Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), the planning and management organization that oversees the national dairy checkoff program on behalf of America’s dairy farmers and importers, has posted its 2022 annual report at www.usdairy.com/for-farmers/resources. The report provides checkoff funders and other members of the dairy community an audited financial report and highlights from 2022 focused on strategies and programs including: Accelerating incremental …
The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) in partnership with innovation advisory VentureFuel, has announced the eight finalists selected to participate in the 5th Real California Milk Excelerator competition – the search to identify, curate, and accelerate the very best dairy-based products that introduce novel benefits and drive use of California milk and dairy in formulations. The largest global dairy accelerator, …
Head to Salt Lake City for the 2023 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) Annual Meeting, Nov. 14-16, at the Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel. The event features Frank Mitloehner, University of California-Davis, aka the Greenhouse Gas Guru, who will explain how cattle positively influence climate change. Dairy producers, dairy cattle researchers, bovine veterinarians and dairy cattle product and service providers …
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Hilmar Cheese Company Inc. for Safe Drinking Water Act violations at its facility in Hilmar, California, located in the San Joaquin Valley. The company will pay a $92,000 penalty for findings of permit violations related to the Underground Injection Control Program. “Facilities that include underground injection in their operations …
CDFA’s Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation is currently accepting grant applications from commercial dairies and livestock operations, with available awards totaling more than $32 million for manure management projects. Individual grant applicants can receive up to $2.85 million in awards per project. The awards would fund the installation of equipment and implementation of practices that result in long-term methane …
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) has announced that 30 emerging leaders of the dairy industry have been accepted into the fifth cohort of the NextGen Leadership Program, a signature program of IDFA’s People Strategy. The group of emerging leaders was selected based on their experience and scope of responsibility within their organizations. They have been identified by their nominating …
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), and Italian Dairy Association (Assolatte) signed an agreement today that increases collaboration between the three groups as they promote the nutritional benefits of dairy products and support dairy-friendly policies in international forums. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) organizes a set of objectives centered around ensuring the accurate and exclusive …
The governments of the United States and Canada concluded an oral hearing on the dispute between the two countries related to Canada’s unwillingness to administer dairy tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) in compliance with the country’s obligations under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) Vice President of Trade Policy and International Affairs Becky Rasdall issued the following quote applauding …
“Transition cow management: Solutions for dry matter intake to enhance health, cyclicity and reproduction,” presented in Spanish, headlines the Sept. 26 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) webinar. The free webinar starts at 2 p.m. Central time (USA/Canada). Gustavo Schuenemann, Ohio State University professor and extension veterinarian – dairy, will serve as the instructor for this one-hour webinar. During the webinar, …
Officers and directors of the USJersey organizations were elected during the Annual Meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) and National All-Jersey Inc. (NAJ) held on June 23 and 24, 2023 in LaCrosse, Wis., including Tulare dairyman Cornell Kasbergen. Alan Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y., was elected to his second one-year term as President of AJCA on June 24. He …
