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A new report identifies better business practices, herd health and risk management as opportunities for higher profitability.
That could set up a struggle to pass a farm bill that will satisfy farmers, environmentalists and nutrition advocates.
Not all creditors are equal. Use enhanced cash flow on those you need or those who have priority.
Snowpack water content only 17% of normal.
A decline in livestock margins has been offset to a degree by rising animal protein prices and growing exports.
April typically a wetter time of the year on the North Island, scientist says.
CRI has grown five-fold in financial firepower, from $23 million in assets in 1993 to $116 million in assets last year.
‘For the 20,000 lb./cow budget, income rose by about $340 and variable expenses rose by about $40.'--Robert Tigner, University of Nebraska Extension
Feed cost is reduced $165 per day by feeding three different rations instead of one ration to all cows.
The dairies will take steps to control nitrogen sources, such as manure and commercial fertilizer, at their facilities.
Returns to management are a negative $5/cwt for 20,000 lb. Midwest herds and a negative $2.50/cwt for 24,000 lb. herds.
“The E-Series skid steers and compact track loaders are one of the finest examples of customer-driven product development the John Deere Commercial Worksite Products group has ever offered.”
California dairy producers and processors clash over proposed regulatory pricing changes.
Real estate purchases should be based on long-term, sustainable land values and evaluated as part of a producer’s entire operation, including production expenses.
Upper Midwest dairy farmers generally pay less—much less, in fact—than producers in other regions.
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Forecasting your cash-flow requirements and ensuring you have access to adequate cash are essential because volatility is here to stay.
With no price relief from the California Department of Agriculture, WUD seeks help from state legislature.
Midwest herds that average 20,000 lb. of milk per cow were 75¢/cwt short of covering even variable costs in September.
‘Even the producers in the 24,000 lb./cow category are not meeting full costs and must find family living costs from some other source.’ --Robert Tigner, University of Nebraska Extension.
Drought, soaring feed costs, shrinking credit lines and red ink box in U.S. dairies.
Only the individual dairy farmer – after much discussion with family members and input from lenders and other key advisers – can make the decision to exit.
One of the nation’s largest dairy lenders answers our questions about this year’s dairy struggles and its lending philosophy.
Thunder clapped and rain fell just before Bionce, Sassy and the rest of Mark Argall’s prize-winning dairy herd went up for auction.Had the storm come a few weeks earlier, and if the drought had eased, it might have saved the cows -- some of which were named with a bit of poetic license (“You can spell names however you want,” he said) for pop-culture divas and celebrities.As it was, however, Argall’s pasture was so dry that his cattle had nothing to eat, and the farmer was losing $75 a day just trying to feed them.Five generations of his family have milked dairy cows in this secluded stretch of Missouri’s Ozark Mountains, but the inch or so of rain that fell on this recent Thursday was too little, too late. Argall -- a 54-year-old with a wiry, broomstick mustache -- had no choice but to sell nearly all of his cows at a livestock auction.
State’s senators and congressman join request for EPA to scale back Renewable Fuels Standard in wake of the drought.
US: Rain, Cooler Weather Helping Crops; Drought Not OverVOA NewsAugust 14, 2012U.S. officials say cooler weather and recent rain showers in the drought-stricken Midwest have largely stabilized crop conditions, but add that the drought is not over.
ROBERT SIEGEL: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I’m Robert Siegel.AUDIE CORNISH: And I’m Audie Cornish. We begin this hour with the drought and how it could affect your grocery bill. Today, the U.S. Agriculture Department designated 76 more counties as disaster areas because of the drought and excessive heat. And it said that severe drought will likely affect prices for corn and other field crops, although it’s too soon to know how much prices will go up.We have two stories on drought and food. Our first comes from NPR’s Allison Keyes.