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The three-hour meetings, in 12 locations across the country, are designed to give producers a detailed look at the proposed dairy reform package.

Supply management policies exacerbate the problem of tight and variable margins by hampering producers’ ability to manage risk

By 2015, 12 dairies will be milking 34,000 cows and by 2020, another 12 units will be milking an additional 33,000 cows.

SAE Afikim USA officially opened for business here at its first-ever North American dealer meeting in Salt Lake City.

CWT accepted eight requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America to sell 648,371 pounds of Cheddar cheese to customers in the Middle East, North Africa, Asia and Central America.

Payments would average nearly $20,000 per farm.

Mike Meier is a fourth-generation dairy farmer. Instead of feeding the cows all the grain they can handle, Meier uses an intensive grazing process that cuts his production costs dramatically.

Cow numbers in the country are also up 10,000 head over May, reaching an estimated 9.21 million head.

Dairy’s nutritional benefits dovetail perfectly with aging-related health concerns, creating fertile ground for U.S. dairy sales.

Since 2000, retails milk prices have climbed 31%, which is less than the overall consumer price index increase of 34%.