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Environmental Quality Incentives Program provided assistance to farmers who delayed silage harvest to help the rare birds.
“The members of our associations ask you to support a margin insurance program that will help dairy producers without including a government controlled supply management program,” states letter to Congress.
Can be used on or around livestock to kill and repel a broad spectrum of insects.
Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and David Scott (D-Ga.), would make dramatic changes to the farm bill’s dairy title by eliminating its market stabilization program.
Coalition wants farm bill to continue cost-share program to help upgrade equipment, decrease emissions and address federal air quality regulations.
Elanco, which markets rBST both in the United States and globally where it is registered for use, welcomed the news in a statement released this week.
The dairy provisions are similar to those in the Senate bill, but the MILC program would be immediately ended.
The House farm bill draft contains the major elements of the Dairy Security Act, which evolved from Foundation for the Future.
Temperatures have exceeded 100°F several days this week, dew points have been above 70°F, and worst of all, nighttime lows rarely fell below 80°F.
The following information was released by the office of the governor of Wisconsin: Governor Scott Walker announced today the first recipients of the Grow Wisconsin Dairy Producer Grants. Grants totaling $200,000 have been awarded to 41 dairyfarmers around the state to help them become more profitable and thereby contribute to the Grow Wisconsin Dairy 30x20 Initiative goal of producing 30-billion pounds of milk by 2020.
Political dairy expert Charlie Garrison explains the details of the proposed provisions.
The venture marks the first entry by either PepsiCo or Muller into U.S. dairy aisles.
INDIANAPOLIS - A battle over the sale of raw milk is brewing in Indiana. The state Board of Animal Health has seen hundreds of people weigh in on the subject as part of the agency’s virtual public hearing about whether Indiana should allow the sale of raw milk.
Joe Trumm took over his family farm years ago, despite a warning from his father that there was no future in farming.
Consumers urged to dispose of product due to insufficient pasteurization.
THE Scottish dairy sector is reeling after the announcement that milk processor Robert Wiseman Dairies is to slash the price paid to its farmer suppliers for the second time in three months.
Board says current plans for the high-speed rail system represent an imminent threat to productive farmland.
Do not feed corn silage as green chop if drought stressed. Crop may be high in nitrates and cause abortions and death in cattle.
Much of Ohio has slipped officially into drought, creating economic and wildfire concerns for emergency-management officials, as well as for agriculture and farmers statewide. A drought-assessment committee led by the Ohio Emergency Management Agency will meet Friday to begin to plan for the state’s response to the drought. Potential agricultural responses include mandatory water conservation, emergency livestock-feed distribution, and emergency payments and loans to producers who lose property or production.
18-point checklist to keep cows eating during bouts of hot weather.
The SAMMY winners each receive a $7,500 scholarship and an awards weekend at Walt Disney World Resort.
Corn up 5% over last year; Soybean acreage is third largest on record.
The tags offered under this program can be used to satisfy traceability needs for marketing, state and national animal health programs and on-farm management.
Hundreds of cartons of milk were contaminated with detergent on plant’s production line.
The Senate on Thursday passed a farm bill that, while cutting subsidies for farmers nationwide, includes some good news for specialty crop producers and dairyfarmers in New York.The five-year bill, which passed by a 64-35 vote, expands the federal crop insurance program to cover fruit and vegetable growers, who in the past have experienced huge financial losses following devastating storms and freezes.
By ERIN KELLY, Gannett Washington BureauWASHINGTON - Vermont dairyfarmers would get new insurance protections against falling milk prices in a sweeping $500 billion farm bill approved Thursday by the Senate.Programs to conserve Vermont forests and encourage organic farming and environmentally friendly practices also would get a boost in the bipartisan bill.The legislation, which passed the Senate by a vote of 64-35, faces an uncertain future in the House. The House is expected to take it up after the July Fourth recess.
Martha Hall Findlay, the former Liberal member of Parliament, has done the cause of clear thinking a favour by challenging one of the sacred cows of Canadian politics: the protectionist system that keeps the price of milk, eggs and poultry in this country much higher than it needs to be.
Supreme Court ruling on controversial Arizona law underscores need for uniform federal solution to resolve immigration troubles.
Slowdown in milk output, strong cheese market boost dairy price outlook.