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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 …]

Corn and Soybean Yields are YUUUGE

August 17, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Corn Production and Prices Providing the first survey-based estimate of corn and soybean yields, USDA’s August 10 Crop Production report estimates the average corn yield at a record 178.4 bushels per acre, above the average [Read More …]

Perdue lauds ‘majesty and variety’ of California ag

August 17, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

U.S. agriculture secretary visited farms in second day of three-day California tour. Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) hosted United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue in California’s Central Valley on Tuesday afternoon. The [Read More …]

Improving water infrastructure in 23 states

August 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

New partnerships support more prosperous futures for more than 73,000 people Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett visited the state today to announce that USDA is investing more than $124 million (PDF, 155.4 KB) [Read More …]

USDA adds new resources to Farmers.gov

August 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Site has updated tools and information to help agricultural producers Agricultural producers have new resources available to them to prepare for and recover from impacts of natural disasters on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new [Read More …]

Millions of Corn and Soybean Acres in Poor-to-Very-Poor Condition

August 15, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Kansas and Missouri Are Hit Particularly Hard USDA’s Aug. 13 Crop Progress report revealed that 70 percent of the U.S. corn crop is in good-to-excellent condition, down 1 percentage point from last week, but 8 [Read More …]

NMPF Welcomes USDA’s $50 Million Milk Purchase for Needy Americans

August 15, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation welcomed the announcement today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that it will purchase $50 million worth of fluid milk for distribution to domestic food assistance programs – the first [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers of America Commends USDA’s Announcement to Purchase $50 Million Worth of Milk for Food Banks

August 15, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a global dairy food cooperative owned by family dairy farmers, applauds the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) recent announcement to purchase $50 million worth of fluid milk for distribution [Read More …]

Investment to support rural NY communities

August 15, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Funding will expand high-speed internet access and battle the opioid crisis U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Agriculture Appropriations bill that just passed the Senate [Read More …]

USDA forecasts record high corn, soybean yields

August 14, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA NASS report also included the first production forecast for U.S. cotton U.S. farmers are expected to produce a record-high soybean crop this year, according to the Crop Production report issued today by the USDA’s [Read More …]

Organic dairies compete in changing industry

August 13, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Small-scale organic farmers are determined to fight back against industry transformation Small family operated dairy farms with cows freely grazing on verdant pastures are going out business as large confined animal operations with thousands of [Read More …]

New Dairy Insurance Program Available for 2019 Coverage

August 13, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Another tool was just added to U.S. dairy producers’ risk management options this week when USDA announced the launch of the Dairy Revenue Protection (Dairy-RP) insurance program. Sign-up will start October 9, 2018 for coverage [Read More …]

USDA Will Spend up to $12B on Farm Trade Disruption

August 10, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

What is known about the government’s farm-related response to retaliatory tariffs. If you have missed the press release from Secretary Perdue announcing our president’s farm-related response to retaliatory tariffs, it is at “USDA Assists Farmers Impacted [Read More …]

USDA invests in rural electric infrastructure

August 9, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Will improve service for more than 1 million residential & commercial consumers Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $345.5 million in 20 infrastructure projects (PDF, 121 KB) to [Read More …]

California earns $1.3M for conservation innovations

August 6, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The funding is split between two state-specific projects and a national project Two California organizations, and one national organization, have been selected to receive a combined $1.3 million through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service [Read More …]

USDA seeking comments on rural broadband initiative

August 6, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA is inviting comments on the implementation of the e-Connectivity Pilot Program established in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 on March 23, 2018. USDA is developing this pilot program to catalyze private investment and bring broadband [Read More …]

Rural communities encouraged to apply for loans

August 2, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Department’s latest investments to benefit 165,000 people across 24 states Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced a historic commitment by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to upgrade and rebuild rural [Read More …]

Projects to spur conservation innovation

July 31, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

22 new projects will spur innovation in grazing lands, organic systems, soil health USDA will invest more than $10.6 million for 22 new projects that will drive public and private sector innovation in conserving natural [Read More …]

Perdue on ECJ ruling on genome editing

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

European Court of Justice has announced their ruling on newer mutagenesis methods U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding this week’s European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling (PDF, 115 KB) on newer [Read More …]

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

Corn and Soybean Yields are YUUUGE

Perdue lauds ‘majesty and variety’ of California ag

Improving water infrastructure in 23 states

USDA adds new resources to Farmers.gov

Millions of Corn and Soybean Acres in Poor-to-Very-Poor Condition

NMPF Welcomes USDA’s $50 Million Milk Purchase for Needy Americans

Dairy Farmers of America Commends USDA’s Announcement to Purchase $50 Million Worth of Milk for Food Banks

Investment to support rural NY communities

USDA forecasts record high corn, soybean yields

Organic dairies compete in changing industry

New Dairy Insurance Program Available for 2019 Coverage

USDA Will Spend up to $12B on Farm Trade Disruption

USDA invests in rural electric infrastructure

California earns $1.3M for conservation innovations

USDA seeking comments on rural broadband initiative

Rural communities encouraged to apply for loans

Projects to spur conservation innovation

Perdue on ECJ ruling on genome editing

Final call to complete 2017 Census of Ag

Dairy MPP Is Delivering in 2018. Even More Help Is On The Way

Farmers prefer trade deals over cash payments

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