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Mark-Fox
Sept. 10 2020
Over the last decade, we have heard the phrase “from grass to glass” within our industry
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Sept. 10 2020
There are two ways to look at the problem facing family dairy farms. The first is that of a “farm income problem.” The second is that of a “farm structure problem.” It is common...
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Sept. 10 2020
The 2019 fluid milk sales data has been tabulated by USDA and its doesn’t bode well for dairy. Fluid milk sales fell another -1.75% when comparing 2019 to 2018
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Sept. 10 2020
“We don’t need any special advantage when it comes to trade, we just need a level playing field,” said Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of National Milk Producers Federation
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Sept. 10 2020
Many farmers have likely been taking a closer look at and using a sharper pencil with their financial information over the course of the pandemic
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Sept. 10 2020
In early human history, maps used to show the boundaries of the known world. Beyond those boundaries, there would often be the words “Here be dragons” to indicate potential dangers
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Sept. 9 2020
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the September 25, 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman
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Sept. 7 2020
“Dairy sales have been around 14% above year-ago levels for several weeks now,” said Abrielle Backhouse, research coordinator with the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association
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Sept. 7 2020
Farm income could be $19 billion higher than the 2019 level of $83.7 billion. That is a larger gain than was projected earlier this year, largely due to a nearly $15 billion jump in government payments...
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Sept. 7 2020
There’s something funky in the air, and it’s not America’s award-winning cheeses. The European Union (EU) is waging a multi-front campaign against American-made cheeses, putting U.S....
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Sept. 7 2020
California’s game plan to reduce methane will allow their dairy farms to offset greenhouse gas emissions and achieve climate neutrality
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Sept. 3 2020
Whether measured on the domestic or international stage, dairy’s top processor list has a different look and most of the changes involve Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)
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Sept. 3 2020
“In the U.S., our year-over-year production change is always positive. When we have production in excess of 500 million pounds, we get in a surplus situation,”
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Sept. 3 2020
The pandemic recession is a cloud that will remain hanging over our entire country for the foreseeable future
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Sept. 3 2020
On a 17-day journey from Napier, New Zealand, to the Port of Jingtang in Tangshan, China, a cargo ship carrying 5,867 head of cattle and 43 crew members capsized last week
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Sept. 3 2020
It’s easy to agree that these are unprecedented times and that the pandemic has thrown the nation and world into dire economic straits
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Sept. 2 2020
This week's episode will discuss how financial benchmarks can be used to evaluate a farm's operations and prepare for the future
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Aug. 31 2020
“Never stand behind a horse” were the words my grandfather periodically repeated during my childhood at the farm. Thanks to him, I learned at a young age that I could be kicked and severely...
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Aug. 31 2020
Nongrowing season is a critical period for managing phosphorus losses in runoff
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Aug. 31 2020
In touting the need for unity among the American colonists seeking their independence from Britain, Ben Franklin pointedly observed that “we must hang together, or else we’ll surely hang separately.”