DMI: The U.S. dairy community remains a strong and diverse sector, achieving consistent growth in per capita consumption for 25 years in retail category worth over $100 billion. In fact, domestic dairy sales are up [Read More …]
Statement “Today, Dean Foods announced it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is engaged in discussions with DFA regarding the purchase of Dean Foods’ assets. As Dean Foods is DFA’s largest customer, our [Read More …]
Premier Select Sires will award up to $20,000 to students within the Premier territory through the 2020 Premier Future Ag Leaders Scholarship Program. Students who have completed their first full year of college in an [Read More …]
AWARDED $250,000 TO BRING KID’S NUTRITIONAL DRINKS TO MARKET California Milk Advisory Board and VentureFuel Collaboration Identifies Innovative Dairy Milk Startup for Further Development Bears Nutrition and its innovative, milk-based nutritional shakes for children was named [Read More …]
BARRELS ARE EASIER TO SOURCE BUT STILL FAR FROM PLENTIFUL CME spot Cheddar barrels reached a fresh five-year high on Wednesday at $2.39 per pound. But then the bids dried up. Barrels fell 6ȼ yesterday, [Read More …]
Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News interviews David Ahlem, President and CEO of Hilmar Cheese Company. Hilmar has plants in both Hilmar, California and Dalhart, Texas and is one of the largest cheese producers in the [Read More …]
Measuring the amount of starch in cattle manure is essential Measuring the amount of starch in cattle manure is essential to keeping track of efficiency and capturing opportunity cost in any operation. Most of the [Read More …]
Controlling the 4C’s: crops, cows, cash and conservation. Production perspective: In today’s economic climate profitable farms target management practices on crops, cows, cash and conservation or the 4C’s. People often ask if there are commonalities [Read More …]
National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jim Mulhern highlighted the resilience of U.S. dairy farmers in a challenging economic and policy environment, pledging that dairy would speak with one voice on crucial issues in [Read More …]
Have you submitted your nominations for the Pennsylvania Dairy Industry Awards? The deadline is November 15! The award program recognizes dairy professionals who are shaping the future of the industry through leadership, service and innovation. [Read More …]
The World Food Prize is pleased to announce the public launch of the Archive of the Foundation President, Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn. The Archive, which represents his entire 52 year public career, can be found [Read More …]
Dairy farmer-owned co-op’s Parmesan tops national contest The cheesemakers of Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) are bringing home the coveted Chairman’s Trophy following the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Championship Cheese Contest. A hand-crafted Parmesan [Read More …]
GoatThroat Pumps Secures Representation and Distribution Partnership With AAMS-Salvarani for Agricultural Pump Sales in Europe Both companies scheduled to co-present newest pump innovation at Agritechnica conference in Hannover, Germany. GoatThroat Pumps (https://www.goatthroat.com/) recently announced it [Read More …]
California State Fair & Food Festival’s dates for 2020 are July 17th – August 2nd Coming off of an extremely successful 2019 Fair, California State Fair & Food Festival would like to announce the 2020 [Read More …]
Join the Webinars. Registration is not required and there is no fee. Strategies for improving dairy cattle reproductive performance November 20, 2019 | 12:30pm – 1:30pm EST Presenter: Julio Giordano, Cornell University, assistant professor – Dairy Cattle [Read More …]
National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jim Mulhern highlighted the resilience of U.S. dairy farmers in a challenging economic and policy environment, pledging that dairy would speak with one voice on crucial issues in [Read More …]
Webinar will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Nov. 20 Dairy producers and food entrepreneurs are invited to join Penn State Extension for the “What You Need to Know About Starting a Value-Added Dairy [Read More …]
Register Today and Save with Early Bird Rates! Join 650+ of the world’s most progressive dairy industry leaders for the 2nd California Dairy Sustainability Summit. Participate in an array of educational sessions spotlighting the latest [Read More …]
National produce expert Steve Lutz will visit Fresno State to discuss the abundance of new products in the fruit and vegetable produce industry and how it affects consumer purchase behavior at the 38th annual Agribusiness [Read More …]
Harvest Prices Announced for Corn, Soybeans and Cotton During 2019, nearly 86 million acres of corn, 13 million acres of cotton and 70 million acres of soybeans were covered by crop insurance, accounting for approximately [Read More …]
The Foremost Farms USA® Board of Directors announced today that Greg Schlafer will join the dairy cooperative as President & Chief Executive Officer on December 2, 2019. Schlafer assumes leadership of the company following the [Read More …]
$1.4 billion investment will benefit 1.5 million residents and businesses U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $1.4 billion in projects in 21 states (PDF, 143 KB) [Read More …]
The top high school students in the country and around the world were selected to attend the World Food Prize Global Youth Institute (GYI) October 16-19, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa during the Norman E. [Read More …]
Calves play a vital role in the future of your dairy farm Calves play a vital role in the future of your dairy farm. Let’s brush up on our ABC’s for healthy calves! A is [Read More …]
Kolesen McCoy was last year’s Ohio FFA president Students from Montana, Virginia, Puerto Rico, New Mexico, Oregon and Ohio have been elected by delegates throughout the United States to serve on the 2019-20 National FFA [Read More …]
Registration deadline November 20 Register now for the 2019 Women in Dairy Conference, scheduled for December 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Best Western Premier Hotel, Harrisburg. Hosted by Penn State’s Extension [Read More …]
TOMORROW Wednesday November 6, 2019 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CT The amount of data shared in cyberspace is mind-boggling. Milking systems track production, components and SCC; pedometers lend insight into lameness, health and estrus cycles; [Read More …]
Producers will only be able to get antibiotics for their animals by prescription The U.S. Food and Drug Administration now is moving forward with a law to bring all antibiotics used on animals grown for [Read More …]
The early pricing discount concludes on Tuesday, November 19th The three-day Minnesota Crop Pest Management Short Course program and Minnesota Crop Production Retailers Trade Show starts Tuesday, December 10th and continues through Thursday, December 12th. The [Read More …]
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