The current economic context implies a high level of market uncertainty. But overall, the farm economic climate is better than expected. The CME/Purdue “Ag Economy Barometer” reports that...

“Conflict is often healthy. It can generate creativity and new ideas, lead to improved decision making, and help people learn and grow,” said Rob Skacel, a business psychologist with True Edge...

What makes a dairy profitable? There are many potential answers, but one in particular rose to the top in Cornell University’s recently completed Dairy Farm Business Summary. It’s what Cornell...

Consumers have been flocking back to butter. That’s because evidence continues to mount that all dietary fats are not equal

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

“Dairy sales have been around 14% above year-ago levels for several weeks now,” said Abrielle Backhouse, research coordinator with the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association

Farm income could be $19 billion higher than the 2019 level of $83.7 billion. That is a larger gain than was projected earlier this year, largely due to a nearly $15 billion jump in government payments...

There’s something funky in the air, and it’s not America’s award-winning cheeses. The European Union (EU) is waging a multi-front campaign against American-made cheeses, putting U.S....

California’s game plan to reduce methane will allow their dairy farms to offset greenhouse gas emissions and achieve climate neutrality

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

On a 17-day journey from Napier, New Zealand, to the Port of Jingtang in Tangshan, China, a cargo ship carrying 5,867 head of cattle and 43 crew members capsized last week

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

“Never stand behind a horse” were the words my grandfather periodically repeated during my childhood at the farm. Thanks to him, I learned at a young age that I could be kicked and severely...

Nongrowing season is a critical period for managing phosphorus losses in runoff

Providing palatable milks with school lunches is only half the battle in developing dairy habits in children

Although California and the Western U.S. are making headlines for excessively high temperatures and effects from fires such as smoke, dairy analysts don’t anticipate much loss on milk production