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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

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

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 16, 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

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

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

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

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 14, 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

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 …]

Final call to complete 2017 Census of Ag

Data from the 2017 Census of Agriculture is planned to be released in February 2019 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) ends all data collection for the 2017 Census of [Read More …]

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

$155 Million in Program Payments Through May Driven by improvements made by Congress in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and USDA’s efforts to inform dairy farmers about the enhanced program, as of early July [Read More …]

Farmers prefer trade deals over cash payments

USDA will also buy surplus of commodities that would otherwise have been exported Many farmers remain critical of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the damage done to commodity prices and markets but were appreciative Tuesday [Read More …]

Conservation funds available for 30 counties in Texas