DAIRY
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Dairy farmers squeezed in recent years by low milk prices and high feed costs can begin signing up next week for a new program replacing old subsidies that didn’t factor in the price of corn.
The New Zealand dairy giant says the alliance between the two leading dairy nutrition companies will be ‘a game changer.’
“We have factored in an expected recovery,” says the head of the world’s biggest dairy exporter.
The New Zealand dairy cooperative has invested more than $1.8 billion to grow processing capacity since 2011.
State’s ag secretary says not enough progress has been made on finding common ground for financial relief for the industry.
The European Commission will subsidize the private storage of butter, skimmed milk powder and some cheeses to help its dairy sector adapt to the loss of the Russian market.
Nearly 300 small dairy farms in New York, Oregon and Wisconsin participated in the study.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct an educational program on the 2014 farm bill’s dairy provisions.
Paper entries must be postmarked by August 31 to avoid late fees.
He will succeed David Fuhrmann as head of the nation’s seventh-largest dairy cooperative.
The new rotary robotic system will be a first for North America, and the largest in the world.
The farmer-owned cooperative scored a 99.4 out of a possible score of 100 to win the coveted award.
Situation ‘dire’ for British dairy producers as milk prices drop.
Shoppers are stocking up on foods set to become scarce after Russia banned a range of products from the EU and the U.S. in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine.
Per-cow production was the highest for July since 2003, USDA says.
The hundreds of thousands of farms that supply the global food company with its dairy, meat, poultry and eggs will have to comply with tighter animal welfare standards.
The revised, $7.5 billion bond measure includes $2.7 billion for much-needed water storage projects.
See which products played a major role in helping increase U.S. commercial dairy exports by 11.8% per year between 1995 and 2013.
A dairy processing plant planned for southeastern Kentucky intends to develop a low-calorie, lactose-free skim milk produced from Kentucky cows.
Exports destined for Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and South America.
Prices for dairy, New Zealand’s biggest export, are falling amid rising global production and waning demand from China, which built up inventories earlier in the year.
California cow’s milk processors score 24 wins in Sacramento.
Falling grain, oilseed and dairy prices push index to lowest level since January 2014.
The expansion will allow the company to process up to 20% more milk, converting it into cheese and whey proteins.
The cull cow price reached a new record high of $113 per cwt.