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

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

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

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the August 10, 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

Negative producer price differentials (PPDs) reared its ugly head in June milk checks and will reappear in July

Could California’s civil war over quota have a somewhat civil sunset? The potential does exist

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...

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

As cheese prices soared to new records, frustration levels boiled over in the countryside

June milk checks carried a dose of unwelcome pricing news

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the July 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

$17.65 — that was the average cost of production for 283 dairy farms enrolled in the Minnesota Farm Business Management (FBM) project in 2019

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

The 2020 dairy cattle show season has become a sad state of affairs

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

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...

“This is promising.” That’s the quote from Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease physician at John Hopkins University Center for Health Security

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the June 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

Typically, dairy sales are comprised of a 50-50 split between food service venues (restaurants) and retail outlets (grocery stores). Of course, that all changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic

The past three months brought unprecedented volatility to dairy markets due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is unprecedented, because CME Class III futures traded at both the lower and upper market limits