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USDA Releases Fourth Report from its Dairy Study

September 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) has released Nutrient Management Practices on U.S. Dairy Operations, 2014, the fourth report from its Dairy 2014 study. Dairy 2014 is NAHMS fifth study of the U.S. [Read More …]

CA: USDA Seeks Applications for Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency Grants

September 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development is seeking applications for grants to support renewable energy and energy efficiency improvement projects. Eligible agricultural producers and rural small businesses may apply for funding through the [Read More …]

Farm Capital Expenditures Turn Higher

September 15, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

After a sharp decline, this week’s post reviews recently released data revealing farm capital expenditures turned higher in 2017. When times are tough in agriculture, efforts to lower costs and improve cash flow often necessitate [Read More …]

USDA details trade damage estimate calculations

September 14, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Detailed account available of how USDA calculated estimated damage from trade disruptions U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today released a detailed accounting of how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) calculated estimated damage from [Read More …]

NCBA pleased by USDA lab-grown meat meeting

September 14, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA and FDA to hold meeting on the use of animal cell culture technology Danielle Beck, Director of Government Affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, released the following statement in response to the announcement [Read More …]

Officials to discuss animal cell culture technology

September 12, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA and FDA announce joint public meeting on use of animal cell culture technology U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, DVM and U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. today announced a joint [Read More …]

NMPF: The Best Medicine

September 11, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Any attempt to mend an injury – however necessary – doesn’t often achieve a complete restoration of what’s been damaged. Repairs never quite return things to a “good as new” status. On a personal level, all of [Read More …]

Canada’S Dairy Policy Remains Sticking Point in NAFTA Negotiations

September 11, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. and Canada continue to butt heads over a deal to include Canada in the rewrite of the North American Free Trade Agreement and Canada’s dairy policy continues to be the main sticking point, [Read More …]

Updated Outlook for the U.S. Farm Economy

September 11, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Net Farm Income Projection Less Dire, But Debt Forecast Is Worse Farm Income Projected to be Higher Than Anticipated Prior to USDA’s August 2018 Farm Income Forecast, net farm income, a broad measure of farm profitability, [Read More …]

Deadline extended for new ERS & NIFA HQ

September 10, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA extends deadline for expressions of interest for new ERS & NIFA headquarters Editors note: @Dairybusiness explores this developing story later in the week in the This Week in Dairy video series. Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness [Read More …]

Reforms would increase access to capital

September 7, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA to hold listening sessions to solicit feedback on plan Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett announced that USDA is hosting listening sessions to solicit feedback on a plan to increase access [Read More …]

USDA launches trade mitigation programs

September 6, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Stopgap measure will allow President Trump time to strike long-term trade deals U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Tuesday launched the trade mitigation package aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified [Read More …]

Farmer sentiment rises

September 5, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Opinions split over potential impact of aid package Agricultural producer sentiment increased modestly in August after dipping sharply in July according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer reading. The barometer, which is based on [Read More …]

Mycobacterium Cell Wall Fraction (MCWF) Demonstrates Beneficial Efficacy in Dairy Cattle

September 3, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

NovaVive Inc., an animal health immunobiology company, made two presentations at the 30th World Buiatrics Congress in Sapporo, Japan on Friday. Both presentations were related to the efficacy of NovaVive’s proprietary Mycobacterium Cell Wall Fraction [Read More …]

CAPITALIZE ON COTTONSEED PRICES TO MAXIMIZE YOUR RATION

September 3, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

With harvest projections unclear, now is the time to buy remaining old crop at a discount Old crop cottonseed prices remain low as harvest projections and weather conditions are unclear. The USDA-NASS August Crop Production [Read More …]

New site helps rural areas bridge broadband gap

August 31, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Resources help rural communities bridge the broadband e-connectivity infrastructure gap U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today unveiled a new webpage featuring information about the importance of rural e-Connectivity and the ways the U.S. Department of Agriculture [Read More …]

USDA announces atypical BSE detection

August 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Animal never entered slaughter channels and at no time presented a risk to the food supply The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a neurologic disease [Read More …]

The Dairy Case Is More Competitive Than Ever

August 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Reviewing the Market Shares of Plant- and Nut-Based Milk According to USDA’s Economic Research Service, per capita consumption of fluid milk was a record-low 18 gallons per person in 2016, and it’s expected to remain low [Read More …]

MDA Disappointed in Dairy Relief Package

August 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Missouri Dairy Association (MDA) is very disappointed in USDA’s announcement of the dairy-specific financial assistance package to make up for the trade retaliation dairy farmers are experiencing. “It’s a drop in the bucket [Read More …]

USDA announces details of assistance for farmers

August 29, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Short-term relief strategy aims to protect agricultural producers during trade talks U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take to assist farmers in response [Read More …]

NMPF statement on USDA trade aid package

August 29, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern discusses the USDA’s tariff mitigation plan “Yesterday’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on its tariff mitigation plan falls far short of addressing the losses dairy producers are [Read More …]

Trade Aid Round One: A State Perspective

August 29, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Trade Aid. Trade mitigation package. Assistance for farmers impacted by unjustified retaliation. No matter what you call it, we can all agree that the agricultural community has been eager to learn exactly how USDA would [Read More …]

Taking a Page Out of a Different Playbook: NIAA Strategy Forum on Livestock Traceability Speaker Chip Kemp

August 29, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

“My goal is to challenge everyone to coalesce around the fact that we need beef producers to want this, not just make them use it,” says Chip Kemp, Director of International Genetic Solutions (IGS) and [Read More …]

USDA Announces Details of Assistance for Farmers Impacted by Trade Tariffs

August 28, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced yesterday details of the recently announced trade mitigation assistance for farmers. Of the up to $12 billion publicized last month, today’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement provides $6.4 billion in assistance to various agricultural [Read More …]

USDA Announces Details of Assistance for Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation

August 28, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation by foreign nations. President Donald [Read More …]

Organic dairy farmers vow to compete

August 27, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Number of U.S. dairy farms, including organic and conventional, fell 4 percent last year Small family operated dairy farms with cows freely grazing on verdant pastures are going out of business as large confined animal [Read More …]

Data indicate farmland values remain stable

August 22, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Even with large drops in farm income, farmland values have held up well The USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their 2018 estimate of farmland values on August 2 and farmland values have held up well in [Read More …]

USDA announces Fresh Fluid Milk Purchase Program

August 20, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA will purchase fluid milk: whole, 2 percent, 1 percent, and skim in half gallons Editor’s note: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it will purchase fluid milk for distribution under The Emergency Food Assistance Program. [Read More …]

Dairy Revenue Protection is Here

August 17, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Sign-Up Begins October 9 Since 2014 the annual average U.S. all-milk price has fallen by more than 30 percent. This year, it is projected to be at the lowest level since 2009, at $16.10 per [Read More …]

CA: Western Dairy Trade Group Submits Comments to USDA Regarding Tariffs and Support for Dairy Farmers

August 17, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Milk Producers Council, as part of the Western States Dairy Producers Association (WSDPA), sent a letter to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue this week outlining our estimate of the impact of the trade dispute on milk [Read More …]

USDA Releases Fourth Report from its Dairy Study

CA: USDA Seeks Applications for Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency Grants

Farm Capital Expenditures Turn Higher

USDA details trade damage estimate calculations

NCBA pleased by USDA lab-grown meat meeting

Officials to discuss animal cell culture technology

NMPF: The Best Medicine

Canada’S Dairy Policy Remains Sticking Point in NAFTA Negotiations

Updated Outlook for the U.S. Farm Economy

Deadline extended for new ERS & NIFA HQ

Reforms would increase access to capital

USDA launches trade mitigation programs

Farmer sentiment rises

Mycobacterium Cell Wall Fraction (MCWF) Demonstrates Beneficial Efficacy in Dairy Cattle

CAPITALIZE ON COTTONSEED PRICES TO MAXIMIZE YOUR RATION

New site helps rural areas bridge broadband gap

USDA announces atypical BSE detection

The Dairy Case Is More Competitive Than Ever

MDA Disappointed in Dairy Relief Package

USDA announces details of assistance for farmers

NMPF statement on USDA trade aid package

Trade Aid Round One: A State Perspective

Taking a Page Out of a Different Playbook: NIAA Strategy Forum on Livestock Traceability Speaker Chip Kemp

USDA Announces Details of Assistance for Farmers Impacted by Trade Tariffs

USDA Announces Details of Assistance for Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation

Organic dairy farmers vow to compete

Data indicate farmland values remain stable

USDA announces Fresh Fluid Milk Purchase Program

Dairy Revenue Protection is Here

CA: Western Dairy Trade Group Submits Comments to USDA Regarding Tariffs and Support for Dairy Farmers

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