Dairy - General
After a slight pull-back last month, Holstein springer values have come roaring back, jumping more than $1,000 per head on the top end in California.
Class III contracts for the rest of 2024 fell, with November settling at $21.00 per hundredweight, down 39 cents, and December closing at $20.44 per hundredweight, 42 cents lower.
With tight margins, evaluating purchases is more crucial now than ever.
With much of the Upper Midwest processing capacity maxed out in terms of milk production, finding a new home for milk is not an easy task. This is causing dairy farms to dump milk due to the oversupply.
Hurricane Helene barreled through Florida last week, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. Record-breaking winds wreaked havoc in the heart of Florida’s dairy industry, damaging farms, destroying barns and buildings, and mangling essential equipment.
Hilmar’s David Ahlem to retire, moving to a Board Advisor Role.
After making small movements over the last two days, the CME barrel market resumed its downward trajectory and closed at $2.1200 per pound, $0.0325 lower.
While it might seem like football players and dairy farmers come from different worlds, they share more similarities than what meets the eye.
Spot butter prices tumbled, giving up seven cents to reach $2.6800 per pound, the lowest level since January.
Class III futures through the rest of 2024 continued to decline, with the November contract down 27 cents to $22.61 per hundredweight.
Prairie Farms Dairy recently announced the acquisition of the SmithFoods manufacturing facilities in Orrville, Ohio.
There’s a perpetual cycle throughout the week of World Dairy Expo that you likely don’t even notice.
World Dairy Expo will present The Golden Age of dairying, October 1 – 4, 2024. Just as sound and technicolor technologies ushered in the Golden Age of film in Hollywood, so too have modern technologies propelled the global dairy industry forward.
Butter and cheese prices have fallen substantially since the highs were established. The supply outlook has changed with reports indicating there should be sufficient supply through the end of the year.
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CME barrels continued to plunge, falling to $2.2975 per pound, shedding $0.1025 on the day and -$0.2925 from the Friday before.
In South Dakota, you’ll find a 130-year-old dairy operation that runs on passion, perseverance and a focus on finding the right people. This dynamic trifecta is what makes up the unparalleled culture of MoDak Dairy.
The end of summer means more than cooler nights, changing leaves, and football Fridays. It also brings with it a downward shift in colostrum production on dairy farms.
Despite nearly 24 inches of snow, below-zero temperatures and raging winds that some people are affectionately calling “Death Storm #2,” Illinois livestock producers are finding ways to overcome the horrific conditions.
Bateman’s Mosida Farms in Utah is named the 2024 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year by the IDFA because of their ability to innovate and diversify to better care for their cattle and land.
A dairy cow’s #1 job is to produce milk, and she needs a lot of water to do that. But two studies recently published in the Journal of Dairy Science show that water access and consumption is not an equal-opportunity proposition for cows.
For long-term success, farm leaders should regularly assess the landscape of their operation and adjust their strategies accordingly.
One of the things I love most about Christmas trees is the power they evoke to simply remember. Here are some special livestock-themed Christmas trees filled with memories to last a lifetime.
Fifteen years into growing a farm and a family together, everything changed for Ron and Sherri Prins and their four young kids. A diagnosis made the couple lean on their faith and on one another more than ever before.
More than a decade after banning whole and reduced-fat milk from being served during school lunches, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted in support of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act.
At 96 years young, Paul Dotterer still runs the chopper during harvest season on his family’s dairy farm - and he enjoys every minute of it.
The agricultural headlines of 2023 have issued a steady drumbeat of drought – particularly in the Corn Belt, where so much U.S. livestock feed is grown. But just how bad was it?
Leading financial experts underscore the importance of farmers understanding the do’s and don’ts of a Line of Credit that will help producers during the downside of the rollercoaster markets they have gotten to know.
With crops slowly coming in off the fields, now is a good time to start thinking about soil testing. Here are five reasons why fall testing may be more ideal than spring.
Travel to Carpenter, Wy., and you’ll see two-thirds of the state’s 9,000 dairy cows, who are milked at Burnett Dairy. You’ll also get to see an upcoming second-generation dairy farmer, Reese Burnett.
As misinformation regarding the use of mRNA vaccines in livestock filter through social media, there are facts begging to be set straight.