Corona

Borden will supply milk to non-profit organizations across the country through the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program Borden, one of America’s favorite dairy companies founded in 1857, was awarded the U.S. Department of [Read More …]

Coronavirus Trade Data: One Month In

Last week USDA released import and export trade data for March 2020, an important new piece of information in understanding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. While the first stay-at-home orders didn’t begin until mid-March, [Read More …]

What farmers need to know about PPP and EIDL

Join the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (WSBDC) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension for a webinar about the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) business support programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and [Read More …]

House COVID Bill Provides Key Livestock-Industry Support

The Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) supports livestock provisions included in the House HEROS Act, particularly a Dealer Statutory Trust to improve recovery in payment defaults and additional funds for producer payments to compensate cattle price [Read More …]

It was the Worst of Times

May 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

With non-farm payroll employment dropping by 20.5 million, the April 2020 jobs report was the worst in my lifetime. Despite what the numbers are making glaringly obvious, it is difficult to comprehend such a massive [Read More …]

CJHA Cow Camp Cancelled

Dear Junior Members and parents, I have to make the sad announcement that Cow Camp is cancelled for this summer. Given all the uncertainties surrounding COVID-19 and restrictions on gatherings, this decision is somewhat beyond our [Read More …]

IDFA Applauds AG CHAIN Act for Essential Food Industry Workers

May 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

For weeks, the dairy industry as represented by the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), has supported bipartisan efforts by Congress to provide targeted financial relief to food industry workers on the front lines of the [Read More …]

Grow-NY to Host Virtual Briefing on Business Competition Tomorrow

May 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Past winners and competition stakeholders to speak on the impact of Grow-NY on regional economies The team behind Grow-NY, a global food and agriculture business competition, announced today that they have organized a virtual briefing [Read More …]

Cornell Extension to distribute hand sanitizer

May 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Will be May 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, and 20th Cornell Cooperative Extension in partnership with New York State Agriculture and Markets is distributing FREE hand sanitizer and face coverings to producers. The goal is to [Read More …]

Webinar: Long Term Decisions Through Milk Supply Management

May 13, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Registration now available! Join us for the Long Term Decisions Through Milk Supply Management live webinar for a discussion on how COVID-19 has caused major disruption in the milk supply chain. Many farms will have [Read More …]

DFW partnership efforts keep Wis. milk moving

May 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

Partnerships find innovative ways to move oversupply of dairy Since the Safer-at-Home order, Wisconsin dairy farmers, processors, and communities have joined forces to provide over 10 million pounds of Wisconsin milk and other dairy (more [Read More …]

COVID-19 Will Likely Push Farm Bankruptcies Higher

May 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

March 2020 Data Shows a 23% Increase in Farm Bankruptcies Given the challenges to the farm economy in recent years, i.e., low commodity prices, retaliatory tariffs and natural disasters, it’s no surprise that farm bankruptcies [Read More …]

Global food commodity prices drop further in April

May 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 1

World food commodity prices declined for the third month in a row during April, as the economic and logistical impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant contractions in demand for many commodities. [Read More …]

Idaho, Utah dairies, processors battle food insecurity amidst COVID-19 pandemic

May 12, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dairy West has launched Curds + Kindness, a program to direct surplus, nutrient-rich dairy foods to those who are hungry and unable to afford groceries throughout Idaho and [Read More …]

Meat plant bottleneck highlighted in CoBank report

Processing capacity reduction has long term implications for producers, retailers, shoppers The reduction of meat processing capacity caused by U.S. plant closures and slowdowns has created a massive bottleneck in the nation’s meat and livestock [Read More …]

Farmers’ Losses a Barrier to PPP Participation

Since the Paycheck Protection Program’s inception, few farmers have been able to utilize the assistance offered, despite the efforts of the Small Business Administration to address all the potential questions that would arise when the [Read More …]

Tractors, machinery operated by multiple users

Driving shared tractors and machinery may put operators at risk of contracting COVID-19 Often more than one person operates the same tractor or piece of machinery on a farm operation in the course of a [Read More …]

As Processing Facilities Struggle with Labor, Spread Between the Wholesale Price of Meat and Livestock Prices Widens

May 9, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The self-distancing and quarantine protocols put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 have reduced economic growth, shuttered consumers in their homes and changed the way Americans purchase and consume food. Food production, too, [Read More …]

Tillamook County Creamery Association Dedicates $4 Million to COVID-19 Relief Efforts

Oregon-Based Dairy Cooperative Focuses on Hometowns First to Maximize Impact Today, the Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) announced that its farmer-owners have committed $4 million to a comprehensive COVID-19 relief plan to help its employees, [Read More …]

COVID-19: farmer survey shows lost sales and income

May 8, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Lost markets and lost off-farm income related to the COVID-19 pandemic have proven doubly difficult for many California farmers and ranchers, according to a survey by the California Farm Bureau Federation. More than half of [Read More …]

U.S. dairy export volume up 7th straight month, despite coronavirus outbreak

Value of $592 million most in 5+ years, fueled by growth in SE Asia. U.S. dairy exporters topped year-earlier levels for the seventh straight month in March, despite disruptions resulting from the coronavirus outbreak. [Read More …]

NEAFA supports NYS efforts to bring relief to dairy farmers, foodbanks

Commissioner Ball’s calls for continued and additional aid for NYS dairy farmers The Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance (NEAFA) recognizes New York State (NYS) Governor Andrew Cuomo and NYS Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball for [Read More …]

COVID-19 creates uncertainty at Kansas dairy

Rural America runs on razor-thin margins in the best of times Dan Wiebe and his wife Kerry milk about 100 cows each and every day on the last remaining dairy farm in Butler County. The [Read More …]

Ag Barometer hits three-year low

Coronavirus, commodity prices, supply-chain disruptions take toll Coronavirus concerns, commodity price declines and supply-chain disruptions sink producer sentiment to a three-year low, according to the April Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. The barometer recorded [Read More …]

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Delivers 2,160 Gallons of Fresh Milk on Giving Tuesday to those in Need

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative in partnership with the Washington County Farm Bureau delivered 2,160 gallons of fresh milk to those in need at an event today in Hagerstown, Maryland. Local dairy farmers and [Read More …]

Watching China’s End of the Bargain

Purchases Need to Accelerate to Meet Phase 1 Goal As part of the Phase 1 Economic And Trade Agreement between the U.S. and China, the Chinese agreed to purchase no less than $12.5 billion in U.S. agricultural [Read More …]

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