As printed in our September 25, 2013 issue... THE FATE OF THE FARM BILL remained uncertain at the magazine's close. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Ohio) indicated the House would consider a food...
As printed in our September 10, 2013 issue... CORN AND SOYBEAN FUTURES CONTRACTS stiffened in late August trading after one of the wettest springs on record gave way to an abnormally dry summer. July and...
As printed in our August 25, 2013 issue... GRAIN MARKETS CONTINUE TO SOFTEN as corn was down over 40 percent from last August's record highs; soybeans were down 20 percent. Futures prices for corn ranged...
As printed in our August 10, 2013 issue... THE HOUSE PASSED A FARM-ONLY farm bill in mid-July by a 216 to 208 vote with only Republicans in favor of passage. It only included 11 of the traditional 12 titles...
As printed in our July 2013 issue... MARKET STABILIZATION WAS STRIPPED out of the dairy portion of the farm bill when the House passed the Goodlatte-Scott Amendment. However, it was a moot point, as Representatives...
As printed in our June 2013 issue... ON A 15 to 5 BIPARTISAN VOTE, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed its version of a new farm bill. The next day, the House Ag Committee followed suit by moving forward...
As printed in our May 25, 2013 issue... BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL dairy prices have softened slightly from recent highs. May-to-December Class III futures fell over 50 cents since early May and settled...
As printed in our May 10, 2013 issue... FDA SOMATIC-CELL LIMIT to stay at 750,000, based on action at National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments. Delegates voted down reduction to 400,000 by a vote...
As printed in our April 25, 2013 issue... REVERSING COURSE, NASS WILL PUBLISH partial Milk Production estimates for the remainder of its fiscal year by gleaning data from various administrative reports....
As printed in our April 10, 2013 issue... ROBUST WORLD DAIRY PRICES have caused futures markets in the states to move upward. From March 11 to 26, April-to-October Class III futures rose by an average...
As printed in our March 25, 2013 issue... GLOBAL PRODUCT PRICES ARE ROBUST. In early March trading, the eight-product mix climbed 10 percent to $1.91 per pound. However, the global auction hasn't translated...
As printed in our March 10, 2013 issue... JANUARY MILK ROSE 0.5 PERCENT nationwide over a year ago. Cows fell 17,000 (-0.2 percent) from last January. However, the national herd has grown three consecutive...
As printed in our February 25, 2013 issue... FOR THE 21ST STRAIGHT YEAR, cheese production posted a new record. It rose 2.5 percent (unadjusted for leap year) to 10.86 billion pounds. AT 244.8 MILLION...
As printed in our February 10, 2013 issue... YEARLY MILK FLOW TOPPED 200 BILLION POUNDS for the first time in the U.S. That represented a 2.1 percent or 4-billion-pound gain over 2011. DECEMBER OUTPUT...
As printed in our January 25, 2013 issue... A FARM BILL EXTENSION was rolled into year-end fiscal cliff legislation. It extended three dairy programs until September 30: the Dairy Export Incentive (DEIP),...
As printed in our January 10, 2013 issue... CLASS III FUTURES REBOUNDED 20 cents from late November trading to average $18.58 for the first nine months of 2013. However, these contracts remain $2.35 lower...
As printed in our December 2012 issue... APPROVAL OF THE FARM BILL before year's end appears to hinge on its inclusion in a larger overall budget package needed to avert the fiscal cliff. TO PREPARE FOR...
As printed in our October 25, 2012 issue... GENETIC EVALUATIONS WILL MOVE from USDA to a private sector consortium, based on an early October vote by the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB). A definitive...
As printed in our November 2012 issue... FARMFIRST DAIRY COOPERATIVE would be the name of the merged cooperatives of Family Dairies USA, Manitowoc Milk Producers Cooperative and Milwaukee Cooperative Milk...
As printed in our October 10, 2012 issue... THE LEADERSHIP IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES did not bring the farm bill up for a vote in September and left for a six-week election recess. WITH NO ACTION, THE...
