Farm life is far from simple, and this especially holds true for dairy farms that operate 24/7, 365 days a year. The rate of suicide among farmers is three and a half times higher than among the general population.

Aimed at doing better and gaining efficiency on their operations, producers are determining how they want to milk their cows in the future, and larger herds have leaned into technology and turned to robotic milking.

Softness in the block cheese market put a damper on early strength in Class III on Friday.

Producers have been wired to head to the mailbox this calendar year, as DMC payments have been triggered due to a stretch of low milk income. As expected, another round of DMC payments will hit producer’s mailboxes soon.

I wonder what is the magic formula that will allow dairy farms to continue making it. I don’t have a magic 8 ball that can tell us that, but what I can tell you all is that part of the formula requires resiliency.

Change is hard, but we live and work in an industry undergoing massive changes. Just as in every major historical upheaval in agriculture, some will survive and come out the other side stronger.