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Small town Texas dairy achieves positive outcomes through conservation stewardship

August 25, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

Clowdus Dairy LLC is a family-owned and operated dairy farm located in Evant, Texas. Zac and Kelsi Clowdus have worked closely with NRCS to improve the productivity and efficiency of their operation as well as the [Read More …]

Family-owned farms account for 95% of U.S. farms, according to the Census of Agriculture Typology Report

August 22, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

Family farms comprise 95% of all U.S. farms, according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The farm typology report primarily focuses [Read More …]

USDA Announces Availability of New Agricultural Transportation Dashboard and Data

August 21, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced the launch of a new dashboard, U.S. Grain Rail Exports to Mexico, and new datasets containing rail tariff rates for domestic grain transportation and [Read More …]

USDA Career Federal Employees Awarded Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals for Innovative Solutions to Agricultural Challenges

August 18, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

Five employees with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have been honored with Service to America medals for their groundbreaking research and dedication [Read More …]

Plenty Of Milkfat Left For Butter Churns

August 15, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending August 15, 2025 USDA’s Dairy Market News says milk is tight in the East. In the Central and West regions, output is declining seasonally, but there is [Read More …]

USDA Announces Sweeping Plans to Protect the United States from New World Screwworm

August 15, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today at the Texas State Capitol alongside Governor Greg Abbott and stakeholders from across the country announced the largest initiative yet in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Announces USDA Presidential Appointments, Naming Full Slate of Under Secretaries

August 13, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced President Trump’s nominations of key USDA leadership at the Iowa State Fair. This rounds out the senior leadership of USDA. “America’s farmers and ranchers have a fighter [Read More …]

USDA Issues WASDE Report for August: The 2026 All-Milk Price Forecast Increased to $21.90

August 12, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In the USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) issued August 12, the milk production forecasts for 2025 and 2026 are raised from last month. The cow inventories are raised for both years based [Read More …]

Great American Farmers Market Ends: Honoring the Producers who Feed and Fuel our Country

August 12, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen A. Vaden yesterday hosted the fifth day of the Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall with an evening celebrating the beauty of our nation’s land, people, and [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins on Confirmation of Luke Lindberg as Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs

August 6, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins applauds the Senate confirmation of Luke J. Lindberg as Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs (TFAA), marking another milestone in the Trump Administration’s efforts to put [Read More …]

USDA Opens Public Comment Period on Department Reorganization Plan

August 6, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today the opening of a 30-day public comment period for stakeholders to provide feedback on the Department’s reorganization plan, as outlined in the Secretary’s memorandum (PDF, 2.6 MB) issued [Read More …]

I-29 Moo University Webinar Will Discuss USDA Milk Pricing System Revisions

August 5, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The I-29 Moo University Dairy Webinar Series continues on Tuesday, Aug. 12, from noon to 1 p.m. CDT. The webinar will focus on revisions to the USDA milk pricing system with a presentation from Lawrence Jones, a [Read More …]

USDA Announces Daily Program Celebrating the Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall

August 1, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Join us for a weeklong celebration of food, family, and farming that kicks off August 3 with live music, farm-fresh eats, and fun for all ages U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins invites families, [Read More …]

Farmer Survey Response Decline a Growing Problem

July 30, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Countless stakeholders including farmers, university Extension services, researchers and policymakers rely on the data USDA has collected for more than 150 years through agencies and programs including the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and the Economic Research Service (ERS). [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Announces $60.9 Million in Disaster Assistance for Farmers in Virginia

July 30, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced additional U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) assistance to help producers in the Commonwealth of Virginia recover from Hurricane Helene. Secretary Rollins signed a block grant agreement [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Announces USDA Reorganization, Restoring the Department’s Core Mission of Supporting American Agriculture

July 29, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), refocusing its core operations to better align with its founding mission of supporting American farming, ranching, and [Read More …]

Full Parlors, Fewer Culls: Dairy Bets on Growth

July 28, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending July 25, 2025 U.S. dairy producers are keeping cows in their barns rather than sending them to the slaughterhouse. Through mid-July, dairy producers culled 1.38 million milk [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Announces USDA Reorganization, Restoring the Department’s Core Mission of Supporting American Agriculture

July 25, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), refocusing its core operations to better align with its founding mission of supporting American farming, ranching, and [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Unveils Weeklong Celebration of American Agriculture with the Great American Farmers Market

July 25, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announces the kick-off event and programming for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. In celebration with America 250, [Read More …]

Outlook – WASDE Projections at a Glance for July 2025

July 22, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

This visualization is prepared by the Economic Research Service. The visualization is based on the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE). The WASDE is prepared by USDA’s Interagency Commodity Estimates Committees, which are chaired by [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Announces $675.9 Million in Disaster Assistance for Farmers in Florida

July 22, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today in Florida met with agricultural leaders and producers and announced additional U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) assistance to help producers recover from Hurricanes Idalia, Debby, Helene and [Read More …]

USDA Accepting Applications for an Agribusiness Trade Mission to Mexico

July 18, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is now accepting applications for its upcoming agribusiness trade mission to Mexico City, Mexico, scheduled for November 3–6. U.S. exporters interested in exploring trade opportunities in Mexico’s dynamic [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Terminates COVID-era Program

July 17, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the termination of the Regional Food Business Centers (RFBC) program. This pandemic-era, Biden program was created using one-time, temporary funding from Congress. The Department is terminating [Read More …]

Secretary Rollins Applauds Voluntary Removal of Artificial Dyes from Ice Cream

July 16, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

While scooping ice cream on the steps of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Headquarters, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins congratulated the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announcement on the dairy industry’s commitment to [Read More …]

As USDA prepares to fight New World screwworm, UF experts available to inform about eradication

July 16, 2025 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The USDA recently announced it will build an $8.5 million sterile fly dispersal facility in Texas focused on combatting the damaging and invasive New World screwworm. University of Florida experts, including Edwin Burgess, UF/IFAS assistant [Read More …]

Are New Producer Formulas Increasing Producer Revenue? NO!

July 15, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

June was the first month that some of the new USDA pricing formulas for producer milk were implemented. The new formulas for Class III milk paid producers $1.01 less per cwt. than the prior [Read More …]

World Agricultural Supply & Demand Estimates (WASDE) For Dairy

July 15, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

The milk production forecasts for 2025 and 2026 are raised from last month on higher cow inventories and an increased rate of growth in milk per cow based on the latest NASS Milk Production report. [Read More …]

Farm Security is National Security: The Trump Administration Takes Bold Action to Elevate American Agriculture in National Security

July 9, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins alongside U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the next pillar of her Make [Read More …]

USDA to Provide $1 Billion to Livestock Producers Impacted by Drought or Wildfire in 2023 and 2024

July 8, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the release of Congressionally mandated Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) payments to cover grazing losses due to eligible drought or wildfire events in 2023 and/or 2024. USDA’s Farm Service [Read More …]

Judge Vaden Sworn in as Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture

July 8, 2025 Sarah S News Team 0

Today, Judge Stephen Alexander Vaden was sworn in as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Vaden, of Union City, Tennessee, joins Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins to not only deliver on [Read More …]

Small town Texas dairy achieves positive outcomes through conservation stewardship

Family-owned farms account for 95% of U.S. farms, according to the Census of Agriculture Typology Report

USDA Announces Availability of New Agricultural Transportation Dashboard and Data

USDA Career Federal Employees Awarded Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals for Innovative Solutions to Agricultural Challenges

Plenty Of Milkfat Left For Butter Churns

USDA Announces Sweeping Plans to Protect the United States from New World Screwworm

Secretary Rollins Announces USDA Presidential Appointments, Naming Full Slate of Under Secretaries

USDA Issues WASDE Report for August: The 2026 All-Milk Price Forecast Increased to $21.90

Great American Farmers Market Ends: Honoring the Producers who Feed and Fuel our Country

Secretary Rollins on Confirmation of Luke Lindberg as Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs

USDA Opens Public Comment Period on Department Reorganization Plan

I-29 Moo University Webinar Will Discuss USDA Milk Pricing System Revisions

USDA Announces Daily Program Celebrating the Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall

Farmer Survey Response Decline a Growing Problem

Secretary Rollins Announces $60.9 Million in Disaster Assistance for Farmers in Virginia

Secretary Rollins Announces USDA Reorganization, Restoring the Department’s Core Mission of Supporting American Agriculture

Full Parlors, Fewer Culls: Dairy Bets on Growth

Secretary Rollins Announces USDA Reorganization, Restoring the Department’s Core Mission of Supporting American Agriculture

Secretary Rollins Unveils Weeklong Celebration of American Agriculture with the Great American Farmers Market

Outlook – WASDE Projections at a Glance for July 2025

Secretary Rollins Announces $675.9 Million in Disaster Assistance for Farmers in Florida

USDA Accepting Applications for an Agribusiness Trade Mission to Mexico

Secretary Rollins Terminates COVID-era Program

Secretary Rollins Applauds Voluntary Removal of Artificial Dyes from Ice Cream

As USDA prepares to fight New World screwworm, UF experts available to inform about eradication

Are New Producer Formulas Increasing Producer Revenue? NO!

World Agricultural Supply & Demand Estimates (WASDE) For Dairy

Farm Security is National Security: The Trump Administration Takes Bold Action to Elevate American Agriculture in National Security

USDA to Provide $1 Billion to Livestock Producers Impacted by Drought or Wildfire in 2023 and 2024

Judge Vaden Sworn in as Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture

What’s Your Communication Level? by John Ellsworth

Born of the Bond Series Premiere Shines Spotlight on Veterinary Care Deserts

Dairy’s Big GLP-1 Moment: 5 Risks Processors Need to Know

Summer Is Over: Use This Fall to Evaluate Summer Heat Stress