Apply for dairy grants
Midwestern dairy businesses can apply now for a total of $1.7 million in Dairy Business Builder grants offered by the Dairy Business Innovation Alliance, a partnership between the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association and the Center for Dairy Research. The funding is available to small- to medium-sized dairy farmers, manufacturers and processors in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Applicants interested in diversifying on-farm activity, creating value-added products or enhancing dairy byproducts are eligible to apply for the Dairy Business Builder program. Businesses pursuing projects with a potential impact on the broader industry can apply for the Dairy Industry Impact grant program. Applicants may apply to both grant programs and are eligible to receive awards of as much as $100,000 from each offering. For large equipment expenditures, awards of as much as $150,000 may be made. Deadline is Sept. 30. Visit dbia.wisc.edu for more information.
Submit research for transfer session
National Mastitis Council: The Global Milk Quality Organization welcomes research submissions for its 2027 Technology Transfer Session, which will be held Jan. 25 to 28, in Jacksonville, Florida. Deadline to submit manuscripts is Sept. 30. Four types of papers are accepted -- research articles, general interest articles, review articles and case reports. Each article should contain an introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion,
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