Dairy - General
House Speaker John Boehner’s refusal to allow a floor vote effectively killed the proposal.
(CWT) has accepted 26 requests for export assistance from seven co-ops and Bongards Creameries.
Hay market expert Seth Hoyt says dairies are back in the driver’s seat.
Wisconsin farmers pay an average of 25¢/cwt; North Dakota farmers, $1.26.
The funding will help dairy farmers convert farm waste to energy and develop individualized business and environmental plans to reduce operating costs and increase profitability.
National Dairy Genetics Workshop in Tempe, Ariz., Feb. 17 - 19.
The dairy barn that has lent its name to a southeastern Ohio arts center is marking its 100th year with a series of community displays.
USDA is preparing to implement an agriculture law not yet passed in Congress and isn’t planning to adjust for rules that may double milk prices in the absence of a law, Secretary Tom Vilsack said.
The FAO’s dairy price index rose to the highest level since November 2007, largely on Chinese demand for milk powder.
Danone, the world’s biggest yogurt maker, canceled its supply contract with New Zealand’s Fonterra and is seeking compensation for last year’s product recall over a contamination scare.
Corn stockpiles in the U.S. were 30% larger on Dec. 1 than a year earlier after farmers harvested a record crop. Analysts were expecting a 34% jump.
Meet our 2014 Dollars and Sense dairy farmer contributors.
The deal will help Lactalis reduce its reliance on Europe, where it gets 60 percent of its revenue.
Indiana’s Fair Oaks Farms is taking a $400,000-$500,000 loss each day for milk that doesn’t make it to the marketplace.
Understand the per-cwt. projected profit margin (or even limited loss) you are protecting with your risk-management plan.
El informe del último mes de la agencia de noticias ABC acerca de otro abuso de animales en una finca lechera grande, en este caso en Wisconsin, ofrece duras lecciones para todos.
Chief says Feb. 7 deadline makes it possible for more producers to apply.
A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit that claims Dean Foods conspired with another milk processor and a dairy cooperative to reduce competition in the milk industry.
It instantly calculates cost per hundredweight and per cow.
The American Butter Institute today unveiled a new logo for the association, one of the many changes that has taken place recently at the 106 year-old organization.
Pre- and post-milking teat dips should include skin conditioners like glycerin and lanolin.
Prices could average $20.50 per cwt. next year, thanks largely to Class IV milk sales.
Vikings running back Toby Gerhart stopped by to feed calves.
Beyond basic supply/demand in the dairy market, a stronger national, world economy might be coming into play.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says milk production from Kansas dairies was up last month.
Some analysts predict federal and state agencies will use the Chesapeake Bay example as template to regulate other watersheds, particularly the Mississippi River basin.