DAIRY
You won’t find many dairyfarmers or agribusiness people in Wisconsin complaining about free trade.They’re hustling to sell more products - cheese, whey, crops, embryos and computer technology - overseas.
European Union farm ministers failed on Monday to agree what steps should be taken to avoid a repeat of last year’s dairy sector crisis, when farmers staged demonstrations and supply boycotts in protest at record low milk prices.
Legislation ends decade-long effort to improve the transparency of dairy pricing.
As neighbors drive past your dairy, does your farm sign convey that you are trustworthy, caring and responsible?
Instead of selling CWT cattle for slaughter, an Illinois auction market apparently resold some to a different farmer.
The farmer-owned organic milk company will keep processing milk after all.
Klobuchar’s bill would exempt dairies from regulations requiring prevention plans for milk spills.
Focusing solely on getting the best price for milk will cause you to miss out on profitable hedging possibilities.
The following information was released by the office of the governor of Vermont:Governor Jim Douglas announced today that a new cheese manufacturing company will be locating in Swanton, creating up to 55 jobs over the next several years. Swan Valley Cheese will occupy the former Via Cheese facility in the Swanton Town Industrial Park.
The Holstein Association USA Inc. has awarded the Gold Medal Sire designation to two Select Sires bulls.
Elanco, an animal health company based in Greenfield, Ind., has given an Idaho agricultural foundation $1 million toward the proposed National Center for Livestock and Environmental Studies.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted a total of nine bids from members for assistance in selling cheese, butter and anhydrous milkfat to customers in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
The National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council expressed great disappointment at today’s announcement by the Mexican government that it would impose tariffs of 20% to 25% on several major categories of U.S. exports to Mexico, including many cheeses.
July’s 3% increase in U.S. milk production over year-ago levels surpassed the expectations of many market watchers.
Cooperatives Working Together will now include butter and anhydrous milkfat as products eligible for export assistance.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has are received a letter signed by 75 Members of Congress urging USDA to allow limited planting of Roundup Ready alfalfa.
“The overall [dairy] demand outlook is one of recovery,” say USDA economists in their Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook released this morning.
Dairy Today’s Dollars and Sense contributors respond to consumer concerns about milk production.
Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture Rod Nilsestuen announced today that he is convening a raw milk working group to consider legal and regulatory perspectives pertaining to the sale of unpasteurized milk directly to consumers, and consider what conditions would be required to protect public health.
Accompanying the January 2010 sire summary, Genex has released an updated ranking system for sire fertility.
Bonus content: More on New York Animal Agricultural Coalition Do neighbors grumble about your farming practices when you’re out of earshot? Those who had a chance to anonymously register their complaints recently in a New York State survey didn’t—much.
Americans ate more yogurt during the past decade than ever before, making it the top food of the 2000s
The state of Wisconsin will allow Rosendale Dairy to expand from its current 4,000 cows to 8,000.
Congress approved $350 million in aid to dairy producers -- $290 million in direct payments and $60 million in the purchase of dairy products to help bolster the market. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is now also taking extra steps to help dairy farmers who borrow from the agency for their operating capital and more.
A much anticipated—and dreaded—segment on ABC Nightline appeared Tuesday evening, showing tail docking and dehorning on a 5,000-cow New York dairy farm.
Genex Cooperative, Inc., now offers members and customers a new tool for determining the right mix of conventional and sexed semen to meet individual herd goals.
Six U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) members have donated and pledged more than 30,000 lbs. of nonfat dry milk bound for Haiti to replace previously purchased powder that was lost in the recent devastating earthquake.
USDA expects lower expenditures of $343 million for dairy support through fiscal year 2010 and $362 million in 2011; these figures combined do not reach the total dairy spending of $1.344 billion in fiscal year 2009.
Delegates to the 2010 American Veal Association (AVA) annual meeting adopted a statement of ethical principles and code of conduct as a way to articulate veal industry principles and confirm an industry commitment to “veal raised right.”
Use sire selection for as a long-term strategy to improve milk quality.