Dairy - General
Higher milk prices could be here for a while longer; certainly until milk production ramps up.
A major employer in New London, Wis., says it will be shutting its doors.
Milk powder, cheese imports doubled in February over year-earlier levels.
With spring approaching, a Purdue Extension dairy specialist says now is the time for dairy producers to assess their farms and work through a checklist of duties, including facility and pasture maintenance and taking inventory of forage supplies.
The Agricultural Act of 2014 repeals dairy programs that focus solely on price support, and replaces them with two new margin insurance programs.
Photographer Patricia Temples captured these stunning images and audio interviews as part of a project for the Blue Ridge Foothills Nature Conservancy.
Year-to-date, CWT sales are the equivalent of 619.5 million pounds of milk on a milkfat basis.
Final details might not come until August.
South Dakota produced 2 billion lb. of milk in 2013 compared to Missouri’s 1.3 billion pounds.
With milk prices near a record, it costs Fonterra more to make other products with the milk it can’t process into powder.
Growing dairy profit margins on the heels of strong export demand are giving producers more opportunities to improve and repair farm equipment and facilities, a Purdue Extension dairy specialist says.
New representatives were added to Expo’s Dairy Cattle Exhibitor and Commercial Exhibitor Committees.
The animal health company has awarded $100,000 to 20 veterinary students.
Register today to attend the industry leading event, April 1-3 in Green Bay, Wis.
The Dairy Farmers of America program honors members who embody the cooperative’s core values, excelling on their operations, in their communities and in the industry.
The Dutch pledge their dairy expertise to help Chinese producers boost the quality and quantity of their milk.
Supershot is the first bull to be marketed with a net merit index of more than $1,000.
That could represent a 20% reduction in planted acres.
California and Colorado show biggest gains while Midwest suffers through tough winter.
The higher prices come after paying farmers increases of almost 15% for milk deliveries in the past two months.
The animals appeared to have starved to death.
To build trust and have the social license to operate, dairies must convey shared values – rather than science -- to consumers.
One of the many goals in raising calves is to provide a stress-free environment, which takes proactive management of the calves’ basic needs.
Hawaii land officials have approved a nearly 1,400-acre dairy farm and cheesery on the Big Island.
“No one country has any right to own common food names for their exclusive use.” -- NMPF’s Jim Mulhern
As part of trade talks, the EU wants to ban the use of names like Parmesan, feta and Gorgonzola on cheese made in the U.S.
“This is the first market I’ve worked in where food safety is a more important consideration than price.” -- Rob Chester, chief compliance officer at Wal-Mart in China.
Despite a decline in dairy farms in Vermont, agriculture officials say milk production is constant and farmers are getting record-high prices for their milk.