The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) sent a joint letter today to President-elect Donald Trump outlining the importance of exports to the U.S….
USDA Surveying Sheep Operations
…encouraging all sheep producers selected as survey participants to submit information to USDA. Operators surveyed will be asked to provide information about their sheep inventories, counts of lambs born during…
Survey Shows Little Assistance from Farm Bill Dairy Program
…we wonder how we will be able to repair or upgrade equipment or facilities when good milk prices return. By the time we pay for these losses, milk prices will…
Poultry Industry Fears RFS Increase Will Alter Grain Prices
…That’s welcome news for corn farmers, but National Chicken Council President Mike Brown said it puts U.S. chicken producers “one drought, flood or freeze away from another crisis.” He told…
Agri View: Plastic Challenge
…they are looking to the farm. We now have a packaging product that can be made from milk. Not only is it biodegradable, it is edible! Not yet, but it’s…
More Volatility Ahead for Cattle Markets
…ahead. Cattle producers have recently seen higher prices after a two-year price drop of more than 40 percent. An Ag Web dot com article says 750-800 pound steers brought $125.19…
Proposed Tax Regulation a Threat to Future Cattle Farms
…the estate tax.” When a principal in a business passes away, assets often must be sold to meet the tax burden. Producers have used valuation discounts to help them shoulder…
Farm Income Drops 17 Percent in 2016
…slump isn’t just hitting on-the-farm producers, either. The weakened Ag economy is triggering cost-cutting measures and job layoffs at major farm input suppliers like Monsanto and John Deere, which have…
Trade Group Suing Dr. Oz Over Fake Olive Oil Claims
…Commission later sued the producers of the product for false and deceptive advertising. Further, in April 2015, a group of 10 prominent physicians wrote to the Dean of the Faculties…
Agri View: Hard Work
…more subject to volatile up and down pricing than milk. Farmers don’t sell milk by the gallon. They sell it by the pound. Prices can vary between $15.00 and $25.00…
Feed Inspection Advisory Board Vacancies
…help ensure that commercial feed inspections contribute to a clean and wholesome supply of milk and meat. The FIAB vacancies are for commercial feed industry representatives, and applicants must hold…
California Fighting Global Warming on the Backs of Dairy Farmers
…below 2013 levels by 2030. But as the largest milk-producing state, California could stand to lose dairy operators because of the growing cost to meet regulation requirements, according to a…
Businesses Join Agriculture in Fretting Over Trump Anti-Trade Talks
…Any trade war that would develop during the Trump administration would significantly hurt U.S. agriculture exports, and the National Pork Producers Council says the pork industry would be forced to…
November Dairy Market Report
Four straight months of rising milk prices and three straight months of falling feed costs have brought some financial relief to U.S. dairy producers from the tough conditions of early…