About two-thirds of Pennsylvania is in Federal Milk Marketing Orders. Under the FMMO, the USDA establishes a producer minimum price for milk delivered in the FMMO.
Colby Castle, a Cornell animal science major who grew up on a cattle ranch, had heard of facial recognition for cows but never imagined how close the technology was to being widely used — or that he could have a role in developing it. Read more
Dairy cattle and beef breeding stock will be required to have radio frequency ID tags, replacing the familiar orange metal ear tags, to move interstate starting in 2023. Read more
There are times when a latex milking glove only holds so much information, or a pen can only take being used like a pry bar so many times before it doesn’t write. Pretty much around the clock, though, having a smart phone on your person is normal. As being such, I’ve put together a list of a… Read more
More than 240 people attended the inaugural Northern Tier Dairy Summit at Jay Peak Resort in Jay on April 1 and 2. Read more
Tickets are available for the Center for Dairy Excellence Foundation of Pennsylvania’s annual farm-to-fork celebration, “A Toast to Dairy" Thursday, June 20, 6-9 p.m., at Historic Acres of Hershey in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Read more
As part of the 2019 Summer Organic Dairy Series, the University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program will sponsor free workshops in Vermont, New York and New Hampshire beginning in July. Read more
The Center for Dairy Excellence and Penn State Extension Dairy Team are partnering to host a dairy industry breakfast on Wednesday, Aug. 14 from 6:45-8:45 a.m. Read more
We all know that if you can get a cow or heifer through the three weeks pre-calving, calving and then the three weeks post-calving without incident, then it is very likely she will successfully complete the lactation. Read more
Penn State and University of Maryland Extension fruit specialists are holding their annual multi-state orchard meeting on Thursday, June 6th, 6 to 8 pm, at Larriland Farm in Woodbine, Maryland. Growers from throughout the Mid-Atlantic region are invited to attend. Read more
Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding last week joined GIANT Food Stores and Troegs Independent Brewing to tour Caputo Brothers Creamery in Spring Grove, a Dairy Investment Program grant recipient, highlighting how the PA Farm Bill would help dairy producers diversify and expand their operations. Read more
The Pennsylvania Beef Council participated in the inaugural Best Beef Butcher Contest May 9 at Penn State University’s meat lab in State College, Pennsylvania. Read more
For the 2019 growing season, the West Virginia Department of Agriculture issued 158 individual licenses under the industrial hemp program. This included 71 applicants who marked processing as part of their submission. The proposed total acreage to be grown by licensees is 2,531. Read more
New York dairy farmer and American Dairy Association North East board member Cyndy VanLieshout of Albion, New York, attended the Rochester Breakfast Summit hosted by American Dairy Association North East. Read more
A bill to let milk haulers use interstate highways during winter storm emergencies has passed its first test in the Pennsylvania House. Read more
Milk truckers could soon be freed from rules that keep them off Pennsylvania’s interstate highways during winter storms. Read more
While national fluid milk sales are down, Maryland & Virginia’s fluid processing plants are running increased volumes thanks to new customers and growing demand from existing buyers, said CEO Jay Bryant. Read more
The USDA announced that dairy producers who elected to participate in the Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy Cattle Program (LGM-Dairy) now have the opportunity to participate in the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) for 2018 coverage. Read more
The Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture and Community and Economic Development, along with the Center for Dairy Excellence, this week announced plans for the second annual Pennsylvania Ice Cream Trail and urged interested creameries to participate. Read more
Growers learned to combat angular leaf spot and many other diseases during Tuesday’s tobacco grower meetings at the Solanco Fairgrounds. Read more
Erin Williams of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, who served as a panelist at the hemp summit, said there is a significant interest in growing industrial hemp, especially in southside Virginia. Read more
