5 Tips for Lasting Commitment Ask any marriage counselor: a relationship without trust isn’t much of a relationship at all. According to the latest research from The Center for Food Integrity (CFI), consumers and federal government food [Read More …]
On June 7, the United States Department of Agriculture made an official announcement that the producer referendum held in April passed. As they had told us when they came out to California to conduct meetings [Read More …]
USDA recently launched a dedicated website with all the relevant information about the newly created California Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO), according to Geoff Vanden Heuvel, director of regulatory and economic affairs at the Milk [Read More …]
Crave Brothers Farm and Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese celebrated National Dairy Month on Wednesday, June 13 by hosting a Green Energy Showcase. The Crave Brothers Farm was the ideal location for the event. The 2,500-acre [Read More …]
Data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ Value Added by Industry series, recently released by USDA’s Economic Research Service, indicates that – on a broad level – agriculture contributed a record-high $1.05 trillion to U.S. gross domestic product [Read More …]
Re-enrollment Continues Through June 22, Dairy producers urged to act now U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the re-enrollment deadline for the Margin Protection Program (MPP) for Dairy will be extended until June 22, [Read More …]
Will support the development of USDA’s Farmers.gov customer experience portal Today, the Technology Modernization Fund Board (Board) awarded funding to support the development of USDA’s Farmers.gov customer experience portal, which helps better connect America’s farmers, ranchers, conservationists, [Read More …]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that California dairy producers have voted to approve a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) for the entire State of California. As a result of this favorable vote, [Read More …]
There are less than two weeks left to submit the questionnaire by mail The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is wrapping up data collection for the 2017 Census of Agriculture. [Read More …]
A primer on dairy for the curious non-farmer If you are one who is perplexed by simple questions about agriculture that you don’t understand, read on. Today’s article is a primer on dairy, written primarily [Read More …]
USDA FSA reopening the application period for two disaster assistance programs The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting disaster assistance program applications as of June 4th from agricultural producers who suffered livestock, honeybees, [Read More …]
Organization Welcomes Congressional Support for Giving Dairy Farmers More Time The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today expressed thanks to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for his department’s decision to give dairy farmers additional time to [Read More …]
True to its name, ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference 2018 kicked off by showcasing some of today’s most innovative ideas, all the way from the gene level to disruptive changes to the future of food and how [Read More …]
Farmers can enroll no later than June 1st if they have active marketings under LGM Dairy farmers have experienced a multi-year period of low milk prices, complicated in the Northeast by challenges with processing capacity. [Read More …]
In a series of recent articles, we show that farmers’ use of implement dealer financing has increased substantially since 2003 (farmdoc daily May 9, 2018). Implement dealers currently provide nearly one-third of the agricultural sector’s [Read More …]
Each and every month, millions of actors across the global agricultural sector wait with bated breath for the latest crop yield forecasts from the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE). WASDE is produced by the US [Read More …]
Sign up date closes this coming Friday, June 1st. USDA plans to have all their field offices make individualized calls to producers that have not yet signed up on May 30th when the April margin [Read More …]
The number of farms owned and operated by women is on the rise While the number of farms in the U.S. has been on the decline for many years, the number owned and operated by [Read More …]
Lee Mielke is a veteran dairy journalist and broadcaster, currently carried in a dozen Ag newspapers nationally. This column is prepared especially for the readers of DairyBusiness. Based in Lynden, Wash., he can be reached [Read More …]
Current sign-up information and details can be found at your local FSA Office. The current FSA Dairy MPP factsheet and Dairy decision tool are available by searching Dairy MPP on the USDA Farm Service Agency [Read More …]
Speakers include regulators from EPA, FDA, and USDA Federal regulators representing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Federal Drug Administration (FDA) are among the presenters at this year’s Crops [Read More …]
In February 2018, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 made several modifications to USDA’s Dairy Margin Protection Program and directed the department to reopen signup for the 2018 coverage year. The modifications made to MPP were designed [Read More …]
“These numbers were designed for billion-dollar government contractors, not everyday farmers” “I’m pleased Congress helped us to achieve one of our regulatory goals of cutting red tape for producers utilizing conservation programs by exempting them [Read More …]
Lee Mielke is a veteran dairy journalist and broadcaster, currently carried in a dozen Ag newspapers nationally. This column is prepared especially for the readers of DairyBusiness. Based in Lynden, Wash., he can be reached [Read More …]
There is a lot going on with organic milk in California and despite the high interest for information, there is not a lot of data on organic producer pay prices. Still, USDA’s Dairy Market News provided some [Read More …]
Bruce Summers named Administrator of the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service AMS administers programs that create domestic and international marketing opportunities for U.S. producers of food, fiber, and specialty crops through voluntary grading, laboratory and quality [Read More …]
Richard Fordyce to serve as Administrator of the USDA’s Farm Service Agency The Jamie L. Whitten, Federal Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public Domain) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture [Read More …]
Milk & Dairy Markets The CME spot Cheddar markets got off to a strong start, scoring fresh 2018 highs on Monday. Blocks climbed to $1.7025 per pound and barrels reached $1.6525. But they couldn’t hold. Barrels staged a modest [Read More …]
California Dairies, Inc., Dairy Farmers of America, Land O’Lakes, Inc. announce support Since the very beginning the three cooperatives collaborated to create a potential California Federal Milk Marketing Order as a means of helping the [Read More …]
USDA Under Secretary Bill Northey and nationally recognized neurologist Dr. Majid Fotuhi join ONE18’s all-star list of speakers Register at one.alltech.com for the May 20–22 conference in Lexington, Kentucky, USA Former vice chair of General [Read More …]
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