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This summer, many constituents have let their congressmen “have it” by airing their feelings about health-care reform. Much of it has taken place in raucous town-hall meetings.
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These are very difficult times for dairy producers. Currently, dairies are losing $4 per cow per day, as a general rule. That means a 500-cow dairy is losing $2,000 a day or $60,000 a month.
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Where do we go from here?
As recently as last fall, no one could have foreseen the precipitous drop in milk prices.
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"If you are not at the table, you are on the menu"
At the National Dairy Leaders Conference, held recently in the Denver area, one thing became quite apparent as I listened to one speaker after another describe the issues facing the industry: Dairy producers need to speak up more or else someone else is going to do the speaking for them.
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Things will get better, just not yet
When they descend down the Rockies on Interstate 70 east, truckers can see the lights of Denver ahead and the road may appear to be flattening out, which can make them optimistic that the long, arduous journey in low gear may be nearing an end.
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New (or dusted-off) ideas needed in economic crisis
About 30 dairy producers gathered at Brewskie’s Bar and Grill in downtown Utica, Minn., last month to discuss low milk prices and possible solutions.
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We will ride out this crisis
A lot of people are suffering from the global economic crisis.
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What’s good for the restaurant business…
Next time you go out to eat, notice how many times cheese shows up on the menu.
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Build export relationshipsin tough economic times
Talk about a “good news, bad news” scenario.
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We can reduce our carbon footprint even more
Two vehicles travel the same route. which is the most fuel-efficient?
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Take Johne’s more seriously
When non-farm people ask Ken Olson what he does for a living, he often finds himself having to explain Johne’s disease.
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