Thursdays on AgriTalk are for the newsmakers. We’re talking with Bob Dinneen of the Renewable Fuels Association, Jim Wiesemeyer of Pro Farmer, and Paul Winters of the National Biodiesel Board.
The Smithsonian Institute collects exotic animal milk samples from zoos across the country. They're adding aardvark milk to their collection from the CIncinnati Zoo.
On Thursday, the USDA released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, showing corn is seeing increased exports and reduced stocks.
Instead of bottling milk, a milk processing plant in Beaumont, Tx. is bottling water to help residents cope with a lack of drinking water caused by Hurricane Harvey.
Some school districts, like some in San Francisco, are banning chocolate milk in their lunches, but the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) is encouraging their athletes to drink it.
Nearly two weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. Production forecasts for the remainder of 2017 and 2018 are lower because there is an expected growth in milk per cow.
A commercial distributed by Arla Foods as part of a $30 million marketing campaign is now at the heart of a lawsuit by Eli Lilly and its subsidiary Elanco.
Uncertainty in Washington is sending the dollar on a week of shaky trade. However, the currency found footing Wednesday as the Federal Reserve released meeting notes, signaling a June rate hike is likely.
A group of senators is urging the Trump administration to act against what they call “trade barriers” that are restricting U.S. dairy farmers’ access to Canada.
Dairy groups are demanding action from Washington after Canada made changes to its milk pricing classifications, and the move is leaving some producers with no place to sell their milk.
There’s been a lot of talk about renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and a new trade barrier between the U.S. and the Canadian dairy industry is likely to find its way to the surface, and soon.
On Tuesday, USDA released its cattle inventory report. The report showed there are 4.75 million milk replacement heifers. According to Mike North of Commodity Risk Management Group, that’s more than half of the milking herd.
While the stock market has been on a bullish run to close 2016, most ag commodities are feeling the pressure, but dairy has had better luck with milk contracts finishing the year on a higher note.
There was a time when milk came in a glass bottle, and each dairy had its own unique shape and logo on the container. Now, those bottles are a collector’s item.
