Following three successful phases of Reward Volunteers (RV), the popular iPhone App and web widget that allows volunteers to track and share the time they spend volunteering, then earn prizes for their selfless work, Cabot Creamery Cooperative has launched phase four of the program.

Investment in U.S. farmland is still competitive with alternative investments, but the era of extremely low interest rates and extraordinarily high commodity prices is drawing to a close, according to a new report from the Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research (FAR) and Advisory Group.

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Craigs Station Ventures (CSV) joined to break ground on a $12 million cold milk separation facility in York. The collaboration is the first in which DFA is partnering directly with a farmer group for a project that will benefit all of the cooperative’s farmer owners.

DeLaval recently sold its 10,000th Voluntary Milking System (VMS) to Glenirvine Farms in Fergus, Ontario, Canada.

Sitting in the Boise airport on my way home from our all-company meeting in August, I posted a status update to Facebook on all the fun activities we did and how it made me feel energized for the year to come. A dairy producer friend from Wisconsin noticed my comment about zip-lines, Hot Wheels races and sending an egg pilot safely down to earth and sent me a message asking, “Is there anything we as dairy farmers can use or learn from that experience that will help us with our employees, team or staff?”

Click here to download a PDF of the latest export watch, provided by the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC). PD

Click here to download a PDF of the latest Export Watch update, provided by Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. PD