Dairy Care says dairy methane digesters are among the most cost-effective investments California has made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help achieve the their climate change prevention goals, according to a new study by Ramboll Environ. The study examines how cap and trade auction proceeds are being invested by the California Air Resources Board. “Dairy anaerobic digesters are a … Read More
Next #FoodD on Sustainability & Customer Buying Trends
The Food Dialogues®: Dairy Strong Farming; for the Future panel will tackle the concept of “sustainability” and all it’s different meanings for different people. The panel, hosted by the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance (USFRA), will take place at the Dairy Strong conference from 10:15 – 11:45 a.m. CT on Thursday, January 14, 2016 in Madison, Wis. and will be … Read More
Meeting Demand from Oceania Dairy & Beef Market
Alltech has expanded its production facility in Forbes, New South Wales, producing Optigen II™, a slow-release, non-protein nitrogen source, in Australia for the first time. The nitrogen source has been used world-wide for over 10 years and is supported by in vitro, in situ and in vivo research. “Farmers are facing extreme challenges in Australia and New Zealand,” said Rob … Read More
CWT Assists with 5.2 million lbs in Export Sales
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 13 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Northwest Dairy Association, and Tillamook County Creamery Association who have contracts to sell 3.402 million pounds of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, and 1.764 million pounds of whole milk powder to customers in Asia, the Middle East and South America. The product has been … Read More
Alltech Wisconsin’s Dairy School – One Team, One Dream
More than 200 farmers, nutritionists and industry professionals recently gathered for Alltech Wisconsin’s Dairy School “One Team, One Dream”. There they discussed the latest strategies for successful dairy farming and goals for industry. Joseph Kerns, co-owner of Kern and Associates, opened the conference with the topic of risk management. Kerns highlighted this year’s abundant harvest, with dry grains and relatively … Read More
COOL Retaliation – WTO Sets $1.01B in Tariffs
We anticipated this and now it’s here. The World Trade Organization (WTO) announced $1.01 billion retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods authorized in the country-of-origin labeling (COOL) with Canada and Mexico. The WTO has upheld multiple times our neighboring country’s claim that the label creates an unfair advantage to U.S. products. U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee … Read More
Dairy Urges Congress to Fix COOL
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) have urged Congress to eliminate the threat of damaging new tariffs on dairy exports to Canada and Mexico by solving a trade dispute over country-of-origin meat labeling in the massive year-end spending bill currently being negotiated on Capitol Hill. In a letter sent yesterday to House and … Read More
Advanta Seed's Sorghum Research Focus on Cattle
Technical Development Manager, Travis Kidd, talked to me at the recent NAFB Trade Talk about Advanta Seed’s grain sorghum hybrids. Their advanced traits provide drought tolerance and resistance to disease and pests. Research plays a big part of Travis’ job. One of those projects is with Texas Tech University who they have teamed up with to do some product testing … Read More
November Dairy Market Report
The November issue of the National Milk Producers Federation DMI, Inc. Dairy Market Report is out. The report says the U.S. dairy market outlook has improved from a month earlier, as the rate of milk production growth continued to decline in September. The all-milk price rose by 80 cents per hundredweight, feed prices declined and the Agriculture Department’s monthly margin … Read More
Dairy Checkoff and Domino's Continue to Deliver
Dairy checkoff is continuing its work in revitalizing the pizza industry, unlocking benefits for dairy farmers along the way, through its ongoing partnership efforts with food service companies such as Domino’s. The impact of these partnerships on production has been substantial, as checkoff’s local and national efforts with partners in pizza and food service have helped to move four billion … Read More