DairyBusiness News Team DP, Author at Dairy Business News

What Dairy Farmers Need to Know About Increasing Exports to “The Next 5%”

May 2, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Times are tough for many U.S. dairy farmers. USDEC’s ambitious plan to increase exports provides farmers a dose of realistic optimism for the future. Milk prices are so suppressed some U.S. dairy farmers are tightening [Read More …]

Bill would help train next generation of farmers

May 2, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

‘Next Generation in Agriculture Act’ would address top challenges for young farmers Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Susan Collins (R-ME). (Photos: Heidi Heitkamp, Public Domain; DeepCwind, Flickr/Creative Commons) The National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC) applauded [Read More …]

Ag Barometer down again amid trade war concerns

May 2, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Producers’ weakening perceptions of current conditions in the production agriculture sector, along with a decline in their expectations for future economic conditions, were the main drivers of the barometer’s overall decline, said James Mintert, the [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers Form Cooperative To Generate More Opportunities To Bring Milk To Market

May 2, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Piedmont Milk Sales Selected to Manage Appalachian Dairy Farmers Cooperative In reaction to changing market conditions, a group of dairy farmers, who have previously marketed their milk independently, have formed Appalachian Dairy Farmers Cooperative (ADFC) and [Read More …]

Lee Mielke’s Market Report April 27

April 27, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 …]

This Week in Dairy (Video): Interview with Dairy Economist Dr. Mark Stephenson, Director of Dairy Policy Analysis at UW Madison.

April 27, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

California producers are voting on accepting, or not, a Federal Milk Marketing Order for the state. With the deadline of May 5 fast approaching, Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News spoke with dairy economist Dr. Mark [Read More …]

Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY Wednesday Webinars in Spanish

April 24, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Monitoring Fresh Cows Monitoreo de Vacas Frescas April 25, 2018 @ 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm 25 de abril del 2018 Presenter: Martín H. Zincola DVM, PhD Candidate, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University Presentador: [Read More …]

Preliminary Report #3 – Dairy Farm Business Summary and Analysis Program

April 24, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

As dairy businesses across New York analyze their financial performance using the Dairy Farm Business Summary and Analysis Program, supported by Cornell University, Cornell Cooperative Extension and PRO-DAIRY, the changes that occurred on farms from [Read More …]

Thank Dairy for $64 Billion in Tax Revenues

April 24, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

As Americans meet their April 17 tax return deadline, it’s a good time to note how food and agriculture fund government. After graduating from law school and marrying my wife, Christie, I moved to Mount [Read More …]

Staying Relevant To Tech-Savvy, Goal-Driven Gen Z Means Dairy Must Nourish Body, Mind

April 24, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy marketers have a tall order in staying relevant to the youngest generation, which demands products be minimally processed, ethically produced, provide strength for body and mind and of course – be Instagram-worthy. Over the past [Read More …]

Flavored milk returns to L.A. school districts

April 24, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In 2011, the Los Angeles Unified School District eliminated flavored milk. After three-month pilot study with the district that was partly sponsored by Dairy Council of California, flavored milk has been reinstated. “Milk consumption increased [Read More …]

Lee Mielke’s Market Report April 20

April 20, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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 by email [Read More …]

This Week in Dairy Video with Annie AcMoody, Dairy Economist with Western United Dairymen: April 20, 2018

April 20, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News speaks with Annie AcMoody, dairy economist with Western United Dairymen. A producer information meeting, one of three in California hosted by WUD, had just finished on Apr. 18 in Tulare, [Read More …]

Articles by DairyBusiness News Team DP

What Dairy Farmers Need to Know About Increasing Exports to “The Next 5%”

Bill would help train next generation of farmers

Ag Barometer down again amid trade war concerns

Dairy Farmers Form Cooperative To Generate More Opportunities To Bring Milk To Market

Lee Mielke’s Market Report April 27

This Week in Dairy (Video): Interview with Dairy Economist Dr. Mark Stephenson, Director of Dairy Policy Analysis at UW Madison.

Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY Wednesday Webinars in Spanish

Preliminary Report #3 – Dairy Farm Business Summary and Analysis Program

Thank Dairy for $64 Billion in Tax Revenues

Staying Relevant To Tech-Savvy, Goal-Driven Gen Z Means Dairy Must Nourish Body, Mind

Flavored milk returns to L.A. school districts

Lee Mielke’s Market Report April 20

This Week in Dairy Video with Annie AcMoody, Dairy Economist with Western United Dairymen: April 20, 2018

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