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 …]
Bob Milligan, Dairy Strategies Research show that most New Year’s Resolutions are broken. Therefore, I encourage you to make ONE people-focused goal for 2019 and then MEET THAT GOAL. The following are suggested resolutions to [Read More …]
Training farm personnel has positive impacts on animal well-being and performance, thus increasing overall farm profitability. The performance of dairy cows is mainly determined by genetic merit, but without proper management by knowledgeable and capable [Read More …]
What Is the Issue? Many U.S. growers of labor-intensive crops have long relied on immigrant workers from Mexico, including many who are not legally authorized to work in the United States. New data and analysis [Read More …]
Things are changing for milk producers and handlers in the Golden State. Beginning Nov. 1, milk marketing in the state is now governed by a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO). The state order administered by [Read More …]
Augmented Reality Nedap is the first to bring Augmented Reality into the dairy farm. Herd information gathered by Nedap CowControl – a worldwide leading cow monitoring system – is now brought to life in the barn. This [Read More …]
The AGXTEND™ range of breakthrough precision farming technologies will provide agricultural equipment users with exclusive productivity and efficiency enhancing solutions which simultaneously deliver sustainability benefits. CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) has launched [Read More …]
PDPW, Wisconsin Counties Association and Wisconsin Towns Association to Host “Leading Wisconsin Forward” Meeting in Madison The Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW), Wisconsin Counties Association, and Wisconsin Towns Association will host the 2019 ACE (Agricultural Community [Read More …]
Von Ruden: The passage of the farm bill is welcome news in farm country Wisconsin Farmers Union President Darin Von Ruden gave the following comments Thursday in response to the passage of the farm bill: [Read More …]
Farm Bureau members convened recently to identify policies that benefit Ohio agriculture Continuing a century-long tradition, Ohio Farm Bureau members convened recently to identify policies that benefit Ohio agriculture and guide their organization. During Farm [Read More …]
Oklahoma 4-H Foundation Executive Director Blayne Arthur has been nominated Oklahoma Gov.-elect Kevin Stitt has nominated a state 4-H leader to become the new state secretary of agriculture. Stitt on Thursday said he’s nominating Oklahoma [Read More …]
After spending over 5 years working for Rice Dairy in Chicago, Trevor Slegers will be moving back to his home in the Central Valley of California. Trevor will be working on his family’s dairy and [Read More …]
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