Marketing-Communications
Dairy replacement heifers totaled 4,527,000 head on January 1, or 41,000 fewer than a year ago.
This allows managers to plan for various contingencies and better manage the situation as compared to having to react to surprising developments.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 18 requests for export assistance from Bongards, Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold and United Dairymen of Arizona.
U.S. farms pumped out 196.2 billion pounds of milk last year, a record, up from 192.8 in 2010. Cow numbers were also up 80,000 head (0.9%) over a year ago.
The spreadsheet allows the user to plug annual milk production and estimated annual increases along with program participation level.
Cooperatives Working Together has accepted 18 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold and United Dairymen of Arizona.
Open interest in dairy futures and options is up nearly 70%, with Class III options leading the way with more than 84,000 positions.
November 2011 budgets show that tiestall barns producing 20,000 lb. of milk per cow were losing $1.81/cwt. when all costs were included.
Year-to-date, 2.652 million dairy cows have been culled, which is 110,000 more cows (4.3%) than 2010.
These efforts helped lead to an increase of 4.2 billion pounds of dairy sold through the fiscal year that ended in July 2011 (compared to the same period of 2010).
Only colostrum from Fresno County raw-milk dairy remains under quarantine.
DROUGHT in the US is set to be great news for Australian beefexports and local cattle prices by next year, despite uncertain economic times hindering global demand in the near future. Despite short term obstacles like the high Australian dollar, a bulge in US drought-induced herd slaughter rates and global economic insecurity, beef’s longer-term market prospects were literally “bullish”, said Rabobank animal protein market specialist, Wendy Voss. The bank’s latest Beef Quarterly report, co-authored by Ms Voss, has forecast a notable upturn in demand for the second half of 2012. Cattle prices within Australia are tipped to hit record highs later next year as overseas markets shift from a summer supply bulge - primarily caused by the US where herds are being culled due to severe drought - to materially lower supplies.
The shock waves from the collapse of commodities trading firm MF Global Inc. are hitting hard across rural America, where farmers, ranchers and agricultural business owners are nervously waiting to learn how much money they’ve lost.
“Right now, we are in a sweet spot where we have stronger global dairy prices and we have the milk supply to meet that demand.” Marc Beck, US Dairy Export Council
The Milk Import Tariff Equity Act would simply ensure that milk protein concentrates are regulated at the same level as other dairy products.
It’s the first time since the award’s inception in 1989 that a “non-advertising” campaign entry has won.
U.S. dairy farms will have until May 1 to come into compliance.
There is also evidence that increased reliance on exports increases price volatility within the domestic market.
This 5-minute video is a must-view, not only to see Enchanted Dairy’s clean operation but how the dairy industry must portray itself to the outside world.
South Woodstock -- Vermont FarmsteadCheese Co. started producing cheese only in January and didn’t begin distributing until June, but it’s already struggling to keep up with customers’ requests.
USDEC chairman: “South Korea is a classic case study in long-term, integrated market development programs executed collaboratively with processors to ensure dairymen have markets for our growing U.S. milk supply.”
The 1.779 million cows reported in October gets the state back to where it was five years ago, when California reported 1.778 million cows.
This month’s announcement that Thiel Cheese & Ingredients of Hilbert was acquired by the Irish Dairy Board might have struck some people as a bit odd. Have the Irish run out of dairyfarmers or lost their historic knack for making cheese?Fear not. Cheese-making in Ireland is in tip-top shape, as they might say in Dublin. The purchase of a Wisconsin company by the Irish Dairy Board, a commercial cooperative, represents a strategic investment in a high-quality partner with strong research and innovation tools. For Thiel Cheese and its 66 employees, it means better access to markets in North America and abroad.
Executives shared how working through the dairy checkoff and its Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy helps drive dairy sales and protect dairy’s image.
New Jersey’s raw milk lovers head to Pennsylvania and New York weekly or biweekly because, they say, pasteurization kills beneficial bacteria along with potentially dangerous bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella. And they cross borders because New Jersey is one of 11 states where the sale of raw milk is illegal.
MONTREAL - Saputo Inc. says cross-border shopping and higher dairy prices at home have caused a continued reduction in its milk and cheese sales volumes in Canada.
Fuel Up to Play 60 is an in-school health and wellness program that encourages kids to choose nutrient-rich food first, and get out and play for at least 60 minutes a day.
The highest all-milk price was reported in Florida, at $25.50. The lowest was $18 in California.
The reforms could lower the U.S. all-milk price by 92¢/cwt, trigger supply management programs 40% to 45% of the time and lower cumulative net farm operating income 32% to 48%.
September culling was up 4,000 head over a year ago (1.6%) and 2,000 head higher than August.