Rob Vandenheuvel, General Manager, Milk Producers Council of California, discussed the upcoming MPP-Dairy enrollment deadline in MPC's latest weekly newsletter.
The 2011 Food and Farm Facts book and map poster, produced by the American Farm Bureau Federation's Public Relations Department, is fresh off the press.
Currently under MPP-Dairy, dairy farmers purchasing federal income margin insurance were required to pay 25% of the premium to USDA in February, with the balance due June 1. Schumer's proposal allows dairy co-ops or pri
A scholarship from the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation is helping grow the next crop of veterinarians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine.
With all the attention on the new Margin Protection Program for Dairy Producers (MPP) let us not forget about Livestock Gross Margin Insurance for Dairy Cattle (LGM-Dairy).
Jim Chilton didn’t expect to find himself face-to-face with President Donald Trump, much less on a stage in front of more than 7,000 farmers and ranchers.
Dean Allen acknowledges that the milking parlor at his family's southeast Minnesota dairy looked "kind of dungeoney" a few years ago — due, in large part, to a low, 8-foot ceiling and the need for more supplemental li
Lately, it seems checkoff programs for some commodities have been coming under fire. Don't let that sentiment spill over into the dairy industry's successful checkoff program.
Because insurance has a minimum deductible of 10% for area (county) insurance and 15% for individual farm insurance, insured liability is now between 81% and 86% of the potential value of U.S. field crop production that
Dairy producers are often exposed to not only the highly variable nature of milk price, but also the highly variable costs of the feeds they supply to their herds.
Ideally, individual feeding would allow dairy nutritionists and farmers to formulate and provide the appropriate levels of nutrients to each cow in the herd. However, the increasing scenario of large dairy herds makes i
It looks like we might have a spring after all. As we all wait anxiously for our fields to dry off enough to allow field work, sowing, and planting, we are left to ponder about what direction the swirling dairy winds w
The increased interest in LGM Dairy has generated a lot of questions from dairy producers. Adams shared information and advice at the Western United Dairymen meeting Wednesday in Visalia, Calif., on using this risk-mana
Hawaii is known to many as one of the most beautiful places on earth. With great views and fast-growing pasture for cows, you could imagine it is a dairyman's paradise, too.
USDA's monthly Ag Prices report indicated higher national average milk prices and lower average feed costs. As a result, November's Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) margin also improved.
In addition to the daily chores on the farm, it is important for farmers to work on educating the public about who they are, what they do and why it matters.
