• Milk Per Cow Above Trend
• CWT assists cheese, butter export sales
• Mexico becomes $1 billion U.S. dairy export market

(February 17, 2012) Dairy operations with 500 or more cows grew in number, the percentage of total U.S. cows they contained and percentage of U.S. milk they produced, according to USDA’s annual review of livestock operation structure. Herds with 500+ cows were estimated at 3,400 in 2011, up from a revised estimate of 3,350 in […]

(February 17, 2012) The March Federal order Class I base price was announced by the USDA this morning at $16.30, down 73 cents from February, $1.93 below a year ago, and equates to about $1.40 per gallon. That put the 2012 average at $17.38, up from $16.44 at this time a year ago and compares […]

(February 17, 2012) Butter prices received for 25 kilogram and 68 pound boxes meeting United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grade AA standards averaged $1.50 per pound for the week ending February 11, 2012. The United States (US) price per pound decreased 4.9 cents from the previous week. Cheddar Cheese prices received for US 40 […]

Tulare, Calif. - A total of $18,000 in prizes was awarded today to winners of the 2012 World Ag Expo Forage Challenge, presented by Mycogen Seeds. Finalists were chosen from 77 entries from nine western states. The competition challenged farmers to enter the best of what they grow to see who produced the highest-quality forage […]

(February 14, 2012) World Ag Expo in Tulare, California features nearly 1,500 exhibitors this year and sold out before Christmas. The three day show also features attendees from around the world, along with special visitors, President George W. Bush, South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, and singer Trace Adkins. DairyLine’s Bill […]

California’s March Class 1 milk price was announced Friday by the California Department of Food and Agriculture at $17.60 per hundredweight for the north and $17.87 for the south. Both are down 92 cents from February, $1.64 below March 2011. This is the third month in a row they have declined. The 2012 Class I average […]

(February 8, 2012) When we think of Wisconsin, we think of dairy. But John Frietag from the Wisconsin Beef Council says dairy is also beef. A message that he is trying to hit home to Wisconsin dairy producers.

PDPW Executive Director, Shelly Mayer gives a preview of PDPW’s 20th business conference.

Dr. Alan Britten from Udder Health Systems asks:  Do you have a good plan before mastitis infusion?  You could potentially do more harm than good without one.