Virtual Advanced Dairy Nutrition Shortcourse June 1 – 4, 2020 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. daily Join us for this virtual event. While we won’t meet in person, we will continue to provide attendees with [Read More …]
The Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN), U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), North American Meat Institute (NAMI), National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) and American Farm Bureau Federation [Read More …]
Foremost Farms USA today announced that it plans to close its Chilton, Wis., manufacturing facility in July 2020. “Manufacturing footprints continually evolve and change over time as the market changes. We are always reviewing our [Read More …]
The National Milk Producers Federation, U.S. Dairy Export Council and the International Dairy Foods Association jointly urged Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to use all tools at his disposal to “ensure high-quality, nutritious U.S. dairy products [Read More …]
Launch attracts a record-breaking of more than 21,500 registrants from 126 countries and counting The Alltech ONE Virtual Experience launched today with more than 21,500 registrants from 126 countries, uniting for a unique exploration of [Read More …]
“Carbon Cowboys”: new documentary series shows farmers’ lives turned around by working with nature Award-winning filmmaker Peter Byck launched “Carbon Cowboys” today, a new documentary series of short films about ground-breaking farmers who have invented [Read More …]
Dairy producers, processors, and handlers with questions should contact Patrick Geoghegan The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) announced that the state milk assessment will be [Read More …]
Volunteers distributed 4,000 gallons of donated milk On Monday, May 11, 2020, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County, in partnership with University of Rochester, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), Monroe County Dairy Princesses, and local [Read More …]
Indiana wheat growers expect a higher wheat yield in 2020 After a mild winter and cool spring, Indiana wheat growers expect a higher wheat yield in 2020, according to the USDA NASS Great Lakes Regional [Read More …]
Burgeoning startup reveals first potential essential fatty acid discovered in 90 years shown in multiple studies to have properties that promote cardiometabolic health; Seraphina Therapeutics, Inc., a health and wellness company dedicated to advancing global [Read More …]
The Government of Canada is actively working to support our dairy producers and processors through this pandemic and to ensure Canadians continue to have access to good, affordable food. On May 5, Prime Minister Justin [Read More …]
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to tear through the U.S. economy, the U.S. House of Representatives has released the text of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES) Act). Similar to previous stimulus [Read More …]
IDFA is pleased to announce that this year’s Regulatory RoundUP will be held virtually, July 21-22, to ensure all in the dairy community have access to the dynamic speakers and robust menu of content. [Read More …]
National Dairy Month is less than a month away! While our communities may not be physically gathering to celebrate with breakfast on the farm traditions, DFW has worked to ensure all Wisconsinites can celebrate Wisconsin [Read More …]
The American Feed Industry Association’s Board of Directors met virtually this week for its annual spring meeting, where they elected a new chair and several Board and Executive Committee members, and conducted other official business. [Read More …]
Free online episodes offer insights to help producers make informed decisions PDPW has released the speaker and content line up for week seven of The Dairy Signal™. New to The Dairy Signal team, includes Mary [Read More …]
Dairy products that were on a downturn prior to the pandemic have reversed Retail dairy sales saw an initial spike during peak-COVID shopping, and sales across all categories (cheese, butter, yogurt, ice cream and milk) [Read More …]
UW-River Falls awards faculty research fellowships to help increase dairy research capacity The University of Wisconsin-River Falls College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences recently awarded six faculty research fellowships to help increase dairy-related research [Read More …]
Stockpiling and cover crops can make a difference Livestock market complications that reduce calf sales can cause unexpected forage demands. Droughts can compound the problem leading to forage deficiencies. Forage shortages can cause poor animal [Read More …]
Registered in 27 states, foliar application opens up access to the N-fixing bacteria to millions of corn acres in the U.S. Now in its second year of commercial production and following a successful 2019 grower [Read More …]
This week, the Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER) held its annual Board of Trustees meeting to review the public charity’s accomplishments over the past year, set new priorities for the upcoming fiscal year, [Read More …]
If you planted corn or soybeans and the weather remained cold, what’s the risk for chilling injury? This article is this week’s Agronomy Highlight, scheduled for Monda, May 18 at 8:00 a.m. The Agronomy Highlight discussion is [Read More …]
Michael Dykes, D.V.M., President and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, released the following statement on the Recourse Loan Program for Commercial Processors of Dairy Products in the HEROES Act legislation as proposed by [Read More …]
As U.S. dairy farmers and their cooperatives continue to weather the unique storm of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Milk Producers Federation today thanked the U.S. House of Representatives for supporting critical measures for dairy [Read More …]
In a joint statement, dairy organizations from across the Americas warn the EU not to repeat inventory-building and extended market-price suppression. As the European Union (EU) is poised to begin government-financed intervention purchases of skim [Read More …]
Several changes to the Premier Select Sires management team will take place in the coming weeks and months. Premier excitedly announces that Brad Barham will join the team as the Southern Regional Sales Manager, David [Read More …]
NASS will publish the results August 6 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is encouraging agricultural operations to respond to the Agricultural Land Values Survey. Agricultural land values are one of [Read More …]
Lawsuits fall into two major categories: land use and personal injury Agritourism has experienced significant growth in recent years, offering farm operators new revenue streams. Hopefully, the recent pandemic won’t hinder the growth of agritourism [Read More …]
Trying their best to show pride for Ohio FFA members’ achievements For many FFA members, the academic year is coming to an unforeseen end as schools have moved online across the nation to mitigate COVID-19’s spread [Read More …]
These one-hour live educational sessions are available to attendees from around the world. Live webinars are free of charge, but you must register (recordings are available to members of the DCWC). Session I [Read More …]
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