]
In the latest free DeLaval Calf College webinar, Dr. Bob James, PhD., presented the key considerations of successful group calf housing facilities with automated feeders. According to Dr. James, a producer’s ultimate goal in building [Read More …]
November Class III milk and Component prices were released on December 5. Milk protein and the Class III milk price were down considerably, and butter and butterfat were down slightly. The Class III price fell to [Read More …]
Here in California this month, we are expecting an increase in demonstrations on dairy farms by so-called animal rights activists. Considering that, the Sheriff’s Department of Stanislaus County, suggests the following protocols for preparing your [Read More …]
At the Siouxland Agricultural Lenders Seminar on November 1, we surveyed the participants on what they were seeing in their ag loan portfolios in light of the current ag economy. The 58 attendees were from [Read More …]
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