Holstein Association USA announces a new service to assist Holstein breeders to market semen to other dairy cattle breeders. Holstein Marketplace Sires – a new component of the Holstein Marketplace gives Holstein breeders the ability [Read More …]
Update will highlight current University of Minnesota agricultural research The Southwest Research & Outreach Center (SWROC) near Lamberton is hosting an ROC Research Update on Wednesday, February 13. The ROC Research Update will highlight current [Read More …]
Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness interviews noted dairy economist Dr. Mark Stephenson of the University of Wisconsin, who gives his forecast for dairy in 2019. Dr. Stephenson predicts the Class III price will be up by [Read More …]
An easier, more convenient way for livestock health certificates to be completed The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) recently initiated an easier, more convenient way for livestock health certificates to be completed. NDA’s Animal Disease [Read More …]
Dairy farmers and allied industry come together to build a social media strategy plan The training, led by Robin Brannin, Director of Digital Strategy with leading food and agricultural communications firm MorganMyers, will provide attendees [Read More …]
The California Energy Commission has released a grant funding opportunity for eligible renewable energy projects installed on agricultural operations. Awarded grants can range from $25,000 to $350,000. Applications will be accepted until March 5, 2019, [Read More …]
NY Farm Bureau statement on Governor Cuomo’s State of the State, proposed budget The following statement can be attributed to NYFB President David Fisher: “New York Farm Bureau is grateful for the historic commitment Governor [Read More …]
Vytelle announced today a partnership with global livestock reproductive services innovator Sexing Technologies® (ST) for the use of ST’s proprietary reverse semen sorting technology. This partnership will allow beef and dairy producers to access gender-specific [Read More …]
Farm Credit East announced today that the Farm Credit East Cares Community Fund donated $60,190 to various charitable organizations throughout the Northeast. This included a $25,000 Farm Credit East contribution supported by the Board of [Read More …]
When the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences receives a donation in someone’s honor, it’s often in memory of someone who has passed away. But that’s not how Larry and Debbie Swindle [Read More …]
Norway’s ‘Big Cheese’ As we move into 2019, what better time to reflect on the international success of one Norwegian dairy herd. Jørn Hafslund from Ostegården – and his herd of 12 Norwegian Red cows [Read More …]
How Wisconsin’s dairy industry fared in 2018 and what lies ahead Lorre Kolb: How Wisconsin’s dairy industry fared in 2018 and what lies ahead. We’re visiting today with Mark Stephenson, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension in the [Read More …]
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is announcing three vacancies on the Feed Inspection Advisory Board. The board makes regulatory and enforcement recommendations to the department to help ensure that commercial feed inspections [Read More …]
Jarrod Blackburn recently joined the Vita Plus Loyal team as a dairy specialist. Based in central Wisconsin, Blackburn will provide customized feed and nutrition strategies as well as management expertise for every area of the [Read More …]
A Unique Management Education Opportunity February 26 – 27, 2019 Doubletree Hotel 6301 State Route 298, East Syracuse, New York 13057 AGENDA Topic Area 1: Lean Manufacturing Lean manufacturing is a systematic method for waste [Read More …]
TechMix has hired Ryan Proffitt as Eastern Bovine Territory Manager. There is no substitution for hands-on experience in relating to customers – and Ryan has tremendous amounts of this. Over his career, he has worked [Read More …]
Allflex Livestock Intelligence announces the hiring of Jason Irwin as southeast monitoring sales manager. In his new role Irwin will oversee sales and customer support responsibilities in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South [Read More …]
A high individual cow somatic cell count (SCC) can be like a high interest rate — it undermines your ability to make progress and ultimately robs profit from your investment. In fact, if you don’t [Read More …]
In an interesting turn of events, some federal agencies are being brought back to work. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that many Farm Service Agency offices will reopen temporarily in the coming days [Read More …]
Dairy farms face a variety of challenges, including how cold weather affects their animals. Progressive research by the farmer-led Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) is advancing the science-based understanding of how climate and [Read More …]
California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross appointed four new members to the Producer Review Board (PRB) recently. They are Will Dyt of Corona, Kerri Vander Poel of Shafter, Art Van Beek of [Read More …]
Two One-Day Workshops in Green Bay, Set for Feb. 12 and 13, 2019 Understanding the behavioral health of cattle and making continuous improvements to facilities and management practices will help today’s dairy farmers provide the [Read More …]
Dairy farmers and allied industry come together to build a social media strategy plan for their dairy business The evolution of social and digital media has created an environment that allows for engagement direct to [Read More …]
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted 28 offers of export assistance from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 4.453 million pounds (2,020 metric tons) of Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Gouda cheeses; 454,152 [Read More …]
Save the Date! Ag Day set for March 20
Workshop at the organization’s 100th Annual Convention discusses USMCA, trade issues American Farm Bureau Federation policy experts gave an overview of the issues expected to affect farmers and ranchers in 2019 in a workshop at [Read More …]
Investigators focusing on one particular brand of feed after increase in cattle deaths Florida officials are investigating an apparent increase in cattle deaths across the state, with investigators focusing on one particular brand of feed. [Read More …]
In 2018, 106,700 people came from 49 states, 63 countries to attend World Ag Expo The International Agri-Center® is set to hold the 52nd World Ag Expo® February 12-14, 2019. The largest annual agricultural exposition [Read More …]
President Trump at American Farm Bureau Federation convention President Donald Trump on Monday left a city shut down by a funding dispute with Congress and the year’s first snowfall to promote his trade policies and [Read More …]
As Congress prepares to review a new trade agreement replacing NAFTA, the U.S. dairy industry remains wary that a Canadian protectionist pricing policy could return under another name. In a question-and-answer exchange with Farm Journal Editor Rhonda Brooks, U.S. Dairy [Read More …]
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