An innovative leader in the dairy farming community, McCarty Family Farms has announced that it is now a Certified B Corporation®. This certification is awarded to companies that meet the h
As 2021 gets underway, farmers are dealing with familiar issues, things like up-and-down milk prices and weather. Increasingly, the challenge of finding and keeping quality employees is becoming
By planning early for succession, farm owners have the chance to minimize debt, put plans in place in case of an unexpected death or accident, and pass on the knowledge necessary so the next generation...
Four environmental and agricultural groups are coming together to advocate for meaningful state-level policy changes that support clean water and resilient farms. Clean Wisconsin, the Dairy
Corn harvested for silage can be an economically efficient way to attain high per-acre yields of digestible nutrients for feeding dairy cattle. However, silage harvest leaves little crop residue to co
“If you look around your farm . . . what sort of things do I want to hide from the public? What’s not going on the packaging on the milk container at the grocery store?”
Foremost Farms USA and Diversified Ingredients today announced that Foremost Farms plans to sell its Preston, Minnesota, manufacturing facility to Diversified Ingredients. The final closing on t
In 2015, milk processing company Foremost Farms USA made a decision that would lead the company to thousands of dollars in energy savings for years to come and earn it a 2020 Energy Efficiency E
Fonterra has agreed to sell its China farms for a total of $555 million (RMB 2.5 billion*1), after successfully developing the farms alongside local partners. Inner Mongolia Natural Dairy C
Cover crop interseeding has numerous benefits for farmland soil, and those in attendance at Peninsula Pride Farms’ (PPF) third Conservation Conversation of the summer on Sept. 2 walked away wi
“If you happened to max out on Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC), are going to receive Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) payments, you did Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP), or are locked in at a...
Dairy farms can take simple measures to reduce the impact of heat stress on dairy cows and protect their milk production, according to research funded by the Northern New York Agricultural Development
Bellwether Farms has launched Project Spilled Milk, an indiegogo campaign with the goal of raising $50,000. The funds will be used to buy milk from current producers and produce yogurt tha
As the state opens up and the risk of COVID-19 remains, the likelihood that farms are affected continues. Farms with employees are reminded that under the Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act
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
It is clear that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is going to impact the way we operate for the foreseeable future. Indeed, COVID-19 may change the way we live for a long time. For that reason, The Dairylan
An Oregon dairy was among the winners of the 2020 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards announced yesterday in a presentation by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. Threemile Canyon Farms in Boardm
