…the price of Canadian milk used to make dairy products, and subsequently, U.S. milk less competitive. This strategy is now displacing many U.S. dairy farmers and businesses accustomed to supplying…
March FAO Food Price Index Slips
…for the second consecutive month, dropping 6.2 percent from February. The dairy index averaged 189.8, down 2.3 percent, and the meat index average 163.2, up 0.7 percent. Finally, global sugar…
Canada Trade Policies Hurting Rural America
…dairy exports in violation of trade agreements between the two countries. The National Milk Producers Federation, the U.S. Dairy Export Council, and the International Dairy Foods Association want the president…
David Lewis to receive Bradford Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award
…the challenges facing their watersheds. Lewis’ accomplishments include helping to reduce the dairy pollution hurting the oyster beds of Tomales Bay and helping ranchers reduce erosion on their property, letting…
March Dairy Market Report
…skim milk solids production. U.S. Dairy Trade Year-over-year changes in U.S. dairy exports during November 2016–January 2017 showed further improvement from earlier in 2016 for butter, Cheddar, total American-type and…
NPPC, Ag Groups Ask for Tax Reform
…National Renderers Association National Sorghum Producers National Turkey Federation Panhandle Peanut Growers Association South East Dairy Farmers Association Southwest Council of Agribusiness U.S. Apple Association U.S. Canola Association U.S. Rice…
Report Highlights Changes in Community Supported Agriculture Business Model
…meat products, dairy products, eggs, value-added products and cut flowers to the range of choices offered to their subscribers, often through multi-farm cooperation, CSA operators are able to better stabilize…
Don’t Let the Tail Wag the Dog
by Jim Mulhern, President, CEO National Milk Producers Federation If experience is the best teacher, Congress should have learned an important lesson from the experience with the dairy Margin Protection…
India Still Top Global Milk Producer
…is unique among the major milk producers because more than half of its production comes from water buffalo, rather than cattle. However, India’s dairy herd is the largest in the…
$1.9 Million for Alfalfa and Forage Research
…method to measure how well dairy cattle digest forages. A Washington State University project investigated pesticide resistance in the Lygus bug, which is infesting fields of western U.S. alfalfa. NIFA…
Report Names Ag Labor in Human Trafficking List
…in the agriculture and animal husbandry industry, from corn fields to orange orchards to dairy farms. Some crops such as tobacco—the crop cited most often on Polaris-operated hotlines—require much more…
Milk Production Drops, Costs Rise from 2014
The California Dairy Statistics Annual for 2015 reported total milk production was down 3.4 percent, the number of dairy cows was down 2.3 percent, milk per cow was down 1.1…
House Agriculture Committee Evaluates Current Dairy Policy
…of the dairy industry in order to create effective policies for our dairy farmers,” said Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway. Written testimony provided by the witnesses from today’s hearing…
Strengthening Dairy Safety Net Program Must be Priority as Farm Bill Discussions Commence
…dairy producers’ confidence in the program. Mulhern’s full testimony can be found here. “While MPP was, and is, the right approach for the future of federal dairy policy, the program…