…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…
Southern Africa: A Promising Region for U.S. Agricultural Exports
…0.2 0.3 0.1 48 39 Planting Seeds 24 22 20 22 25 Tree Nuts 20 25 23 20 22 Dairy Products 30 18 15 14 18 Prepared Food 28 19…
Secretary Perdue Comments on USMCA
…pricing scheme, cracks open additional access to U.S. dairy into Canada, and imposes new disciplines on Canada’s supply management system. The agreement also preserves and expands critical access for U.S….
U.S., Canada Trade Officials Discussing Next Steps
…in place, USMCA promises increased market share to Canada for U.S. dairy. However, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said any gains in USMCA are dampened by the U.S. steel and aluminum…
CoBank: USMCA Provides Certainty, But More is Needed
…House to focus trade talks on fewer fronts, it does not provide a pathway to eliminate existing retaliatory tariffs where industries such as dairy and pork have been hardest hit….