Dairy Business News
Silage structures have year-long safety concerns — from harvest to feedout. Yet, there should be little risk as long as everyone knows and understands the silage safety guidelines.
Corn silage may be in short supply this year, making the quality even more important than usual. Follow these recommendations to monitor moisture and minimize losses.
Harvesting corn silage at the right moisture content and particle size is critical to making high-quality silage. Have a look at different methods and tools to monitor whole-plant moisture content.
The water in your tank is hot by the end of the day. Find out what that does to your forage inoculant.
Ruminants produce about 25% of methane in the U.S. Production efficiency is reducing that number.
The war between established yogurt makers and upstarts intensified when Dannon Co. sued a former senior vice president for allegedly taking confidential information and trade secrets to his new job at Chobani LLC.
Dairy Farmers of America is working with impacted members to find a new processing plant for their milk.
Pineland Farms Dairy Co. will reopen a dairy processor in Maine after it was closed for five years.
Backing from 75% of California’s dairy producers via supporting votes from three major cooperatives should result in the state being the 11th member of the Federal Milk Marketing Order.
Arla Foods announced it will not be buying milk from 11 dairies in Wisconsin citing “increased production and market volatility.”
A dairy plant in Western Michigan is planning an expansion that will add 62 jobs over three years and cost $21.3 million.
Tariffs impacting dairy trade, a dairy processor buying a majority stake in a non-dairy milk company and a conservation easement program aimed at helping dairy farmers in New York are making headlines..
Dairy farmers have been hard pressed for good news all winter. But in the past few weeks, there has been some welcome news on dairy processing capacity in the Midwest.
A rise in cheese demand helped Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) maintain profitability in 2017 following a record cheese production year.
Lost Valley Farm has 60 days to remove 13,000 cows and clean lagoons after violating waste management laws.
Unique program brings nursing students to farms.
Bryne Dairy, located in DeWitt, N.Y., is planning to expand its Ultra Dairy Plant to grow its packaging capability and create at least 20 new jobs.
A $5 million in grant funding has been approved for dairy farmers looking to expand and modernize their business.
A dry milk powder processing plant owned and operated by Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) in Garden City, Kan., sustained close to $1 million in damages due to a fire that erupted last Wednesday.
Another Dean Foods milk processing plant is being closed, this time in Georgia.
Costco has started selling a2 Milk in stores across the southeast.
At a towering 16’ tall, corn native to Oaxaca, Mexico grows up to 10 aerial roots [compared to two in a typical plant] that secrete gel to help nitrogen-fixing bacteria survive.
Walmart will start marketing a2 Milk in five different states and Washington DC.
Milk Specialties Global plans to expand its Fond du Lac, Wisconsin facility, resulting in an increase of 22 million lb. in sweet whey powder production.
Flower Foods voluntarily recalls two additional products due to salmonella concerns, both containing whey powder.
Following product recalls from Flower Foods, AMPI takes snacks containing whey powder ingredients off the market.
When two Wisconsin county fairs lost their milk buyer, Nordic Creamery jumped in and purchased the milk to donate as cheese curds.
Despite state government actions pushing to shut down the second largest dairy in Oregon, Greg te Velde, owner of Lost Valley Farm near Boardman, Ore., continues to fight an ongoing waste management battle.
HP Hood is recalling 145,254 half gallon cartons of its Vanilla Almond Breeze almond milk because it may contain dairy milk, an allergen not listed on the label.
Iconic ice cream brand hits half century mark of bringing milk from the dairy parlor to the ice cream parlors.