With dairy farms in seven of its eight regions netting over $1,000 per head last year, clients for Frazer Certified Public Accountants and Consultants reported a very profitable year in 2014
Dairy owners' financial health isn't what it may appear to be. While 2014 was one of the best profit years in history for milk producers; it masks a dangerous trend of continued borrowing and rising debt...
Hoard's at Expo Photo Galleries 2015 10.4.2015 Views from World Dairy Expo – Saturday 10.3.2015 Views from World Dairy Expo – Friday 10.2.2015 Views from World Dairy Expo – Thursday 10.1.2015...
Milk Check Outlook: It's worse than 2009 by Nate Donnay The author is director of dairy services at Informa Economics, Eagan, Minn. During the first five months of 2015, milk production across the major...
Futures prices this far out already point to belt-tightening in the first half of 2016. Plenty of change could still happen in the next few months – both good and bad – but right now the milk...
As printed in our August 10, 2015 issue... DAIRY REMAINED A "HOT BUTTON ISSUE" as Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations entered the final stages. The potential free trade zone between the U.S.,...
As printed in our July 2015 issue... CORN AND SOYBEAN PRICES ROSE due to wet field conditions, faster drawdowns in grain inventories and the lowest corn acreage since 2010. September beans traded at $10.40...
As printed in our June 2015 issue... CLASS III FUTURES TRADED IN A NARROW RANGE over the past 90 days. June to December contracts averaged $17.37 at the magazine's close. USDA'S FIRST 2016 ALL-MILK PRICE...
The highest Class III milk price average in history made just about all dairy cows profitable in 2014. But in general, Jerseys did best of all. According to client income and cost of production summaries...
As printed in our May 25, 2015 issue... RESTAURANT FOOD SALES TOPPED those from grocers for the first time this past March, according to U.S. Department of Commerce data. While grocery totals don't include...