Dairy prices have strengthened some in recent weeks. Tyne Morgan talks with Brian Doherty of Stuart Peterson for more on if the price improvements can continue.
Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan is no longer able to weather the uncertainty in the dairy industry and has a plan to close the doors to its dairy operation the summer of 2019.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, 497 dairy farms have called it quits year-to-date. While Wisconsin is a big dairy state, operations are closing throughout the U.S.
Prices are improving for dairy farmers across the country. However, analysts say it’s not enough to aid financial losses over the last couple of years.
Word of Nestle SA’s arrival in a corner of China’s infant formula market sent a2 Milk Co.’s stock price tumbling 10 percent last week, enough for its second largest shareholder to jump back in.
At a towering 16’ tall, corn native to Oaxaca, Mexico grows up to 10 aerial roots [compared to two in a typical plant] that secrete gel to help nitrogen-fixing bacteria survive.
