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June 29 2015
U.S. milk producers who feel priced out of the market for top
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June 25 2015
Becky Meier, one of the Illinois junior Holstein coaches talks about preparing her teams for dairy bowl
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June 22 2015
It's been up, up and up for dairy product prices since January 2014 . . . from a consumer's perspective. That all changed in April 2015. "In April, we saw the first drop in dairy's portion of the consumer...
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June 22 2015
Brand new food products face stiff competition and must earn a spot on store shelves and in consumers' grocery carts. In 2014, the dairy industry met that challenge and had some of the best-performing...
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Article
June 22 2015
Due to very favorable margins throughout the U.S. last year, dairy farmers were able to prepay many expenses at year's end for 2015. That situation may have given dairy producers a false sense of security...
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June 22 2015
As the world becomes more global, U.S. dairy farmers are losing the battle for value because of outdated policies that discourage investment in new processing technology. U.S. dairy plants are known around...
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June 17 2015
Historical museum hosts June is Dairy Month event
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Article
June 15 2015
It has been nearly a generation since dairy farmers last formally petitioned the USDA Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO). That fact alone makes the California petition...
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June 8 2015
When it comes to 2015 dairy exports, New Zealand and the European Union (EU) could see stronger growth in dairy export sales when compared to the U.S. That's the prediction from Michael Griffin of the...
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June 1 2015
I would like to call to everyone's attention that ABC News published a short article reporting the results of long-term monitoring of the relationship between diet and weight control (16 years)
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Article
June 1 2015
The dairy case is getting more and more crowded all the time, as a wide array of milk substitutes fight for shelf space among real dairy products. Cow's milk has been able to play fair against this new...
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Article
May 26 2015
While the class discussed in the headlines has some connections with U.S. population demographics, the real message is that the middle "dairy" class - Class II (soft product sales such as yogurt) and Class...
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May 22 2015
Output is targeted at markets where U.S. exporters have been successful in recent years
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Article
May 18 2015
Twenty-one billion dollars in gross domestic product (GDP), $65 billion in total sales "ripple effects," and a driver of 189,000 jobs are just three of the staggering impacts that dairying has on the economic...
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Blog
May 15 2015
Far from home, four U.S. milk producers made a strong connection with dairy marketers
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Blog
May 8 2015
Now that they're pushing for a federal order, the state is willing to look at raising Class 4b prices
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May 4 2015
For those who market the products we produce on our dairy farms to global consumers, any region that is importing or buying two-thirds of its dairy products should grab their attention. That is the case...
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April 22 2015
FDA studies possible milk and meat residue correlation
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April 20 2015
Southeast Asia is already a vital customer with the U.S., as evidenced by its second-place standing among all U.S. customers, purchasing $1.32 billion in dairy products and ingredients last year. To put...