The U.S. Department of Agriculture is increasing the amount of funding available for the Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program and expects to issue approximately $62.8 million in pandemic assistance payments to hog producers starting this week.

Career Connections returns to World Dairy Expo this fall to connect students and young professionals with job and internship opportunities in the dairy industry.

Dairy Management Inc. has hired Lori Captain as executive vice president of global sustainability strategy, science and industry affairs.

The goal at River Oak Ranch is to provide the best meal possible every day for the cattle with a regenerative, adaptive, management-intensive rotational grazing system.

Forages are the base component of cattle rations. “When you’re trying to maximize animal performance or keep the animal’s health in tip-top shape, it starts with the animal’s diet,” said Travis Meteer, University of Illinois Extension commercial agriculture educator.

U.S. consumers typically purchase fewer dairy products during periods of inflation. “We’re likely looking at a slowdown in dairy demand driven by a slower economy,” said Nate Donnay, StoneX Group director of dairy market insight.

Maintaining and enhancing current export markets and working to open a few more are among the top items on the “to-do” list for Maria Zieba, vice president of international affairs for the National Pork Producers Council.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is hosting a two-day webinar to address concerns regarding the Asian longhorned tick and the pest’s possible impact on the U.S. cattle industry.

Harvesting 240 acres of high-quality haylage for the Mitchell Holstein herd is two-day activity. “We are looking for a relative feed value in the 170 to 200 range,” said John Mitchell who together with his brother, Aaron, are partners in Mitchell Dairy and Grain LLC.