The author is a past managing editor. His degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison combined dairy science and agricultural economics.
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Aug. 25 2020
In your September 10, 2020 issue . . .COULD DAIRY’S “V-SHAPED” RECOVERY transcend into a “W-shaped” price swoon? If shifted from a “V” to a “W-shaped”...
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Aug. 24 2020
Could dairy’s “V-shaped” price recovery transcend into a “W-shaped” price downturn? If shifted from a “V” to a “W-shaped” milk price graph, the markets...
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Aug. 20 2020
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
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Aug. 14 2020
The August 2020 Hoard’s Dairyman Bull List can be downloaded. The list includes the top bulls for Holsteins, Jerseys, Brown Swiss, Red and Whites, Guernsey, Ayrshire, and Milking Shorthorns
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Aug. 13 2020
Cheese prices kept climbing in July and other values stayed relatively flat
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Aug. 10 2020
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the August 10, 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman
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Aug. 10 2020
Negative producer price differentials (PPDs) reared its ugly head in June milk checks and will reappear in July
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Aug. 6 2020
Could California’s civil war over quota have a somewhat civil sunset? The potential does exist
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July 30 2020
The next chapter in California’s civil war over quota was written after Administrative Law Judge Timothy Aspinwall concluded, “ . . . the Petition is legally defective and should not be advanced...
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July 27 2020
With 84% of all milk in the Upper Midwest Federal Milk Marketing Order heading to the cheese vat, it stands to reason that milk components would hold a higher value in dairy farmer milk checks
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July 16 2020
As cheese prices soared to new records, frustration levels boiled over in the countryside
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July 16 2020
June milk checks carried a dose of unwelcome pricing news
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July 15 2020
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the July 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman
Intel-Minnesota
July 9 2020
$17.65 — that was the average cost of production for 283 dairy farms enrolled in the Minnesota Farm Business Management (FBM) project in 2019
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July 6 2020
It’s official, Class III milk headed to the cheese vat will be priced far higher than all other classes. That’s because the cheese markets rallied in short order
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July 2 2020
The 2020 dairy cattle show season has become a sad state of affairs
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June 29 2020
Class III milk, not Class I, likely will be the price leader in June milk checks. That’s a rare occurrence as Class I beverage milk is typically the market leader
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June 26 2020
Finely tuned rations, stringent milking procedures, and compliance to sound reproductive protocols all lead to well-run dairies. In journalism, the same can be said of a watchful eye that carefully reviews...
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June 18 2020
“This is promising.” That’s the quote from Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease physician at John Hopkins University Center for Health Security
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June 15 2020
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the June 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman