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New USDA Support to Reduce Impact and Spread of H5N1

May 14, 2024 Sarah S News Team 0

USDA recently announced new actions to reduce impact and spread of H5N1. These steps are focused on providing support and resources for impacted operations and on helping encourage enhanced biosecurity measures. Currently, there are 42 confirmed cases across [Read More …]

World Agricultural Supply & Demand Estimates (WASDE) : Dairy

May 13, 2024 Sarah S News Team 0

Milk production in 2025 is forecast to increase from 2024, driven by higher milk per cow and an expanding milk cow herd. With increases in a number of products, commercial exports are expectedto grow on [Read More …]

NMPF Disturbed at USDA Final WIC Rule That Decreases Dairy Access

May 8, 2024 Sarah S News Team 0

USDA released on April 9 its final rule updating the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), maintaining cuts to dairy in WIC food packages first announced in its preliminary rule. “NMPF [Read More …]

WFBF Statement on USDA Updates to School Nutrition Standards

May 6, 2024 Sarah S News Team 0

Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation President Brad Olson released the following statement today regarding recent updates to USDA’s School Nutrition Standards. “Wisconsin Farm Bureau appreciates USDA’s recognition of the role flavored milk and cheese have in [Read More …]

USDA Reminds Producers of Climate-Smart Opportunities Using Farm Loan Programs

May 6, 2024 Sarah S News Team 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds agricultural producers that Farm Loan Programs can be used to support a variety of climate-smart agriculture practices, which build on many practices that farmers and [Read More …]

Location Matters! Florida: $25.10/Cwt. – Upper Midwest: $19.89/Cwt.

May 3, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Producer pricing in the Federal Orders is based on the USDA formulas. All producers in an Order receive equal payment per cwt. That does not mean that all Federal Orders receive the same payment! Producer [Read More …]

April 2024 Evaluation Changes: What’s New?

May 3, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) and USDA Animal Genomics Improvement Laboratory (AGIL) announce enhancements in the U.S. dairy genetic evaluations on April 2, 2024. New Variance Component Estimates and Variance Adjusted Weights for [Read More …]

APHIS Bolsters Animal Disease Traceability in the United States

May 2, 2024 Sarah S News Team 0

Today, by amending and strengthening its animal disease traceability regulations for certain cattle and bison, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is putting in place the technology, [Read More …]

USDA Shares HPAI Federal Order Guidance

April 30, 2024 Sarah S News Team 0

Earlier today, USDA shared the following resources regarding the Federal Order to assist with developing a baseline of critical information and limiting the spread of H5N1 in dairy cattle. Frequently Asked Questions APHIS Requirements and [Read More …]

IDFA Applauds USDA Final School Meal Rule for Maintaining Dairy Options, Preserving Flavored Milk for All Grades

April 29, 2024 Sarah S News Team 0

IDFA pleased to see USDA adopt a more attainable sodium target that preserves cheese as a nutritious meat alternative Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), issued a statement [Read More …]

USDA Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza

April 24, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Federal Order to assist with developing a baseline of critical information and limiting the spread of H5N1 in dairy cattle To further protect the U.S. livestock industry from the threat posed by highly pathogenic H5N1 [Read More …]

USDA confirms cow-to-cow transmission a factor in bird flu spread

April 23, 2024 Sarah S News Team 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week that cow-to-cow transmission is a factor in the spread of bird flu in dairy herds, but it still does not know exactly how the virus is being [Read More …]

Dairy Margin Coverage Program

April 22, 2024 Sarah S News Team 0

The enrollment period for the 2024 Dairy Margin Program year begins Feb. 28, 2024, and ends April 29, 2024. For those who sign up for 2024 DMC coverage, payments may begin as soon as March [Read More …]

AFBF to USDA: Restore NASS Surveys

April 18, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The American Farm Bureau Federation today urged USDA to reverse its decision to cancel livestock and crop surveys that are crucial to the success of America’s farmers and ranchers. The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) [Read More …]

HPAI Update and New Resources Available

April 18, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed two additional herds with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Michigan. This brings the total to 28 impacted herds across 8 states: Texas (11), New Mexico (6), [Read More …]

NRCS Texas announces additional 2024 National Water Quality Initiative sign-ups through EQIP

April 17, 2024 Sarah S News Team 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas announced an additional Fiscal Year 2024 sign-up for the National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) offered through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The U.S. Department [Read More …]

ADAI on HPAI in Cattle and Biosecurity Practices

April 17, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Here are key updates and messages following a Friday afternoon industry stakeholder call with USDA: USDA Developments USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Service (APHIS) held a stakeholder Q&A session focused on the latest developments around [Read More …]

HPAI Update and NMPF Webinar

April 15, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

To date, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in 26 herds across 8 states. A complete list of confirmed cases of HPAI in livestock can be found at [Read More …]

April World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Dairy

April 12, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The milk production forecast for 2024 is lowered on slower expected growth in milk per cow; cow numbers are unchanged from last month. Fat basis imports for 2024 are raised on higher expected butter and [Read More …]

Economists Confident in NMPF Milk-Pricing Plan

April 9, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The briefs are in, and now it’s up to USDA to consider the arguments and craft a proposed modernization for Federal Milk Marketing Orders, which govern milk pricing. NMPF economists Peter Vitaliano and Stephen Cain [Read More …]

WIC Participants Say USDA Cuts to Milk and Dairy Benefits Will Make Their Lives Harder

April 8, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Proposed cuts would make grocery shopping harder for low-income mothers and children and threaten re-enrollment, participants say In the coming weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expected to release a final rule revising [Read More …]

Census of Ag — USDA releases state and county profiles

April 5, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) continues to unveil data from the 2022 Census of Agriculture, including the release of newly-developed state and county profiles. California is the leading agricultural state in the nation, with [Read More …]

Comparing 2017 and 2022 Pennsylvania Dairy Farm Census Data

April 4, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The USDA conducts a Census of Ag every 5 years to collect comprehensive data on various aspects of farming. This article compares the data from the 2017 and 2022 Pennsylvania Dairy Farm Census. The dairy [Read More …]

Update to USDA Entity-Scale Greenhouse Gas Methods Report Available

April 4, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today published the second edition of Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry: Methods for Entity Scale Inventory. The report provides farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners with the methods [Read More …]

FMMO Modernization Must Put Farmers First

April 3, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

This week the arduous process of modernizing the Federal Milk Marketing Order system reached another milestone, with participating organizations submitting their final statements summing up their arguments for why USDA should adopt their proposals as [Read More …]

Dairy Producers Can Enroll for 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage Beginning Feb. 28

April 3, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Payments to Begin Early March Starting next Wednesday, dairy producers will be able to enroll for 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC), an important safety net program offered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that [Read More …]

USDA Secretary Faces Tense Budget Questioning by House Appropriations Subcommittee

April 2, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Since the hearing reported below, we have had multiple conversations with Central Valley Congressional staffers about how the exchange between Congressman Valadao and Secretary Vilsack highlights the frustration we have had getting producers resources to [Read More …]

The Latest Update on Disease Detected in Multiple Dairy Herds

April 2, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as state veterinary and public health officials, are continuing to investigate Highly Pathogenic Avian [Read More …]

USDA Confirms Avian Influenza in One Additional Dairy Herd in Michigan

March 29, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on one additional dairy cattle herd in the state of Michigan that had recently received cows from Texas. This confirmation is in addition [Read More …]

2023 Butter and Cheese Exports are Down

March 29, 2024 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In 2023 butter and cheese exports were down from 2022. This post will cover some of the details behind these decreases. Butter exports have always been minimal as the supply is limited. Imports of butter [Read More …]

New USDA Support to Reduce Impact and Spread of H5N1

World Agricultural Supply & Demand Estimates (WASDE) : Dairy

NMPF Disturbed at USDA Final WIC Rule That Decreases Dairy Access

WFBF Statement on USDA Updates to School Nutrition Standards

USDA Reminds Producers of Climate-Smart Opportunities Using Farm Loan Programs

Location Matters! Florida: $25.10/Cwt. – Upper Midwest: $19.89/Cwt.

April 2024 Evaluation Changes: What’s New?

APHIS Bolsters Animal Disease Traceability in the United States

USDA Shares HPAI Federal Order Guidance

IDFA Applauds USDA Final School Meal Rule for Maintaining Dairy Options, Preserving Flavored Milk for All Grades

USDA Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza

USDA confirms cow-to-cow transmission a factor in bird flu spread

Dairy Margin Coverage Program

AFBF to USDA: Restore NASS Surveys

HPAI Update and New Resources Available

NRCS Texas announces additional 2024 National Water Quality Initiative sign-ups through EQIP

ADAI on HPAI in Cattle and Biosecurity Practices

HPAI Update and NMPF Webinar

April World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Dairy

Economists Confident in NMPF Milk-Pricing Plan

WIC Participants Say USDA Cuts to Milk and Dairy Benefits Will Make Their Lives Harder

Census of Ag — USDA releases state and county profiles

Comparing 2017 and 2022 Pennsylvania Dairy Farm Census Data

Update to USDA Entity-Scale Greenhouse Gas Methods Report Available

FMMO Modernization Must Put Farmers First

Dairy Producers Can Enroll for 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage Beginning Feb. 28

USDA Secretary Faces Tense Budget Questioning by House Appropriations Subcommittee

The Latest Update on Disease Detected in Multiple Dairy Herds

USDA Confirms Avian Influenza in One Additional Dairy Herd in Michigan

2023 Butter and Cheese Exports are Down

Dietary crude protein: how low can we go thanks to the amino acid balancing concept in dairy cows?

Why Herd Immunity Matters to Your Dairy

What If You Could?

Cover Crops After Corn Silage