Minnesota research conducted five years ago with 12 eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin commercial herds showed that 93% of colostrum samples contained more than 100,000 colony forming units/ml of bacteria.
“These actions mean that dairy products on Mexico’s retaliation list will now be free of the 20-25% tariffs that were restricting access to our best foreign market,” said Tom Suber, president of USDEC.
In 2011, CWT has assisted members in making export sales of Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Gouda cheese totaling 35,774 metric tons (78.9 million pounds) to 23 countries on four continents.
Western United Dairymen says the export gain for dairy from the Korea FTA in the first few years after implementation will be approximately $380 million per year.
Dairy producers would be able to choose between signing up for Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) payments or subsidized Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy insurance at the $1.50 deductible level for not more than 3 million lb. of milk each year.
Casey’s Dairy Advancement Act would not include any supply or growth management component, but would continue the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program or allow dairy producers to enroll in the Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy program.
