Congress is in its last days before members head home for their final campaign sprints. High on the agenda is agreeing on a new coronavirus response package

The 2019 fluid milk sales data has been tabulated by USDA and its doesn’t bode well for dairy. Fluid milk sales fell another -1.75% when comparing 2019 to 2018

“We don’t need any special advantage when it comes to trade, we just need a level playing field,” said Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of National Milk Producers Federation

Many farmers have likely been taking a closer look at and using a sharper pencil with their financial information over the course of the pandemic

Whether measured on the domestic or international stage, dairy’s top processor list has a different look and most of the changes involve Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)

“In the U.S., our year-over-year production change is always positive. When we have production in excess of 500 million pounds, we get in a surplus situation,”

The pandemic recession is a cloud that will remain hanging over our entire country for the foreseeable future

It’s easy to agree that these are unprecedented times and that the pandemic has thrown the nation and world into dire economic straits

A question you will often hear when discussing cattle nutrition is what level of production do you balance for? This question sets the stage for energy, fiber, and ingredient inclusion in the diet

Oftentimes, dairy farmers just take it day by day to get the work done. Still, it is crucial that someone in the business has an eye on the future and a plan of what is to come

Assessing crops and planning creative ways to store silage are factors farmers are facing heading into the 2020 corn silage harvest

The dairy industry was in turmoil this spring with dumped milk and bottomed-out prices. Dairy farmers’ second source of revenue — the beef market — wasn’t doing much better

From 1990 to 2010, the United States saw constantly expanding school-age populations. Since then, the number of students in school have dropped significantly, and that’s not something that’s...

One of the first nutrients that our eyes are drawn to on a forage report is the crude protein value

“If you don’t put milk on the lunch tray, you don’t get a federal reimbursement,” explained Andy Novakovic, Cornell University economist, of milk’s relationship with the nation’s...

The lines between professional journalism and everything else continue to blur due to the proliferation of self-made journalists and so called think tanks in the social media era

While producers have until the end of August to sign up for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program payments, only $7 billion has been awarded to 521,853 applications as of August 10

Cheese prices kept climbing in July and other values stayed relatively flat

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to impact communities across the country, the broader economy, and impacts farmers and the lenders who loan money to them.

After five difficult years, dairy farmers are once again facing uncertainty in the marketplace