Unlike New Zealand's Fonterra Cooperative, which controls over 90 percent of the nation's dairy product trade, the U.S. has a competitive environment with numerous manufacturers that compete openly for...
U.S. dairy farmers are in shrinking company. The nation lost 62.5 percent of its dairy farms between 1992 and 2012. The part of the country hit hardest was the Southeast region, where the dairy industry...
Competition for space in consumers' stomachs isn't getting any easier. According to the latest data from the USDA Economic Research Service, average total consumption of all dairy products in the U.S....
In the December 2011 issue of Hoard's Dairyman, we first reported that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was going to move forward with enhanced testing of milk for antibiotic residues. While those...
Great article from Nina Bakht Halal. She certainly shares how important it is for the U.S. cooperatives and independent processors to be on the ground in all the export counties of the world. What so many...
The article "Middle East hungry for dairy products" caught my eye because several years back I was involved in a dairy project in Lebanon. They are serious about increasing their milk production, because...
Falling grain prices are expected to shift the agricultural profit spotlight from crops to cattle in 2014, according to Matt Diersen, professor of Ag Economics at South Dakota State University (pictured...
First things first. Until a farm bill gets inked, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), the nation's trade association representing dairy farmers and dairy cooperatives, doesn't have plans to...
Its heady adoption of Greek yogurt propelled New York to its status as the nation's leading yogurt manufacturer. With Greek yogurt as the catalyst, Packaged Facts forecasts that overall yogurt sales' revenue...
While the U.S. has taken the first step in satisfying customer needs in the Middle East by growing dairy product sales from 2 percent to 13 percent over the past decade, more can be done to foster future...
A small agricultural business in Idaho has a big goal. It is in the running for a free 30-second advertisement during the Super Bowl on February 2, 2014. Glenn Vander Woude, Scott Den Hartog and Ben Bieri...
The world has been the United States' dairy products export oyster in 2013. Droughts and other challenges experienced by others brought great opportunity to our doorstep, and U.S. companies responded with...
The needs of commercial dairy producers, milk utilization and consumer preferences play major roles in the color of our national herd. by Calvin Covington The author is a retired breed association executive...
Hoard's Dairyman Webinar Archives November 11, 2013: "Farm financial business checkup" presented by Gary Sipiorski, "Money Matters" columnist for Hoard's Dairyman Brought to you by Danisco Animal Nutrition...
Because it has been so widely quoted, we have become numb to what was once a sobering statistic: we will need to feed 9 billion people by 2050. For many, this is not a reality we can easily wrap our heads...
Space-saving palpation rail DeMange Dairy in Versailles, Ohio, needed a place to hold cows to do herd checks, so they built this palpation rail. It folds up and winches to the ceiling when it is not being...
Reader Response: Rail can move dairy Well done, Dave Forgey . . . your item "New rail line could open exporting channels" in the November 4 Hoard's Dairyman Intel was very exciting. The distance from the...
Reader Response: Never was a "deal" broken The Milk Producers Council (MPC) and Western United Dairymen (WUD) continue to misrepresent the contents of a July 8 letter from Dairy Institute lobbyist Joe...
Farms that shine in reproductive performance have been recognized each year since 2009 by the Dairy Cattle Reproductive Council. This year's award winners were announced last week at the 8th annual Dairy...
Climbing demand for ultra high temperature pasteurized milk (UHT milk) in China opens another door of opportunity for the U.S. dairy industry. Chinese UHT milk imports were worth $76 million last year....
