Wyatt Bechtel

Wyatt Bechtel is associate editor for Beef Today and Dairy Today.

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The volume of dairy exports in January dropped while struggling farmers could get some more relief as Congress has raised debt limits for Chapter 12 bankruptcy.
Shutting down access to the U.S.-Mexico border could impact a relationship between the largest buyer of dairy exports which has two dairy cooperatives concerned.
A tornado on March 12 near Roswell, New Mexico, damaged a number of dairy farms and forced at least one farm to euthanize at least 150 cattle.
A bipartisan bill proposed in both branches of Congress looks to combat the issue of mislabeled non-dairy products that unfairly use dairy names like milk, yogurt and cheese.
State environmental officials in Iowa are investigating a complaint of a manure overflow from a storage facility on a dairy farm.
The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board has a new name: Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin.
Dairy Farmers of America is working with impacted members to find a new processing plant for their milk.
Pineland Farms Dairy Co. will reopen a dairy processor in Maine after it was closed for five years.
Backing from 75% of California’s dairy producers via supporting votes from three major cooperatives should result in the state being the 11th member of the Federal Milk Marketing Order.
Arla Foods announced it will not be buying milk from 11 dairies in Wisconsin citing “increased production and market volatility.”
Dairy farmers have another option for risk-management with a new insurance product being offered by American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF).
A dairy plant in Western Michigan is planning an expansion that will add 62 jobs over three years and cost $21.3 million.
A rise in cheese demand helped Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) maintain profitability in 2017 following a record cheese production year.
Tariffs impacting dairy trade, a dairy processor buying a majority stake in a non-dairy milk company and a conservation easement program aimed at helping dairy farmers in New York are making headlines..
A tragic accident involving a tractor driving across Canada to promote the dairy industry has killed a woman and left her husband in critical condition.