…it easier for Spanish and Portuguese speakers to use its storage recommendations for 400+ items covered by the tool, including various types of baby food, dairy products and eggs, meat,…
FARM at 49th AABP Conference
National Dairy FARM Program to Lead One-Day Session at 49th Annual AABP Conference The National Milk Producers Federation’s Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program will host a full day of…
Global Food Prices Rise in June
…was led by a surge in the price of sugar and more moderate increases for cereals(grains), dairy and meat. The dairy index increased 7.8 percent compared to May, but compared…
NMPF on Biotech Labeling Amendment
…passage of the Robert-Stabenow agreement, using the organization’s online Dairy GREAT website email tool. The organization recently joined nearly 1,100 food companies in signing a letter pushing for the bill’s…
Agri View: Direct Marketing
…Jill Burkharts’ 80-cow dairy in central Iowa left the farm in a bulk truck for processing and sale in the commodity markets. These days, however, the farm’s milk takes a…
Tools to Help Dairy Farmers
NMPF Offers Updated Tools to Help Dairy Farmers Enrolling in Margin Protection Program for 2017 The National Milk Producers Federation has updated its Margin Protection Program website –futurefordairy.com – with…
Agri View: Golf Course Farming?
…farm. And John Taylor is converting a frequently flooded golf course just outside Seattle back to the purpose it served before the course was built: a dairy farm. Read more….
Opening Markets for Almond Hulls
There is surplus of almond hulls in California. That inventory gets larger every year with less dairy production in the state to sell to. Research is looking to find new…
Dairy Export Access Undermining Costs Industry
Dairy Organizations Lament Impact of Canada’s Barriers to Dairy Trade as North American Summit Begins The United States, Canada and Mexico kicked off the North American Leaders’ Summit in Ottawa….
Farm/Food Groups Urging Passage of Biotech Food Labeling Legislation
…and its 31 member cooperatives were among the 1,065 signers of the letter, as were dozens of dairy food companies and state dairy farm associations. The letter, addressed to Majority…
June Dairy Market Report
The June issue of the NMPF-DMI Dairy Market Report is now available online. It says that U.S.milk production was 1.2 percent higher in April than a year earlier,interrupting the pattern…
Agri View: Farm Trends
…Everything’s down: dairy, hogs, broiler chickens, corn, soybeans. The median income, an easier figure to understand, is down, too: $78,284 in 2015, down from $80,620 in 2014. A primary bit…
NMPF Pres. on Roberts-Stabenow Agreement on Food Biotech Legislation
…food biotechnology. It is gratifying that this grassroots expression from dairy farmers across the country had a positive impact. “We are confident that this agreement will allow food companies to…
Agri View: GMO Law
…Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the Snack and Food Association (SFA), have sued the state of Vermont in…