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Applications are being accepted for the 2018 Crawford County Dairy Princess. High school age students who are residents of Crawford County and interested in promoting the dairy industry are invited to compete for the title of Crawford County Dairy Princess. Each candidate will give a 3-5 minute speech ...

A Month of Sundaes, which is preparing to launch, has been designed to celebrate the dairy industry on P.E.I., draw attention to the Island's dairy bars and kick off the summer with a sundae contest. Throughout June, participating dairy bars will feature a Month of Sundaes sundae on their menu. Customers ...

Russian dairy industry needs to entice the consumer back or it is set for a fall, IEG Vu heard at the Dairy Belarus conference last week. Already a subscriber? Please sign in below to continue reading. Sign In. Thanks, we've sent a link to reset your password ...

The California dairy industry can change its destiny with the current Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) vote. Three years ago, the three large dairy cooperatives that control about 75 percent of California's milk asked the USDA to allow them to join the federal milk marketing system and leave the ...

Additionally, the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) launched the Workforce Development Initiative (WDI) – a three-year, C$5m (US$4m) investment to support the attraction and education of a qualified workforce in the Canadian dairy industry. The DFC announcement was made by Jean-Claude Poissant, ...

San Francisco-based food technology startup Perfect Day recently pivoted its initial business model of making proprietary plant-based products to partnering with existing dairy companies to help them create animal-free foods. Founders Ryan Pandya and Perumal Gandhi create yeast-based proteins ...

... more than 90% are involved in purchasing for their companies, and 45% of those in attendance were seeking out new products, according to Biofach's post-event survey. While not all of the companies attending were in the dairy industry, there were many companies with dairy or dairy-alternative products ...

The coming April Fool's Day reminds us how the meat, egg and dairy industries play us for fools every day. The meat industry has developed a whole dictionary designed to fool unwary consumers. The flesh of pigs is called “pork” or “bacon” to fool readers of “Charlotte's Web” into eating it. Killing of stunned ...

SHELDON, Vt. (WCAX) Is the dairy industry in Vermont in economic free fall? In 2010, there were 1,015 dairy farms in the state. Today, that number is only 750. The drop in numbers has many dairy farmers worried whether they will be the next farm to close. Farmers from Franklin County gathered ...

“The dairy industry is not something you get into to make money,” Coombs said. Dairy demand is declining and Reace Smith, Dean Food s' Director of Corporate Communications, says the opening of a competitor's plant affected over 100 farmers in several states. Smith wouldn't name the competitor, but ...

The Good Food Institute [GFI] has waded into the row over whether plant-milks should be labeled 'imitation' milk. The GFI is an independent, non-profit devoted to creating a healthy, humane, and sustainable food supply. According to a blog post by the organization: "The dairy industry believes that soy and ...

The North Ridge Dairy Farm in Lacona is currently home to 1,800 cows and is the largest dairy farm in Oswego County. U.S. Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is proposing a new “price floor” policy to help dairy farmers continue to operate amidst low milk prices.

China's dairy industry dates from the late 19th century, when Western and Chinese entrepreneurs imported industry knowledge and dairy cattle, including the iconic black-and-white Holstein, to coastal cities like Shanghai and Qingdao. After 1949, the new government took steps to develop the industry, ...

Kent Nutrition Group (KNG) hosted nearly 100 dairy producers, nutritionists and industry specialists at its inaugural KNG Dairy School held recently at Kent Corporation headquarters in Muscatine, Iowa. The school entitled, Dedicated to Dairy, focused on transition cow nutrition and its crucial role in a dairy's ...

Terms of reference for a Government review of the dairy industry and the impact of the law that governs it should be announced next month, says Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor. The aim was to release the areas for scrutiny next month after Cabinet approval, he said. The Dairy Industry Restructuring Act was passed ...

The "sobering challenge" posed by Brexit to the Irish economy was highlighted yesterday when the boss of Glanbia Ireland outlined a dramatic fall-off in the incomes of dairy farmers. Citing its impact on one just one of its eight plants, chief executive Jim Bergin said the Brexit vote and subsequent decline in ...

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are preparing to take up the next farm bill, and so the halls of Congress will soon be filled with debate about the best policies to ensure America's food system is safe, secure and efficient. If we are going to pass a bill for the good of the country, we need to learn ...

Anika Zuber travels across 16 counties in western New York in her duties as dairy processing and marketing specialist for Harvest New York, a Cornell Cooperative Extension team dedicated to growing agricultural production and value-added products. The former Genesee County Dairy Princess is based ...

Harold Kingston captured this picture of one of his cows struggling in the snow in Cork 2 Harold Kingston captured this picture of one of his cows struggling in the snow in Cork this week. Pic: @HaroldKingston1 Blizzard Conditions South Wexford. Pictured at Ballygarvan, Co Wexford during the snow and ...

SCOTLAND, UK - Former AHDB Dairy Board member Jim Baird is calling for positive and passionate Scottish dairy farmers to put themselves forward for a role on the AHDB Dairy Board. AHDB is looking for farmers who will help shape the future of AHDB against a backdrop of Brexit, global price volatility, ...

LANSING — A new dairy processing facility in Greenville that is expected to have a transformative impact on Michigan's dairy industry received support today from the Michigan Strategic Fund. The project is projected to generate a total capital investment of $57.9 million and create 33 jobs. “Foremost ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Dairymen's Association, Center for Dairy Excellence and the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania jointly recognized Pennsylvania's dairy industry leadership and excellence through four awards presented at the 2018 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit in State ...

Hailey Pipher (center) from Chemung County was crowned the 2018-2019 New York State Dairy Princess on February 20th at the Holiday Inn in Liverpool, New York. Alexis Payne (left) from Lewis County was named first Alternate State Princess, and Zoie Skinner (right) from Onondaga County was ...

MIDDLEBURG — Andrew Snook's life hung in the balance following a 40-foot fall from a silo on his Paxtonville farm three years ago. The dairy farmer has since recovered almost fully but now faces a “bleak” future due to falling milk prices. Nationwide, low milk prices are putting dairy farmers out of business ...

USDA and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy have entered into a memorandum of understanding to jointly promote and enhance environmental sustainability in the dairy industry. The pact extends and builds upon an MOU originally signed in 2009, according to a joint press release from USDA and Dairy ...

The dairy industry has launched a campaign to try to promote cow products in the UK. Februdairy was launched by an ex-vegan animal scientist in response to the Veganuary campaign. This is the first year it has run, and at the moment consists mostly of a hashtag campaign on social media and a Twitter ...

KEWAUNEE – For the past week, family, friends and business associates have struggled to come to grips with the loss of Kewaunee County businessman John Pagel, his son-in-law and their pilot, following a plane crash last week in a farm field in rural Indiana. Searching for ways to describe the dynamic ...

But I don't know anyone in the dairy industry that can pay their bills.” To put it in perspective, Snook was paid about $25 per 100 pounds of milk in 2015. There are roughly 12 gallons in 100 pounds. He now is paid $13.80 per 100 pounds, about half of what he earned three years ago. Experts say a glut of ...

After graduating from the University of Idaho in 1978, he landed a position with the Federal Land Bank, which later became Northwest Farm Credit Services. “When I got to Gooding, the dairy industry was just kind of getting going in the valley. My boss at the time … did not want to do dairy loans,” he said.