Adding to the groundswell of recognition that Canada’s protectionist dairy policies are harmful to U.S. dairy exports, a bipartisan group of 68 members of the House of Representatives wrote to…
Possible Changes in Cotton and Dairy Policies Ahead
House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson tells Politico’s Morning Agriculture Report that he’s optimistic that the fiscal 2017 government spending package will include changes to the cotton and dairy…
Progress on Canada Dairy Issue
…Grassland Dairy will still need to find other buyers by Monday. President Donald Trump Tuesday in referring to the trade dispute wrote on Twitter that: “We will not stand for…
Trump Administration Imposing Tariff on Canada Lumber Products
…2025 California Pistachio Harvest 2025: Insights from Richard Kreps August 16, 2025 Dairy, Family, and Football: Joseph Bakker’s Life in the Central Valley August 14, 2025 Inside Hanford Dairy Life…
Perdue Off to Work as USDA Secretary
…Pistachio Harvest 2025: Insights from Richard Kreps August 16, 2025 Dairy, Family, and Football: Joseph Bakker’s Life in the Central Valley August 14, 2025 Inside Hanford Dairy Life with Farmer…
AFBF’s President Duvall Joins in Historic White House Ag Roundtable
…Pennsylvania, dairy farmer and chair of the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board Hank Choate of Michigan, dairy farmer Tom Demaline of Ohio, president of Willoway Nurseries and vice chair, AmericanHort Zippy…
Sonny Perdue Sworn in as 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
…and not lament that the department might be faced with difficult challenges. As a youngster growing up on a dairy and diversified row crop farm in rural Georgia, Perdue never…
Historic White House Ag Roundtable Discussion Includes California Farmer
…The full list of attendees for this meeting is below. Luke Brubaker of Pennsylvania, dairy farmer and chair of the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board Hank Choate of Michigan, dairy farmer…
Ag Groups Pleased With Perdue Confirmation
…with him on the challenges facing the nation’s dairy farmers – issues he’s already indicated he will tackle at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “Secretary Perdue knows that dairy…
National Dairy FARM Program Releases Environmental Stewardship Reference Manual to Celebrate Earth Day
The National Dairy FARM Program has released its Environmental Stewardship Continuous Improvement Reference Manual in cooperation with the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. Released in celebration of Earth Day, the…
Canada Doubling Down on Dairy Trade Comments
…Insights from Richard Kreps August 16, 2025 Dairy, Family, and Football: Joseph Bakker’s Life in the Central Valley August 14, 2025 Inside Hanford Dairy Life with Farmer Case Anker August…
Australia and New Zealand Dairy Leaders Would Support U.S. WTO Action on Canada
…President Donald Trump if he included the WTO in a trade dispute over a milk pricing scheme by Canada that is harming U.S. dairy farmers. U.S. dairy groups say the…
Animal Rights Groups Want Dead Animal Payments Stopped
…hit poultry and livestock hard in recent years. As an example, winter storm Goliath killed roughly 40,000 dairy cows in Texas and New Mexico in 2015 and 2016. The Livestock…
Canada Responds to Dairy Trade Disagreement with U.S.
…does not accept the contention that its dairy policies are the cause of financial loss for dairy farmers in the United States,” he said. He attached a USDA dairy outlook…