The agreement will reduce 50 percent of the tariffs imposed by Mexico on U.S. cheese exports.
Six global dairy organizations have formed the International Dairy Research Consortium for Nutrition and Health
Korea is currently the No. 2 export market for U.S. cheese.
Oregon has adopted what some say are the strictest toxic water pollution standards in the United States.
USDA issued a proposed rule for the mandatory, electronic price reporting for cheese, butter, whey and nonfat dry milk today.
A summary of the most dramatic attempt to reform federal dairy policy in decades.
The numbers are positive enough for FFTF to move forward.
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The recommendations for dairy are three cups per day of fat-free or low fat milk
Hearing will consider proposed pricing changes from California Dairies Inc., Land O’Lakes.
The “technical efficiency” of larger herds was slightly higher than medium and small farms following the MILC payments.
The CIAA qualified program will be eligible to receive up to 2.5 cents of the fee paid by importers
In 2009, the loss of $300,000 in dairy exports would have meant the loss of some 2,000 jobs.
If 400,000 SCC limit would be implemented today, some 8% to 14% of U.S. herds would not be in compliance.
Legislation would reduce the current blender’s credit, also known as VEETC, for a two-year period.
Rules to prevent potentially unsafe food from reaching consumers.
The International Dairy Foods Association proposal calls for the elimination of minimum class prices and end product price formulas, and the phaseout of Class I differentials over six years. Only Federal Orders auditing functions would remain.
The National Milk Producers Federation and the National Mastitis Council have both submitted proposals to lower the current federal SCC limit to 400,000 cells/ml.
Proposed bill would remove Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit and fully repeal the import tariff on foreign ethanol.
Delegates to the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) voted 25 for, 26 against a proposal to lower the U.S. Grade A standard to 400,000 cells/ml.
California’s water problems are more than a fish-versus-people struggle or the fall-out from weather-related drought.
Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA) and 25 of his House colleagues called on President Barack Obama to release willing farmers from their Conservation Reserve Program
Idaho Dairymen’s Association says the bills will make it easier for producers to succeed.
Supply management panel draws large crowd at World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif.
Led by California producer Doug Maddox, panel members Gary Genske, Syp Vander Dussen and Marv Hoekema discussed the viability of a growth management plan to bring U.S. milk production into balance with demand.
FAPRI assumes that 50% of the milk subject to excess production payment penalty would not have come to market in 2009.
The committee endorses a growth management plan for the country, but it was the most divisive vote--9-8--of the 23 recommendations made.
In 2010, U.S. dairy sales grew 39% over 2009 to 1.5 million tons.
In a major court victory for the American Farm Bureau Federation and other farm organizations, a unanimous federal court of appeals has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot require livestock farmers to apply for Clean Water Act permits unless their farms actually discharge manure into U.S. waters.
EPA’s Jackson seeks to counter ‘myths’ on agency’s actions