U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary Greg Ibach joined dairy farmers in Tulare County, Calif., on November 7 to celebrate implementation of the new California Federal Milk Marketing Order…
7th Agriculture Trade Mission to South Korea
…to South Korea such as citrus, almonds, rices, walnuts, beef, dairy and more. 7th Agriculture Trade Mission to South Korea About the Author Danielle Leal Facebook Twitter MMJ/Anchor for AgNet…
Coalition Looks to Limit Future Agribusiness Mergers
…the California Farmers Union, the Community Food and Justice Coalition, and the California Dairy Campaign. The proposed bills would suspend mergers of companies with more than $176 million in sales…
FAS Administrator Isley to Lead South Korea Trade Mission
…Association, Fresno, Calif. Cherry Central Cooperative, Inc., Traverse City, Mich.> Cibo Vita Inc., Fair Lawn, N.J. CKJY Exports, Lemoore, Calif. Commercial Lynks Inc., Alexandria, Va. Dairy Farmers of America, Kansas…
New Goat Milk Facility Breaks Ground at UC Davis
…Sciences recently broke ground on a brand-new, state of the art dairy goat parlor and creamery, near the existing Dairy Goat Teaching and Research Facility at UC Davis. The Noel-Nordfelt…
USDA Planning Trade Aid Round Two Distribution
…and dairy farmers will receive 12 centers per hundredweight. Meanwhile, wheat producers will get 14 cents per bushel, sorghum growers 86 cents per bushel and cotton producers six cents per…
Canada Announces New Dairy Working Groups
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada this week announced new dairy working groups to address industry concerns. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced the new working groups comprised of dairy farmers and processors….
Climate-Smart Agriculture Endorsed by CDFA and UC ANR in New Partnership
…assisting the new specialists in their efforts. Dairy advisor Betsy Karle, irrigation and cotton advisor Dan Munk, and water quality and management advisor Laurent Ahiablame will all be mentoring the…
Industry Seeks Additional Tariff Relief as USDA Reports Increased Milk Production
…of the tariff impact on the dairy industry approximate losses between $1.17 billion and $1.5 billion for the second half of 2018. As dairy herds continue to grow, USDA has…
Federal Reserve: NAFTA 2.0 Won’t Help Dairy Industry
…new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement that will replace NAFTA are “too small and too far in the future to help dairy farmers.” The Minneapolis Fed reported that “a substantial number of dairy…
Agri View: BFTP-Happy Cows Can Boost Production
In this Blast from the Past episode of Agri View with Everett Griner, Everett talks about dairy production and happy cows in today’s Agri View. BFTP-Happy Cows Can Boost Production…
Ag Co-ops Top List of Largest Cooperatives
…list. Dairy Farmers of America, Land O’Lakes, Wakefern Food Corporation, and Associated Wholesale Grocers rounded out the top five. Charles Snyder, president and CEO of National Cooperative Bank, says that…
Agri View: Farm Income Declined…Again
…The decline will hit all sources of agriculture. Some will feel the decline more severely than others. According to USDA, dairy farming will feel it most. Looking at collective figures,…
Rising Output Compressing Ag Margins
…available supply levels. Meanwhile, the animal protein and dairy sectors continue to benefit from strong domestic demand and the promise of better access to Mexico and Canada, but will need…