Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the March 2021 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

“If you look at the federal order pools back in the 1950s, it was about two-thirds to fluid milk and the other one-third being manufacturing,” University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Mark Stephenson...

Jim Davenport, a dairy farmer from Ancramdale, N.Y., presents “Clean cows make clean milk.” According to Davenport, “The most important contact surface on the dairy is the teat and the...

This week's episode will dive into the details of cheese pricing

“We had 100,000 more cows year-over-year in December. That was the biggest year-over-year advance in some time,” shared Phil Plourd during USDA’s 97th Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum

Introduced more than 40 years ago, the REAL Seal has become one of the most widely recognized label identification programs in the food industry

Having a steady market for your milk was not of much concern to dairy farmers until the growth of the last few years changed how we think about market access

While bank standards for assessing loans haven’t changed, the risks associated with dairy operations certainly have changed during the pandemic

It’s never my intention to screw up, but when I do, I know the situation will be handled in a good-natured way. We try to make light of a bad situation

Advocating for our industry means being involved in the policies that affect us

Negative temperatures, chilling wind, and mountains of snow and ice have been pummeling many parts of the country

Anxiety and depression linked to farm stress can help explain why agriculture has one of the highest suicide rates. Learn what to look for, how to address mental health struggles in yourself and others,...

Dairy technology has exploded in the last few decades, and for that we have both innovation and necessity to thank

Canada and Japan largely stand alone with supply control systems governing, and at times protecting, their respective dairy industries. Realizing supply controls hinder both internal and external comp

“We kind of laugh. It feels like it’s been Groundhog Day going all the way back to March 2020, since seemingly every few weeks we get some market-moving news."

There has been much talk about the Biden administration’s goal for rural America to play a leading role in combatting climate change, but farmers are still understandably curious and cautious about...

Much discussion has unfolded surrounding the income boost to dairy producers from government policy aimed to help offset the effects of COVID-19

For most people, January is considered a fresh start. Belongings are often organized and purged to make room for the new, nutrition is top of mind after indulging in holiday treats, and many consider improving...

As the holidays approached, you likely heard the phrase, “It’s that time of year” relating to the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s celebrations

Recently, I attended one of the many webinars available these days. By the end of the presentation, the speaker mentioned that the debt at a dairy can sometimes escalate to $12,500 per cow