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With the uncertainty over milk prices and input prices, it becomes necessary to establish price floors for milk and price ceilings for feed. Not doing anything is making the decision to leave your whole farm at risk.

While the challenges ahead for dairy producers are real, the silver lining is that both global consumption for dairy is on the rise and the supply chain headaches have lightened compared to how we started 2022.

When it comes to turnover, leading experts say a producer shouldn’t just chalk it up that an employee left for more money. Pausing to understand your workforce’s needs can help minimize turnover in the long run.

Management and employees at Vineland, N.J.-based F&S Produce Co. Inc. are recovering today from a fire on Tuesday at the west end of its Rosenhayn processing plant in South New Jersey.

Australia’s labor shortage is so severe that some dairies have partially or fully transitioned to less labor-intensive beef cattle operations, due in part to record-high beef prices.

Holstein springer values nationwide remained relatively unchanged in the past month, even as the nation’s dairy herd size grows.

The Oregon Dairy Farmers Association is applauding the Department of Environmental Quality and the Environment Quality Commissions denied votes regarding a petition to regulate air pollution from large dairies in Oregon.

CME spot dairy index prices performed stronger on Friday as cheese led the way.

The consumer no longer can absorb higher costs. Tanner Ehmke with CoBank says that lighter foot traffic is seen in some grocery stores, while discount retailers have seen a significant increase in foot traffic.

Dairy farms managers often push staff meetings aside for the sake of “getting things done.” However, sometimes formal meetings with staff are essential to communicate and problem solve.