Wisconsin and Minnesota buy the most insurance policies.
The denial “has removed all hope for a lot of people,” dairy producer says.
The coalition effort will call attention to the fact that the farm bill is important to more Americans than just those working in agriculture.
Bipartisan group cites the “economic catastrophe” facing California’s dairy families.
State’s senators and congressman join request for EPA to scale back Renewable Fuels Standard in wake of the drought.
Here’s what the new procedures are, and how they can impact dairy operations.
National dairy leader says U.S. dairies are approaching a crisis comparable to or worse than 2009.
‘The estimated health care cost attributable to low dairy product consumption is comparable with total spending on public health in Australia.’
Processors say the amendment offers 80% protection of a dairy farm’s milk production and costs taxpayers less than current House dairy bill.
The amendment was defeated 29-17; would have offered margin insurance but no market stabilization.
“The members of our associations ask you to support a margin insurance program that will help dairy producers without including a government controlled supply management program,” states letter to Congress.
Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and David Scott (D-Ga.), would make dramatic changes to the farm bill’s dairy title by eliminating its market stabilization program.
The dairy provisions are similar to those in the Senate bill, but the MILC program would be immediately ended.
The House farm bill draft contains the major elements of the Dairy Security Act, which evolved from Foundation for the Future.
Political dairy expert Charlie Garrison explains the details of the proposed provisions.
The tags offered under this program can be used to satisfy traceability needs for marketing, state and national animal health programs and on-farm management.
The Senate on Thursday passed a farm bill that, while cutting subsidies for farmers nationwide, includes some good news for specialty crop producers and dairyfarmers in New York.The five-year bill, which passed by a 64-35 vote, expands the federal crop insurance program to cover fruit and vegetable growers, who in the past have experienced huge financial losses following devastating storms and freezes.
Martha Hall Findlay, the former Liberal member of Parliament, has done the cause of clear thinking a favour by challenging one of the sacred cows of Canadian politics: the protectionist system that keeps the price of milk, eggs and poultry in this country much higher than it needs to be.
Supreme Court ruling on controversial Arizona law underscores need for uniform federal solution to resolve immigration troubles.
The number of Michigan dairy farmers using risk management to protect milk prices has risen nearly threefold since 1999.
Editor:As a dairyfarmer in Pennsylvania for the past 30 years, I’ve lived through the ups and downs of this extremely volatile industry. In the past decade, dairyfarmers have experienced the highs of 2008 and 2010 and the extreme lows of 2003, 2006 and 2009, which was the worst year in the lifetime of most dairyfarmers, because the price we received for milk plummeted while production costs reached all-time high levels.
Forty-six million Americans rely on food stamps to meet their nutritional needs. Most of the recipients are the unemployed, the elderly and children.
The Senate is expected to begin debating this and other amendments to the Farm Bill this week.
Sarah Leonard joins several young farmers in Washington, D.C., to discuss the importance of the farm bill for the next generation of ag producers.
‘We created programs that can be customized by each dairy.’
The new dairy supply management program in the farm bill will hurt exports, encourage imports and limit job growth, say dairy processors.
Dairy’s baseline is $432 million over the next 10 years. That sounds like a big number. But not when it comes to government expenditures.
Petitions contend the state’s producers are losing millions of dollars due to an undervalued whey factor in California’s milk pricing system. One cheesemaker calls the petitions’ demands “obscene.”
The dairy portion of the bill eliminates milk price supports and the Milk Income Loss Contract program.
NMPF working with ag committee leaders to expedite vote in Senate.