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Dollars and Sense dairy columnists give their views on improving dairy demand.
Dollars and Sense dairy columnists give their views on improving dairy demand.
Dollars and Sense producer columnists give their views on increasing market demand for dairy products.
University of Wisconsin dairy economists say tight global supply and demand situation should support Class III prices at $19.
Year-to-date, milk production is down 511 million pounds compared to the first four months of 2012, a decrease of 0.7%.
Whole milk powder auction prices soar as New Zealand’s most widespread drought in at least 30 years curbs supply.
National average test-day herd SCC has declined every year since 2005, and every year except one since 2001.
The House Ag panel is expected to begin drafting a Farm Bill next Wednesday.
Averages slipped from month-earlier levels but were higher than January 2012 numbers.
The acquisition will increase focus on quality of supplies amid safety concerns in China’s dairy industry.
The onus is put back on dairy farmers and processors.
Closure of slaughter plant in Quebec, Canada last year could be distorting U.S. cow slaughter numbers.
The state’s dairy producer and processor sectors each say their very survival is at stake if AB31 doesn’t go their way.
University of Wisconsin dairy economists predict a recovery period for dairies.
Milk powder prices have risen more than 50% since early March, and butterfat and whey prices have posted double-digit increases.
California production was down 3.3% in March from year earlier. Wisconsin, the No. 2 dairy state, was up 3%.
‘We can make a lot more money drying milk and exporting it to China.’ -- CDI CEO Andre Mikhalevsky.
The new rail link into New Zealand site is expected to carry 200,000 metric tons of milk powder in its first year.
When you have a $1 billion asset, you don’t give it up easily.
A decline in livestock margins has been offset to a degree by rising animal protein prices and growing exports.
New Zealand powder for June delivery gained 12.8%; Fonterra increases prices for farmers.
Milk futures are poised to end their longest slump since 2008 as New Zealand’s reduced milk output forces China and other buyers to import more from the U.S.
The proposed legislation would allow California dairy producers to petition USDA for a federal order plus allow them to keep the state’s quota entitlement.
“Real Seal Appeal” program wins for community relations, corporate social responsibility.
Cooperative’s annual meeting draws nearly 1,500 to Kansas City.
Purchase of the Sartori Foods cheese plant in Blackfoot, Idaho is part of Glanbia’s strategy to be largest producer of American-style cheese.
Read AgWeb’s full coverage from this year’s conference.
Revamped website includes resources for members of the dairy industry and milk facts for consumers.
Co-op also says the dairy title of the next farm bill should include risk management tools for dairy producers.
‘For the 20,000 lb./cow budget, income rose by about $340 and variable expenses rose by about $40.'--Robert Tigner, University of Nebraska Extension